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Comparative analysis of the use of professional health providers by young mothers in developing countries: A new frontier for health education
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)
Childbearing accelerates the risk of maternal and child morbidity and young mothers have a much higher risk of dying from maternal causes. Therefore, understanding the dynamics of young mothers’ use of professional health ...
The relationship between household sanitation and women’s experience of menstrual hygiene: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Kaduna State, Nigeria
(MDPI, 2018)
Global efforts to improve sanitation have emphasized the needs of women and girls.
Managing menstruation is one such need, yet there is scarce research capturing current practices.
This study investigated the relationships ...
Does seasonality and stochastic cycles affect output growth in Nigeria? Lessons for development planning
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2016)
This paper examines the seasonality and stochastic cycle associated with GDP growth in Nigeria using two measures of filter. Our findings include, that the Christiano & Fitzgerald (2003) filter removed low-periodicity ...
Reproductive health situation in South Africa: Emerging policy issue
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
South Africa is still lagging behind with health outcomes, especially when it comes to accessing treatment,
prevention and care for reproductive health issues despite the significant progress made with regard to
certain ...
Risk factors of inconsistent condom use among sexually active youths: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus and sexual risk behaviours in Malawi
(SAGE, 2017)
This study examines the risk associated with inconsistent use of condoms as a risk factor for human
immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections (HIV/STIs) and sexual risk behaviours. The Malawi
Demographic ...
Women's education and health inequalities in under-five mortality in selected sub-Saharan African countries, 1990–2015
(PLOS, 2016)
The aim of the study was to analyse trends in the relationship between mother’s educational
level and mortality of children under the year of five in Sub-Saharan Africa, from 1990 to
2015.Data used in this study came ...
BDNF Val66Met and DRD2 Taq1A polymorphisms interact to influence PTSD symptom severity: A preliminary investigation in a South African population
(Elsevier, 2013)
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the role that selected variants in serotonin transporter (5-HTT), dopamine receptor 2 (DRD2) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genes play in PTSD symptom severity in an at-risk population. ...
Associations between human leukocyte antigen class I variants and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis subtypes causing disease
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
BACKGROUND. The development of active tuberculosis disease has been shown to be multifactorial. Interactions between host and bacterial genotype may influence disease outcome, with some studies indicating the adaptation ...
Patient-Control Association Study of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Gene in South African Parkinson's Disease Patients
(National Institute of Health, 2013)
The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene is of interest to Parkinson's disease (PD) as it
has been implicated in both familial and sporadic forms of the disorder.1 PD-susceptibility
alleles in LRRK2 appear to be ...
Long-term eclipse timing of white dwarf binaries: an observational hint of a magnetic mechanism at work
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
We present a long-term programme for timing the eclipses of white dwarfs in close binaries to measure apparent and/or real variations in their orbital periods. Our programme includes 67 close binaries, both detached and ...