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From fear and vulnerability to fortitude: sustaining psychological well-being in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
(SAGE Publications Inc, 2023)
Despite the societal increase in mental health disorders during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals were able to cope effectively with new mental health challenges. The heterogeneity in responses ...
Places Nigerians visited during covid-19 government stay-home policy: evidence from secondary analysis of data collected during the lockdown
(Page Press Publications, 2023)
Introduction. Compliance with the Government’s lockdown policy is required to curtail community transmission of Covid-19 infection. The objective of this research was to identify places Nigerians visited during the lockdown ...
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: the role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
(SAGE Publications Inc, 2023)
COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual factors ...
Correction: Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 2000 (international breastfeeding journal, (2023), 18, 1, (9), 10.1186/s13006-023-00542-8)
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)
Background: Following publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors' attention that the references and citations from reference 25 onwards were incorrectly numbered: (the former) reference 25 had no ...
Integrating health technology assessment and the right to health in South Africa: a qualitative content analysis of substantive values in landmark judicial decisions
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
The World Health Assembly has encouraged WHO member-states to establish capacity in health technology assessment (HTA) as a support for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Simultaneously, the WHO has stated that UHC ...
Supporting hiv self-management in adolescents to be resilient and thrive: an intervention development study
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
Self-management programs or interventions focus on self-empowerment to improve skills, abilities and behaviors needed to control a chronic condition and may be of great value for adolescents living with HIV (ALWH). The aim ...
Fortified foods are major contributors to apparent intakes of vitamin A and iodine, but not iron, in diets of women of reproductive age in 4 African countries
(American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2020)
Food fortification is implemented to increase intakes of specific nutrients in the diet, but contributions
of fortified foods to nutrient intakes are rarely quantified. We quantified iron, vitamin A, and iodine intakes ...
Towards flexible learning and teaching: Lessons learned for blended learning and teaching post COVID-19 pandemic
(UFS, 2023)
This discussion explores student and educator academic experiences of online learning and teaching (OLT) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose was to report on lessons ...
Being a woman is not a barrier to achieving successful leadership in South African higher education
(African Journal of Gender, Society and Development, 2022)
This research aims to examine and analyse some of the problems that women in leadership positions face in South African higher education. Women have been denied leadership positions in higher education. This became ...