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The role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: Serial mediation analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been found to have a negative impact on both physical
wellbeing and mental health. Increased risk perception of contracting the virus has been associated
with adverse psychological ...
Using photography to explore people with diabetes' perspectives on food environments in urban and rural South Africa
(NLM (Medline), 2021)
Diabetes, a serious disease resulting in significant morbidity and early mortality, is currently on the rise globally. A major contributor to this observed increase in low- and middle-income countries, such as South Africa, ...
Socio-economic factors affecting household participation in curb-side recycling programmes: Evidence from drakenstein municipality, South Africa
(Sabinet, 2021)
Household curb-side recycling programmes have the potential to reduce
waste that end up in landfills. However, participation in these
programmes is low. The aim of this study is to investigate the socioeconomic factors ...
Health economic evidence in clinical guidelines in South Africa: a mixedmethods study
(BMC, 2021)
Evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are useful tools to inform transparent healthcare
decision-making. Consideration of health economic evidence (HEE) during CPG development in a structured
manner remains ...
An exploration of the challenge's fathers' experience when parenting a child that presents with dyspraxia
(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd, 2021)
Purpose: Due to the limited research on fatherhood and dyspraxia, this study is critical as it highlights the challenges that fathers face in parenting a child that presents with dyspraxia. The purpose of this study is to ...
A pooled prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(BMC, 2021)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) remains a global public health problem. South Africa is
estimated to have the highest recorded prevalence of FASD. However, no study has systematically evaluated the
available ...
Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
(AOSIS, 2021)
People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries,
experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. At times of
disasters and emergencies, people with ...
Poverty, protests and pandemics: what can we learn from community resilience?
(SAGE, 2021)
The destruction of property, theft and violence that occurred in South Africa, particularly in KZN
and Gauteng in the week of 12 July 2021 had a significant impact on the national psyche. As we
try to come to terms with ...
Does peer-navigated linkage to care work? A cross-sectional study of active linkage to care within an integrated non-communicable disease-HIV testing centre for adults in Soweto, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
South Africa is the HIV epidemic epicentre; however, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be the most common cause of death by 2030. To improve identification and initiation of care for HIV and NCDs, we assessed proportion ...
Knowledge of non-communicable disease risk factors among community health workers in South Africa
(Bentham, 2020)
Introduction:
Community Health Workers play an important role in supporting patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), therefore they need to
be constantly updated with current knowledge to enable them to ...