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Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases
(MedPharm Publications, 2006)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are lay people trained to assist with health care in their
communities. This study took place at two sites in Khayelitsha, a township in the Cape Peninsula, from 2000 ...
Responding to the crisis in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of nutrition
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
In the chapter dealing with education and health, the report of the influential
Commission for Africa prioritises basic health systems, HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis. In contrast, nutrition is given less than half ...
Key challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: The case of South Africa
(American Public Health Association, 2006)
The health inequalities in South Africa are rapidly worsening. Since 1994, the new democratic government has initiated a number of large-scale policies and programs with explicit pro-equity objectives that have improved ...
The association between the body mass index of first-year female university students and their weight-related perceptions and practices, psychological health, physical activity and other physical health indicators
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
To investigate the association between the weight status of first-year female
students (FYFS) and various weight management-related characteristics to identify
possible components of a weight management programme for ...