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Associations of cereal grains intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality across 21 countries in prospective urban and rural epidemiology study: Prospective cohort study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
Objective To evaluate the association between intakes of refined grains, whole grains, and white rice with cardiovascular disease, total mortality, blood lipids, and blood pressure in the Prospective Urban and Rural ...
Adult medical emergency unit presentations due to adverse drug reactions in a setting of high HIV prevalence
(African Federation for Emergency Medicine, 2021)
South Africa has the world's largest antiretroviral treatment programme, which may contribute to the adverse drug reaction (ADR) burden. We aimed to determine the proportion of adult non-trauma emergency unit (EU) presentations ...
The pandemic of online research in times of COVID-19
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of online research using rating scales. While this approach can be useful, two of the major challenges affecting the quality of this type of research include selection bias and ...
Using photography to explore people with diabetes' perspectives on food environments in urban and rural South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 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, ...
A model to understand HIV-related stigma and the psychosocial well-being of children orphaned by AIDS: a theory generative approach
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2021)
HIV-related stigma has negatively impacted the psychosocial well-being of children who have
been orphaned by AIDS-related causes. Response to reducing stigma and ensuring child wellbeing is hindered by the limited ...
Family functioning and stroke: Family members’ perspectives
(AOSIS, 2021)
Stroke survivors often experience permanent or temporal physical and
psychological stroke impairments. As a result, stroke survivors are often discharged to recover
in their home environments and are cared for mostly by ...
Authentic African community development practices in a diverse society: A transdisciplinary approach
(AOSIS, 2021)
The South African people continuously engage in social actions characterised by intolerance, pointing to frustrations and disillusionment in a post-apartheid era. A need to find creative ways to engage diverse communities ...
Adolescent Hookah pipe use: Exploring the role of basic psychological needs and motivation
(SAGE, 2021)
Adolescent hookah pipe use is on the rise despite it being
a public health concern. Several studies focus on the external determinants
of adolescent hookah pipe use but research focusing on the internal factors
motivating ...
Do state and trait measures measure states and traits? The case of community-dwelling caregivers of older adults
(SAGE, 2021)
Spielberger’s state and trait anxiety and anger scales are widely used and documented, but there is little or no direct evidence that they actually measure their respective state and trait aspects as was intended. We ...
A mixed methods evaluation of the largescale implementation of a school- and community-based parenting program to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: a study protocol
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Despite the rapid dissemination of parenting programs aiming to reduce and prevent violence
against children (VAC) worldwide, there is limited knowledge about and evidence of the implementation of these
programs at scale. ...