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The governance of national community health worker programmes in low- and middle-income countries: an empirically based framework of governance principles, purposes and tasks
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018)
BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are increasingly regarded as an integral component of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the interface of the formal health ...
Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review
(PLOS, 2018)
Background:
Globally the number of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has risen significantly over the last few decades. Aligned to this is a growing use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver T2DM ...
Exploring adverse parent-child relationships from the perspective of convicted child murderers: A South African qualitative study
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Child homicide is the most extreme form of violence against children. Within South Africa,
children face the highest risk of homicide by parents/caregivers. It is suggested that prolonged
exposure to adverse relationships ...
Study protocol for the SMART2D adaptive implementation trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing facility-only care with integrated facility and community care to improve type 2 diabetes outcomes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly
contributing to the global burden of disease. Health
systems in most parts of the world are struggling to
diagnose and manage T2D, especially in low-income
and ...
Policies and clinical practices relating to the management of gestational diabetes mellitus in the public health sector, South Africa – a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Women with a prior gestational diabetes have an increased lifetime risk of developing type 2
diabetes. Although post-partum follow-up for GDM women is essential to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes, it
is ...
An illustrated booklet for reinforcing community healthworker knowledge of tuberculosis and facilitating patient counselling
(AOSIS, 2018)
Community health workers (CHWs) have facilitated the move to decentralise tuberculosis (TB) management, but lack access to information appropriate both for personal use and in patient interaction and education.To explore ...
Participatory health research in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2018)
While 1994 marked the official end of institutionalized apartheid rule in South Africa, the effects of decades of racism and economic disparity continue to reverberate to this day. Historically, medical and behavioural ...
Another piece to the epidemiological puzzle of traumatic spinal cord injury in Cape Town, South Africa: A population-based study2018
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)
The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is poorly understood in developing countries. In South Africa (SA) specifically, two healthcare systems (private v. government funded) exist, and it is therefore ...