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Self-care symptom-management strategies amongst women living with HIV /AI DS in an urban area in KwaZulu-Natal
(Oasis OpenJournals, 2010)
People living with HIV and AIDS experience a number of symptoms such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting, fever and anxiety during the various stages of the illness. This has a negative effect on their quality of life. Women ...
What influences linkage to care after home-based HIV counseling and testing?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
To maximize the benefits of test and treat
strategies that utilize community-based HIV testing, clients
who test positive must link to care in a timely manner.
However, linkage rates across the HIV treatment cascade
are ...
A mobile school-based HCT service – is it youth friendly?
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Despite an increase in HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), few young people have been tested. It has been suggested
that they do not test because formal health services (where HCT is provided) are often not ...
Experiences of adolescents who lost a parent to aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
BACKGROUND: AIDS related deaths of parents have resulted in large numbers of children being orphaned. Adolescence, a particularly vulnerable period in a child's developmental life is characterised by uncertainties, role ...
Weak signal detection: A discrete window of opportunity for achieving ‘Vision 90:90:90’?
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)
INTRODUCTION: UNAIDS’ Vision 90:90:90 is a call to ‘end AIDS’. Developing predictive foresight of the unpredictable changes that
this journey will entail could contribute to the ambition of ‘ending AIDS’. There are few ...
Exploring the challenges of implementing participatory action research in the context of HIV and poverty.
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)
HIV/AIDS is having a devastating impact on South Africa and particularly on poor
communities. Empowerment of communities has been identified as an important step
towards mitigating the consequences and helping communities ...
Monitoring and evaluation of sport-based HIV/AIDS awareness programmes: strengthening outcome indicators
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
There are number of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in South Africa that use sport as a tool to respond to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), however, little is reported about ...
Resourcing resilience: Social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Routledge, 2016)
Adolescents are the only age group with growing AIDS-related morbidity and mortality in Eastern and Southern
Africa, making HIV prevention research among this population an urgent priority. Structural deprivations are ...
Challenges facing successful scaling up of effective screening for cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Mexico and South Africa: Policy implications
(iMED, 2016)
The integration of community health workers (CHWs) into primary and secondary
prevention functions in health programs and services delivery in Mexico and South
Africa has been demonstrated to be effective. Task-sharing ...
Collective efficacy and HIV Prevention in South African Townships
(National Institute of Health, 2013)
South African townships have high HIV prevalence and a strong need for collective action to
change normative sexual risk behaviors. This study investigated the relationship between
perceptions of individuals about ...