Browsing by Author "Burger, Ronelle"
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Access to health care in post-apartheid South Africa: availability, affordability, acceptability
Burger, Ronelle; Christian, Carmen (Cambridge University Press, 2018)We use a reliable, intuitive and simple set of indicators to capture three dimensions of access – availability, affordability and acceptability. Data are from South Africa’s 2009 and 2010 General Household Surveys (n=190,164). ... -
Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa
Sayed, Nazeeia; Burger, Ronelle; Harper, Abigail (MDPI, 2022)The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal and Child Health survey was conducted ... -
Measuring quality gaps in TB screening in South Africa using standardised patient analysis
Christian, Carmen S.; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Hompashe, Dumisani; Smith, Anja; Burger, Ronelle (MDPI, 2018)This is the first multi-district Standardised Patient (SP) study in South Africa. It measures the quality of TB screening at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. We hypothesise that TB screening protocols and best practices ... -
Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa
Burger, Ronelle; English, Rene; Maughan-Brown, Brendan; Christian, Carmen (Oxford University Press, 2022)Background: In the absence of a vaccine, the global spread of COVID-19 during 2020 has necessitated non-pharmaceutical interventions to curb the rise of cases. Purpose: The article uses the health belief model and a ... -
A series of national accounts-consistent estimates of poverty and inequality in South Africa
Yu, Derek; van der Berg, Servaas; Burger, Ronelle (Stellenbosch University, 2007)This paper makes a unique contribution to the South African literature in combining data from an alternative source of household survey data – the All Media and Product Survey (AMPS) – with national accounts income trends ...