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  Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning? 

  Rowe, Michael (BMC, 2017)

  Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use of traditional ...
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  Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children 

  Kelly, B.; King, L.; Sanders, David; Baur, L.; Rayner, M.; Lobstein, T.; Monteiro, C.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, C.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Neal, B.; Sacks, G.; Snowdon, W.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; Walker, C. (Wiley, 2013)

  Food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing is recognized as an important factor influencing food choices related to non-communicable diseases. The monitoring of populations’ exposure to food and nonalcoholic beverage ...
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  Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environment Policy Index 

  Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; Sanders, David; Kraak, V.; Sacks, G.; Snowdon, W.; Hawkes, C.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, C.; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)

  Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food environments and reduce obesity, diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and their related inequalities. This paper proposes a monitoring framework ...
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  INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles 

  Swinburn, B.; Sacks, G.; Sanders, David; Vandevijvere, S.; Kumanyika, S.; Lobstein, T.; Neal, B.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, C.; Kelly, B.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, C.; Rayner, M.; Snowdon, W.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)

  Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate disease burdens globally and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact of public ...
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  Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments 

  Friel, S.; Hattersley, L.; Sanders, David; Snowdon, W.; Thow, A. M.; Lobstein, T.; Barquera, S.; Mohan, S.; Hawkes, C.; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbe, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Monteiro, C.; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; C. Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)

  The liberalization of international trade and foreign direct investment through multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements has had profound implications for the structure and nature of food systems, and therefore, ...
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  Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally 

  Lee, A.; Mhurchu, C.; Sanders, D.; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Snowdon, W.; Vandevijvere, S.; Hawkes, C.; L’Abbé, M.; Rayner, M.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, C.; Neal, B.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)

  Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food choices, obesity and non-communicable diseases. As governments around the world consider policies to promote the consumption of healthier foods, data ...
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  Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication stategies 

  Brinsden, H.; Lobstein, T.; Sanders, D.; Landon, J.; Kraak, V.; Sacks, G.; Kumanyika, S.; Swinburn, B.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, C.; Kelly, B.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Macmullen, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, C.; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Snowdon, W.; Vandevijvere, S.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)

  The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and environments related ...
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  Group Polarization Effect on Decisions by selected Kenyan Secondary School Disciplnary Panels 

  Aloka, Peter J.; Bojuwoye, Olaniyi (Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)

  This study investigated social group phenomenon of group polarization effects on disciplinary hearing decisions in selected Kenyan secondary school. The participants were 78 school personnel (females = 42%and males 58%) ...
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  Experiences and perceptions of students with disabilities concerning factors influencing participation in recreational sport at a University in Western Cape Province , South Africa 

  Wright, S. A.; Titus, Simone (LAM Publications Limited, 2013)

  South African universities share a common purpose to make sport and recreation accessible to students at higher education institutions, including students with disabilities.Therefore, integrating students with disabilities ...
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  Changes in the physical fitness of elite women's rugby union players over a competition season 

  Hene, Nceba Mzimkulu; Bassett, Susan (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2013)

  OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in the physical fitness characteristics of elite women’s rugby union players over a competitive season. METHODS: Thirty-two elite women’s rugby union players, all members of the South ...
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  Profile of coronary heart disease risk factors in first-year university students 

  Leach, Lloyd; Leach, N.; Bassett, Susan (LAM Publications Limited, 2013)

  There is substantial evidence that coronary heart disease risk factors are present in people of all ages. The extent to which the problem exists in university students in South Africa has not been confirmed in the literature ...
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  Participation in sport and the perceptions of quality of life of high school learners in the Theewaterskloof Municipality, South Africa 

  van Hout, R. C. H.; Young, Marie E. M.; Bassett, Susan; Hooft, T. (LAM Publications Limited, 2013)

  In South Africa, sport unites the country because it transcends race, gender, politics and language groups. Majority of South African youth are in the developmental phase where critical decisions are being taken on key ...
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  Promotion of healthy nutrition in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey of practices and barriers among physiotherapists in southeast Nigeria 

  Abaraogu, Ukachukwu O.; Ogaga, Mary O.; Eric, Odidika; Frantz, Jose M. (Hong Kong Physiotherapy, 2016)

  BACKGROUND: Healthy diet counselling is an important concept in health promotion. Physiotherapists are well positioned to initiate or support healthy nutrition in addition to physical activity counselling, in routine ...
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  Experiences related to the role of a cost centre manager in a public hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Mothiba, Tebogo Maria; Jooste, Karien (LAM Publications Limited, 2013)

  A cost centre in a hospital setting is an identifiable department, for example a nursing care unit, which has been practically assigned an account number in the hospital accounting system. The purpose of a cost centre is ...
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  Caregivers' perceptions of desensitisation among sexually abused children 

  Grobbelaar, Riaan; de Jager, Mariana (South African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC), 2013)

  Children react differently to the traumatic experience of sexual abuse. Some children develop symptomatic behaviours associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, such as apathy, which may be misinterpreted as desensitisation. ...
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  Victimisation in the lives of lesbian-identified women in South Africa: implications for clinical assessment and treatment 

  Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Edwards, David (National Inquiry Services Centre, 2013)

  Few clinical studies have examined victimisation in the lives of lesbian women in South Africa and whether there are distinct implications for psychological treatment. This paper presents the assessment and treatment of ...
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  How prepared are Social Work Practitioners for beginners' practice? Reflections of newly qualified BSW graduates 

  Mariana, de Jager (SUN, 2013)

  The establishment of social work qualifications in South Africa emerged at a few universities from 1937 onwards (Earle, 2008; Nicholas, Rautenbach & Maistry, 2010; Potgieter, 1998). In accordance with Section 18A (1) of ...
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  The global pendulum swing towards community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of trends, geographical distribution and programmatic orientations, 2005 to 2014 

  Schneider, Helen; Okello, Dickson; Lehmann, Uta (BioMed Central, 2016)

  BACKGROUND: There has been a substantial increase in publications and interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the last years. This paper examines the growth, geographical ...
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  How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies: A systematic review of existing research foci and gaps 

  Hartmann, Miriam; Khosla, Rajat; Krishnan, Suneeta; George, Asha S.; Gruskin, Sofia; Amin, Avni (Public Library of Science, 2016)

  The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes and policies has been affirmed in numerous international and regional agreements, most recently the 2030 Agenda ...
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  Synergies, strengths and challenges: findings on community capability from a systematic health systems research literature review. 

  George, Asha S.; Scott, Kerry; Mehra, V.; Sriram, V. (BioMed Central, 2016)

  BACKGROUND: Community capability is the combined influence of a community's social systems and collective resources that can address community problems and broaden community opportunities. We frame it as consisting of three ...

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