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‘A difficult conversation’: Community stakeholders’ and key informants’ perceptions of the barriers to talking about sex and HIV with adolescents and young people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2023)Adolescence and young adulthood are important periods of transition and therefore for action and intervention to ensure future sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Caregiver-adolescent communication about sex and sexuality ... -
A diffractive exploration of affect: Learning, research and teaching in obstetrics
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)Instances of abuse, neglect and disrespect to women in labour are not uncommon in South Africa's public health birthing facilities. These social injustices are surrounded by a pervasive silence that confronts undergraduate ... -
Digital storytelling for policy impact: Perspectives from co-producing knowledge for food system governance in South Africa
(Bristol University Press, 2022)Post-positivist critics of the linear-rational understanding of the role of knowledge in decision making have long argued the need for the construction of socially robust knowledge to illuminate policy problems from a ... -
Dilemmas and paradoxes in providing and changing antenatal care: A study of nurses and midwives in rural Zimbabwe
(Oxford University Press, 2005)This paper describes the experiences of caregivers in a rural district in Zimbabwe, in caring for pregnant women within a context of changing antenatal care routines. Data were generated using individual interviews with ... -
Disability and sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in Uganda: an intersectional analysis of demographic and health surveys between 2006 and 2016
(BMC public health, 2022)Background: The United Nations through universal health coverage, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH), pledges to include all people, leaving no one behind. However, people with disabilities continue to ... -
Discourses of mental wellness among adolescents living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
(Dove Press, 2022)Adolescence is a unique period of development where individuals transition from childhood to adulthood, and where they are at heightened risk for developing mental health problems and engaging in risky behaviours. In ... -
District and sub-district stewardship of quality and health outcomes: roles, systems and strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Sub-district and district health systems – generically referred to as the meso-level – are key to enhancing quality of care and improving health outcomes. Facility (micro) level improvement strategies are less likely to ... -
District facility managers’ perspectives of mental health information processing and utilisation at primary care level in the Western Cape
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)District health facility managers play a significant role in provision of primary health care (PHC) services, particularly in integration of mental health services into the PHC level and developing a district health ... -
District governance and improved maternal, neonatal and child health in South Africa: Pathways of change
(Health systems and reform, 2020)District-level initiatives to improve maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) generally do not take governance as their primary lens on health system strengthening. This paper is a case study of a district and sub-district ... -
Diversity training for health professionals: Preparedness to competently address intellectual disability in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2023)Diversity training for health professionals in South Africa has traditionally been conceptualized as differences in gender, race or ethnicity, culture and sexual orientation. More recently physical disability and mental ... -
Do nursing students know and practice the Universal Precautions to prevent transmission of infectious agents?c
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)The aim of the study was therefore to investigate the knowledge and practice of nursing students with regard to the UPs and whether there was any relationship between knowledge of and practice of the UPs. -
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 ... -
Do state and trait measures measure states and traits? The case of community-dwelling caregivers of older adults
(SAGE Journal, 2019-11-26)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 ... -
Do we need more research on the environmental impacts of plastics?
(IOP Publishing, 2022)We question whether the rapid growth in research on the impacts of environmental plastics over the last decade has substantially improved our understanding of these impacts. By the mid-1990s, the major environmental and ... -
Does family structure matter? comparing the life goals and aspirations of learners in secondary schools
(Education Association of South Africa, 2013)The aim of this study was to compare the goals and aspirations of learners from single- and two-parent families. The study used a quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional comparative group design. The sample ... -
Does family structure matter? Perceived parenting, decision making and healthy lifestyle behaviours of adolescents in rural South Africa.
(Nova Publishers, 2015)The aim of the study was to compare perceived parenting styles, decision making styles and healthy lifestyle behaviours of adolescents from single and two-parent families within a rural setting in South Africa. The study ... -
Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey
(Public Library of Science, 2020)The disruptive potential of mobile phones in catalyzing development is increasingly being recognized. However, numerous gaps remain in access to phones and their influence on health care utilization. In this cross-sectional ... -
Does peer-navigated linkage to care work? A cross-sectional study of active linkage to care within an integrated non-communicable disease-HIV testing centre for adults in Soweto, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2020)South Africa is the HIV epidemic epicentre; however, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be the most common cause of death by 2030. To improve identification and initiation of care for HIV and NCDs, we assessed proportion ... -
Does the South African physiotherapy journal fulfill the needs of its constituency? a retrospective article review
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)Professional journals are used to disseminate the knowledge of scholars in the profession and to provide clinicians with guidance for best practice. This article aimed to retrospectively review the role of the South African ... -
Does women's mobile phone ownership matter for health? Evidence from 15 countries
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)Mobile phones have the potential to increase access to health information, improve patient-provider communication, and influence the content and quality of health services received. Evidence on the gender gap in ownership ...
