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Estimating the budget impact of adopting tenofovir/emtricitabine for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV in the public health sector in Namibia (2021 – 2023)
(Elsevier, 2022)Namibia started implementing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2016, no study to determine its budget impact has been conducted. This study, therefore, aimed to estimate the budget ... -
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000
(South African Medical Association, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight using the body mass index (BMI), by age and sex, in South Africa in 2000. DESIGN: World Health Organization comparative risk assessment ... -
Ethical considerations in using student data in an era of ‘big data’
(2015)Learning with technology enables the collection of data on students at a level unprecedented in face-to-face tuition and paper-based academic administration. Universities see the advantage in tracking students’ engagement ... -
Ethical misconduct by registered physiotherapists in South Africa (2007– 2013): A mixed methods approach
(PubMed, 2015)Background: The role of ethics in a medical context is to protect the interests of patients. Thus, it is critically important to understand the guilty verdicts related to professional standard breaches and ethics misconduct ... -
Ethics @ http://www.kewl.uwc.ac.za : The potential for e-learning to democratise the social work curriculum
(Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2007)This article describes the design and implementation of a module on Advanced Social Work Ethics using a blended learning approach and relying substantially on e-learning as a pedagogical tool. The design is contextualised ... -
An ethnographic exploration of postoperative pain experiences among Ghanaian surgical patients
(SAGE Publications, 2014)The experience of pain associated with surgery has been a challenge for health care professionals for many years, and culture is said to influence pain. Purpose: This study focused on patients’ experiences of postoperative ... -
Evaluating blogging as a reflective strategy in a service-learning module for undergraduate nursing students
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)Literature suggests that blogging has the potential to be a transformational technology for teaching and learning. It is claimed that blogging is a useful practice for development of higher-order learning skills, active, ... -
Evaluating the commitment of South Africa to the principles of separation of powers
(Springer International Publishing., 2022)Background: Historically, the concentration of unchecked power in the hands of a single individual or group of people has mostly resulted in suppression and oppression of other peoples’ rights. In constitutional democracies, ... -
Evaluating the construct validity of the KIDSCREEN-52 Quality of Life questionnaire in a South African context
(Psychological Society of South Africa, 2012)The absence of a suitable measure to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents in South Africa, led to the use of the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire which was developed and standardised in ... -
Evaluating the effect of ward-based outreach teams on primary healthcare performance in North West Province, South Africa: A plausibility design using routine data
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018)Background: North West Province (NWP), South Africa, was an early adopter of the primary healthcare (PHC) ward-based outreach team (WBOT) strategy and has made considerable progress in implementing it. Given the interest ... -
Evaluating the rights of children and young people in Africa: The policies and practices in South Africa
(Springer International Publishing., 2022)South Africa is not an exception to Africa’s several policies and legislative frameworks that seek to promote and protect children, and young people, respectively. While on the one hand, the majority of children and young ... -
An evaluation of a low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy mhealth-supported intervention to reduce loneliness in older people
(MDPI, 2019)There is a high prevalence of loneliness among older people, especially in residential care settings. Loneliness is often accompanied by maladaptive cognitions which can a ect the maintenance and establishment of meaningful ... -
An evaluation of a multidisciplinary patient centred type 2 diabetes self-management education programme in Edo State, Nigeria
(UNISA Press, 2015)Diabetes is on the increase globally, especially in African countries. Nigeria in particular has a high prevalence of diabetes type 2. There is evidence that improved type 2 diabetes outcomes are related to self-management ... -
Evaluation of a new clinical performance assessment tool: a reliability study
(AOSIS publishing, 2012)Clinical practice is an essential requirement of any graduate physiotherapy programme. For this purpose, valid and reliable assessment tools are paramount for the measurement of key competencies in the real-world setting. ... -
Evaluation of an adapted version of the diabetes prevention program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate “Lifestyle Africa” in South Africa
(Public library of Science, 2022)Background Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing : major increases in diabetes and cardiovascular conditions linked to overweight and obesity. Lifestyle interventions such as the United States National ... -
Evaluation of how integrated HIV and TB programs are implemented in South Africa and the implications for rural-urban equity
(James Cook University, 2013)Introduction: In countries such as South Africa with a high prevalence of HIV and TB policy directives support program integration. Operational research suggests this is desirable, at least for increasing coverage of HIV ... -
Evaluation of pharmaceutical industry led access programmes: A standardised framework
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Pharmaceutical industry-led access programmes are increasing in number and scope worldwide. We present a new standardised framework for evaluation of these programmes that includes three components: a taxonomy of 11 ... -
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the national Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme on infant HIV measured at six weeks postpartum in South Africa
(South African Medical Research Council, National Department of Health South Africa and PEPFAR/US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2012)Aims and Objectives: The overall aim of this evaluation was to conduct a national facility-based survey to monitor the effectiveness of the South African National PMTCT programme. The primary objective was to measure ... -
Evaluation of the relationship between occupational-specific task performance and measures of physical fitness, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in firefighters
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2024)Introduction: Firefighters are required to perform physically strenuous tasks such as hose drags, victim rescues, forcible entries and stair climbs to complete their public safety mission. Occupational-specific tasks are ... -
Every loaf of bread is political – Reflections on collective care responses to covid-19 in Cape Town
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024)Feminist perspectives on care have demonstrated how capitalism undervalues care work. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted this further, as systems of production and social reproduction became destabilized globally. In many ...