Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Puoane, Thandi"
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Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review
Egbujie, Bonaventure Amandi; Delobelle, Peter Arthur; Levitt, Naomi; Puoane, Thandi; Sanders, David; van Wyk, Brian (PLOS, 2018)Background: Globally the number of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has risen significantly over the last few decades. Aligned to this is a growing use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver T2DM ... -
The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township
Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Puoane, Thandi; Schneider, Helen; Levitt, Naomi S.; Steyn, Krisela (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being recognised as a crucial part of the health workforce in South Africa and other parts of the world. CHWs have taken on a variety of roles, including community ... -
The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Tsolekile, Lungiswa P.; Schneider, Helen; Puoane, Thandi (AOSIS, 2018)BACKGROUND: The current roles and capacity of community health workers (CHWs) in the management and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain poorly understood. Objectives: To assess CHWs’ current roles, training ... -
Scaling up improved inpatient treatment of evere Malnutrition: Key Factors and Experiences From South Africa, Bolivia, Malawi, and Ghana"
Kauchali, Shuaib; Puoane, Thandi; Aguilar, Ana Maria; Kathumba, Sylvester; Nkoroi, Alice (Global health, 2022)Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) can have high mortality, especially in very ill children treated in the hospital. Many medical and nursing schools do not adequately, if at all, teach how to manage children with SAM. There ... -
Short-term and sustained effects of a health system strengthening intervention to improve mortality trends for paediatric severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals
Muzigaba, Moise; Kigozi, G.; Puoane, Thandi (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2017)BACKGROUND. Case fatality rates for childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain high in some resource-limited facilities in South Africa (SA), despite the widespread availability of the World Health Organization ... -
Socio-cultural factors influencing food consumption patterns in the black African population in an urban township in South Africa
Puoane, Thandi; Matwa, Princess; Hughes, Gail; Bradley, Hazel A. (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2006)The present study was undertaken to examine socio-cultural factors that influence food intake in different groups of people residing in a black township in Cape Town. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were ... -
Socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural determinants of obesity in black South African women
Micklesfield, Lisa K.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Puoane, Thandi; Hume, David J.; Chantler, Sarah; Pienaar, Paula R.; Dickie, Kasha; Goedecke, Julia H. (Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd, 2013)South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition and has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub- Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most affected (obesity prevalence 31.8%). Although ... -
Study protocol for the SMART2D adaptive implementation trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing facility-only care with integrated facility and community care to improve type 2 diabetes outcomes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden
Guwatudde, David; Absetz, Pilvikki; Delobelle, Peter; Östenson, Claes-Göran; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly contributing to the global burden of disease. Health systems in most parts of the world are struggling to diagnose and manage T2D, especially in low-income and ... -
Testing a self-determination theory model of healthy eating in a South African township
De Man, Jeroen; Wouters, Edwin; Delobelle, Peter; Puoane, Thandi; Daivadanam, Meena; Absetz, Pilvikki; Remmen, Roy; van Olmen, Josefien (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the leading causes of death and disability, and its prevalence has been growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa (International Diabetes Federation, 2017). In response to this T2D pandemic, ... -
Training nurses to save lives of malnourished children
Puoane, Thandi; Sanders, David; Ashworth, Ann; Ngumbela, Modesta (Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2006)A qualitative study with a pre- and post-intervention component was undertaken among 66 professional nurses at 11 hospitals in the Eastern Cape to assess their perceptions and attitudes towards severely malnourished children ... -
The translation and cultural adaptation of patient-reported outcome measures for a clinical study involving traditional health providers and bio-medically trained practitioners
Goggin, Kathy; Puoane, Thandi (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2010)This study reports on the cultural and language translation of measures for use with Zulu speakers in South Africa. The translation process was purposefully used to integrate our diverse 14 person study team by employing ... -
Urban poverty in Cape Town
de Swardt, Cobus; Puoane, Thandi; Chopra, Mickey; du Toit, Andries (Sage Publications, 2005)This paper describes key findings of a household livelihood survey conducted in impoverished African settlements in Cape Town, one of Africa’s wealthiest cities. Poverty in these areas is strongly shaped by the history ... -
What health service provider factors are associated with low delivery of HIV testing to children with acute malnutrition in Dowa district of Malawi?
Chitet, Lusungu; Puoane, Thandi (Public Library of Science, 2015)The Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition is the national program for treating acute malnutrition in Malawi. Under this program’s guidelines all children enrolled should undergo an HIV test, so that those ... -
Why do some hospitals achieve better care of severely malnourished children than others? Five-year follow-up of rural hospitals in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Puoane, Thandi; Katie, Cuming; Sanders, David; Ashworth, Ann (Oxford University Press, 2008)Staff at 11 rural hospitals in an under-resourced region of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, participated in an intervention to improve the quality of care of severely malnourished children through training and support ...