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Ability to manage diabetes – community health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs

Hughes, Gail; Puoane, Thandi; Bradley, Hazel A. (SEMDSA (Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of SA), 2006)

BACKGROUND: Diabetes constitutes a significant health problem in South Africa. Early detection and good management can prevent or delay complications, with national guidelines for diabetes treatment now available to ...
The academic transitional experiences of masters’ students at the University of the Western Cape

Hoffman, Jeffrey C.; Julie, Hester (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)

Transition has been a major focus of educational institutions. However, most of the research into student transition focuses on the challenges related the transition from high school to university. Not much emphasis has ...
Actual and perceived substance use of health science students at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa

Steyl, Tania; Phillips, Julie (Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, 2011)

Background: Substance use among youth is a worldwide epidemic that impacts negatively on the health sector as well as the family and society. Early student life is a time of tremendously high motivation to conform to the ...
Adolescent substance use: a prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents

Patrick, Megan E; Collins, Linda M; Smith, Edward A; Caldwell, Linda L; Flisher, Alan J; Wegner, Lisa (Informa Healthcare, 2009)

Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use ...
Alcohol use among black female adolescents in a South African community: A mixed methods investigation

Phillips, Julie (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)

Background: According to the World Health Organization global alcohol consumption has increased in recent decades, with most of this increase occurring in developing countries. Added to this is the concern of the increased ...
Applying a framework for assessing the health system challenges to scaling up mHealth in South Africa

Leon, Natalie; Schneider, Helen; Daviaud, Emmanuelle (BioMed Central, 2012)

Background: Mobile phone technology has demonstrated the potential to improve health service delivery, but there is little guidance to inform decisions about acquiring and implementing mHealth technology at scale in health ...
Assessing and improving care for patients with TB/HIV/STIs in a rural district in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

Loveday, Marion; Scott, Vera; McLaughlin, Jennifer; Amien, Feroza; Virgina, Zweigenthal (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2011)

Setting: Despite the prioritisation of TB, HIV and STI programmes in South Africa, service targets are not achieved, have had little effect, and the magnitude of the epidemics continues to escalate. Objective. To report ...
Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: Assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa

Scott, Vera; Zweigenthal, Virginia; Jennings, Karen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)

BACKGROUND: While much is written about the scale up of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), little research has been done on the expansion of routine preART HIV care. OBJECTIVE: To assess ...
Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa

Scott, Vera; Zweigenthal, Virginia; Jennings, Karen (Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2011)

Objective: To assess the quality of pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) care in Cape Town and its continuity with HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and ART. Methods: The scale-up of the HCT, pre-ART and ART service platform ...
Beyond knowledge and skills: the use of a Delphi study to develop a technology-mediated teaching strategy

Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: While there is evidence to suggest that teaching practices in clinical education should include activities that more accurately reflect the real world, many educators base their teaching on transmission models ...
"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa

Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Schwarz, Cassandra; Purdy, Christopher; Swart, Rina; Durao, Solange; Hawkes, Corinna (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Summary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ...
'Big is beautiful' – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township

Puoane, Thandi; Fourie, JM; Shapiro, M; Rosling, L; Tshaka, N C; Oelefse, A (South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005)

OBJECTIVES: To explore perceptions about factors associated with body weight and body image among black female community health workers (CHWs) living and working in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. DESIGN: A descriptive, ...
Body image satisfaction among a sample of black female South African students

Mwaba, Kelvin; Roman, Nicolette V. (Society for Personality Research (Inc.), 2009)

Numerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western ...
Challanges related to working conditions experienced by social workers practising in rural areas

Alpaslan, Nicky; Schenck, Catherina (Rinie) (University of Stellenbosch, 2012)

Introduction: In view of the references to the “poor working conditions” of social workers (Kusambisa in Chibba, 2011), which make it a challenge to retain social workers in rural areas (Kruger, 2008:44), and the exodus ...
Challenges faced by the urban black South Africans in the prevention of non-communicable diseases

Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2008)

This paper was conducted to describe some of the circumstances that increases the risk factors for non-communicable diseases amongst the previously disadvantaged South African population. The work presented here is based ...
Challenges facing physiotherapy education in Africa

Frantz, Jose M. (Nova Southeastern University, 2007-01-01)

Health care is changing and the demands put on health professionals are increasing. Physiotherapy education should reflect the health and social priorities of the nation. The World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) ...
Changes in paediatric HIV-related hospital admissions and mortality in Soweto, South Africa, 1996-2011: light at the end of the tunnel?

Meyers, Tammy; Dramowski, Angela; Schneider, Helen; Gardiner, Nicolene; Kuhn, Louise; Moore, David (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012)

Background: With widespread availability of pediatric antiretro- viral therapy and improved access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), it is important to monitor the impact on pediatric HIV-related ...
Children’s perspectives on child well-being

September, Rose; Savahl, Shazly (University of Johannesburg, 2009)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) through its reporting framework for nation states has prompted increasing interest on the measuring and monitoring of child well-being. The domains and indicators ...
Chronic non-communicable diseases

Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Sanders, David; Parker, Whadiah (Health Systems Trust, 2008)

This chapter will examine the current actions, including lifestyle measures, for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases within a South African context. It will also focus on the biological, behavioural ...
Chronic pain in the community: A survey in a township in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Puoane, Thandi; Gansky, Stuart A.; Plesh, Octavia (Medpharm Publications, 2011)

Background: Comprehensive information is needed on the epidemiology and burden of chronic pain in the population for the development of appropriate health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, ...

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