Browsing by Author "Aboyade, Oluwaseyi"
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Health-seeking behaviours of older black women living with non-communicable diseases in an urban township in South Africa
Aboyade, Oluwaseyi; Beauclair, R.; Mbamalu, Oluchi; Puoane, Thandi; Hughes, Gail (BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: Various studies have shown that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially diabetes and hypertension are prevalent among older women living in South African urban areas, placing a heavy burden on the healthcare ... -
The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities
Hughes, Gail; Aboyade, Oluwaseyi; Clark, Bobby; Puoane, Thandi (Biomedcentral, 2013)BACKGROUND: In South Africa, over 6 million people are hypertensive and the burden of disease shows that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death among adults. Although treatments exist, few people ... -
Sutherlandia frutescens: The meeting of science and traditional knowledge
Aboyade, Oluwaseyi; Styger, Gustav; Gibson, Diana; Hughes, Gail (Mary Ann Liebert, 2013)Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. (syn. Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt and J.C. Manning) is an indigenous medicinal plant extensively used in South Africa to treat a variety of health conditions. It is a fairly ... -
Traditional health practitioners’ perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections
Davids, Denver; Blouws, Tarryn; Aboyade, Oluwaseyi (BMC, 2014)In South Africa, traditional health practitioners’ (THPs) explanatory frameworks concerning illness aetiologies are much researched. However there is a gap in the literature on how THPs understand HIV-related opportunistic ...