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National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: A qualitative study
(Human Resources for Health, 2019)Background: Supportive supervision is considered critical to community health worker programme performance, but there is relatively little understanding of how it can be sustainably done at scale. Supportive supervision ... -
National-level key stakeholders' perspectives regarding intervention progression and emerging challenges within the national stillbirth reduction response in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2023)Implementation of evidence-based interventions was adopted to respond to the stillbirth burden from the global campaigns. However, new challenges emerge in the process of rolling out such interventions into routine ... -
The need to incorporate the impact of population ageing into the postCOVID-19 policy and planning reset in low and middle income countries
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to widen the health care demand-supply gap, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The virus has had the greatest impact on older persons in terms of morbidity and mortality, ... -
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ... -
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ... -
Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2020)The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1] was first reported in December 2019 by Chinese Health Authorities following an outbreak of pneumonia ... -
No association between cumulative traumatic experiences and sex in risk for posttraumatic stress disorder among human immunodeficiency virus-positive adults
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2013)This study examined the association between the type and number of traumatic experiences and the conditional risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stratified by sex, in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We ... -
No pandemic preparedness and research without gender equality
(NLM (Medline), 2023)The covid-19 emergency may have been declared over, but its effects are not. Pre-existing inequities worsened during the pandemic, and the crisis has hardened societal fault lines. Sex and gender mark many of these. ... -
“Not just a journal club – it’s where the magic happens”: Knowledge mobilization through co-production for health system development in the Western Cape province, South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)The field of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) views researchers as active participants in processes of knowledge mobilization, learning and action. Yet few studies examine how such processes are institutionalized ... -
"Nothing new": responses to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in South Africa
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006)Interviews conducted in South Africa found that awareness of antiretroviral therapy was generally poor. Antiretroviral drugs were not perceived as new, but one of many alternative therapies for HIV/AIDS. Respondents ... -
Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning
(Health & Social Care in the Community, 2022)Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is ... -
Nutrition policy reforms to address the double burden of malnutrition in Zambia: a prospective policy analysis
(Oxford, 2023)The evolution of nutrition patterns in Zambia has resulted in the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition in the same population, the double burden of malnutrition. While Zambia has strong policies addressing ... -
Nutritional knowledge amongst an adult South African sample of low socioeconomic status
(AFAHPER-SD, 2018)The aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic predictors of nutritional knowledge (NK) based on total household income, educational level and employment status. A secondary aim was to determine the relationship ... -
Nutritional status, dietary intake and dietary diversity of landfill waste pickers
(MDPI, 2022)The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the nutritional status, dietary intake and dietary diversity of waste pickers in South Africa, a socioeconomically vulnerable group who makes a significant ... -
Obesity among black South African women
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2005)Obesity and associated non-communicable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease were previously thought to be diseases of affluent countries, but they are becoming increasingly prevalent ... -
Obesity in South Africa: Challenges for government and health professionals
(Nutrition Society, 2005)OBJECTIVES: To review data on the prevalence, causes and health consequences of obesity in South Africa and propose interventions to prevent and treat obesity and related outcomes. METHODS: Data from existing literature ... -
Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey
(Nature Publishing Group, 2002)To ascertain the anthropometric profile and determinants of obesity in South Africans who participated in the Demographic and Health Survey in 1998. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A sample of 13,089 men and women (age, ... -
Obligation to family during times of transition: care, support and the response to HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In rural South Africa, high HIV prevalence has the potential to affect the care and support that kin are able to provide to those living with HIV. Despite this, families seem to be largely resilient and a key source of ... -
On the road to HIV/AIDS competence in the household: Building a health-enabling environment for people living with HIV/AIDS
(MPDI, 2015)When aiming to provide chronic disease care within the context of human resource shortages, we should not only consider the responsibility of the individual person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) but also the capacity of ... -
One-pot synthesis, characterisation and biological activities of gold nanoparticles prepared using aqueous seed extract of Garcinia kola
(2023-02)Recently, biogenic synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has become a focus area in cancer research owing to the eco-friendliness and cost effectiveness of the synthetic method. In this study, aqueous extract of Garcinia ...
