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Ultra-processed foods and mortality: Analysis from the prospective urban and rural epidemiology study
(Oxford University Press, 2022)This analysis includes 138,076 participants without a history of CVD between the ages of 35 and 70 y living on 5 continents, with a median follow-up of 10.2 y. We used country-specific validated food-frequency questionnaires ... -
Undernutrition and its social determinants
(Elsevier, 2017)Undernutrition, especially among young children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains widespread, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Its effects include increased risk of morbidity and mortality ... -
Understanding and responding to prescribing patterns of sodium valproate-containing medicines in pregnant women and women of childbearing age in Western Cape, South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)Growing evidence of the teratogenic potential of sodium valproate (VPA) has changed prescribing practices across the globe; however, the impact of this research and the consequent dissemination of a Dear Health Care ... -
Understanding fruit and vegetable consumption: A qualitative investigation in the Mitchells plain sub-district of Cape Town
(2019)Objectives: Many South Africans do not consume enough fruit and vegetables. However, people are generally aware of the benefits of adequate consumption. To understand this gap between knowledge and practice, this study ... -
Understanding internal accountability in Nigeria’s routine immunization system: Perspectives from government officials at the national, state, and local levels
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017)BACKGROUND: Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of ... -
Understanding internal accountability in Nigeria’s routine immunization system: perspectives from government officials at the national, state, and local levels
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017)BACKGROUND: Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of ... -
Understanding key drivers of performance in the provision of maternal health services in eastern cape, South Africa: a systems analysis using group model building
(BMC, 2018)Background: The Eastern Cape Province reports among the poorest health service indicators in South Africa with some of its districts standing out as worst performing as regards maternal health indicators. To understand ... -
Understanding key vectors and vector-borne diseases associated with freshwater ecosystem across Africa: Implications for public health
(Elsevier, 2022)The emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by key freshwater organisms have remained a global concern. As one of the leading biodiversity hotspots, the African ecoregion is suggested to harbour the ... -
Understanding key vectors and vector-borne diseases associated with freshwater ecosystem across Africa: Implications for public health
(Science of The Total Environment, 2023)The emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by key freshwater organisms have remained a global concern. As one of the leading biodiversity hotspots, the African ecoregion is suggested to harbour the ... -
Understanding the gaps in DR-TB care cascade in Nigeria: A sequential mixed-method study
(Elsevier, 2020)Background: Despite the availability of free drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) care in Nigeria since 2011, the country continues to tackle low case notification and treatment rates. In 2018, 11% of an estimated 21,000 ... -
Unearthing how, why, for whom and under what health system conditions the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in South Africa works: A realist theory refining approach
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Poor retention in care and suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) undermine its successful rollout in South Africa. The adherence club intervention was designed as an adherence-enhancing intervention ... -
Unequal access to ART: exploratory results from rural and urban case studies of ART use
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)INTRODUCTION: South Africa has the world's largest antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme. While services in the public sector are free at the point of use, little is known about overall access barriers. This paper ... -
Unequal gender norms are related to Symptoms of Depression Among Young Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional, Cross-Cultural Study
(Elsevier, 2021-01)Purpose: This study was undertaken among 10- to 14-year-old girls and boys in disadvantaged areas of Shanghai, China; Cuenca, Ecuador; Flanders, Belgium; and Denpasar and Semarang, Indonesia. It aimed to assess whether ... -
Unlocking scal space of expanding the health workforce in district health systems in Uganda in the context of PEPFAR transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2021-03)Although expanding fiscal space for health worker recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process of ... -
Unmasking power as foundational to research on sexual and reproductive health and rights
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Relations of power are intrinsic to the social determinants of sexual and reproductive health (SRH); they influence the content, quality and outcomes of SRH care; and they shape the negotiation and realisation of sexual ... -
Unpacking vulnerability: towards language that advances understanding and resolution of social inequities in public health
(Springer Nature, 2020)Our attention was drawn to an important recent paper published in the journal Critical Public Health, which discusses the use (and misuse) of the word “vulnerable” in public health research and practice (Katz, Hardy, ... -
Uptake and predictors of early postnatal follow–up care amongst mother–baby pairs in South Africa: Results from three population–based surveys, 2010–2013
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)BACKGROUND Achieving World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for postnatal care (PNC) within the first few weeks of life is vital to eliminating early mother–to–child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and improving ... -
Uptake of, barriers and enablers to the utilization of postnatal care services in Thyolo, Malawi
(BMC, 2023)Postnatal care (PNC) ensures early assessments for danger signs during the postpartum period and is to be provided within 24 h of birth, 48–72 h, 7–14 days, and six weeks after birth. This study assessed the uptake of ... -
Urban poverty in Cape Town
(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 ... -
Urbanization and international trade and investment policies as determinants of noncommunicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Elsevier, 2013)There are three dominant globalization pathways affecting noncommunicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): urbanization, trade liberalization, and investment liberalization. Urbanization carries potential health ...
