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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 ... -
An online educational model in andrology for student training in the art of scientific writing in the COVID-19 pandemic
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the annual Summer Internship at the American Center for Reproductive Medicine (ACRM). To transit it into an online format, an inaugural 6-week 2020 ACRM Online ... -
Opening the 'implementation black-box' of the user fee exemption policy for caesarean section in Benin: A realist evaluation
(Oxford University Press, 2020)To improve access to maternal health services, Benin introduced in 2009 a user fee exemption policy for caesarean sections. Similar to other low- and middle-income countries, its implementation showed mixed results. Our ... -
Operational framework for rural hospitals during a pandemic
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)It is now evident that a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has developed. The unfortunate reality is that those in rural areas may be impacted the hardest. Ethical decision making may look the same for rural areas as ... -
Opportunities and challenges facing NGOs using sport as a vehicle for development in post-apartheid South Africa
(Routledge, 2012)Post-apartheid South Africa manifests poor social indicators with over half the population living below the poverty line and the worst levels of inequality in the world, with much work needed to overcome the skewed legacy ... -
Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Pregnancy offers an opportunity for midwives to recognise and respond to women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). However, most antenatal care interventions have been conducted in private specialist services ... -
The opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in South Africa’s recycling industry: A value chain analysis
(SAGE, 2019)This paper investigates the entrepreneurial opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in the recycling industry. Using Porter’s firm-level value chain framework as theoretical framework for this ... -
Opportunities for linking research to policy: lessons learned from implementation research in sexual and reproductive health within the ANSER network
(Springer Nature, 2018)Background: The uptake of findings from sexual and reproductive health and rights research into policy-making remains a complex and non-linear process. Different models of research utilisation and guidelines to maximise ... -
Opportunities for technology-based HIV prevention programming among high school students in Cape Town, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)One in three new cases of HIV in South Africa is among adolescents. Given that adolescents are particularly affected, scalable, and cost-effective prevention programs are urgently needed. This study aims to identify ... -
Optimising geographical accessibility to primary health care: A geospatial analysis of community health posts and community health workers in Niger
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Background Little is known about the contribution of community health posts and community health workers (CHWs) to geographical accessibility of primary healthcare (PHC) services at community level and strategies for ... -
Optimising scale and deployment of community health workers in Sierra Leone: a geospatial analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Little is known about strategies for optimising the scale and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) to maximise geographic accessibility of primary healthcare services.We used data from a national georeferenced census ... -
Oral medicine acceptance in infants and toddlers: measurement properties of the caregiver-administered Children’s acceptance tool (CareCAT)
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Developing age-appropriate medications remains a challenge in particular for the population of infants and toddlers, as they are not able to reliably self-report if they would accept and consequently take an ... -
Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)This paper reports a study from Cape Town, South Africa, that tested an existing framework of everyday health system resilience (EHSR) in examining how a local health system responded to the chronic stress of large-scale ... -
Out of chaos leaders emerged
(Elsevier, 2023)There has always been a recognition for the need of a strong nursing workforce in his- tory. After the end of World War II, President Truman in the Associated Press, 1946, February 28, stated that nurses are “one of the ... -
Outcome evaluation of highly challenging balance training for people with Parkinson disease: A multicenter effectiveness-implementation study
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020)In order for people with Parkinson disease (PwPD) to benefit from neurorehabilitation research, interventions tested in research settings require assessment in real-world clinical practice. There is little evidence for ... -
Outcome measures used to assess disability post stroke within the framework of the ICF: a literature review
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)BACKGROUND: The use of outcome measures has been associated with good practice among clinicians and as a research instrument. These measures can be utilized to assess- and manage patients, observe progress, determine the ... -
The outcomes of a sport-based intervention on risky sexual behaviours among rural school-going adolescents
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)The spread of HIV infection in sexually active adolescents and young adults has been attributed to the increasing risky sexual behaviours including early sexual activity, multiple sexual partnership, and irregular condoms ... -
Outcomes of births attended by private midwives in the Gauteng Province of South Africa: A retrospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2023)Midwives are important role players in providing women-centred care for low-risk pregnant women. South African women use either public or private health care services during pregnancy and birth. As the public sector is ... -
An overview of the history and development of naturopathy in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)BACKGROUND: A huge growth in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) took place in South Africa in the 1960s which paralleled what was happening in other parts of the western world. Naturopathy has been practised ...