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From pre-implementation to institutionalization: Lessons from sustaining a perinatal audit program in South Africa
(NLM (Medline), 2023)Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), or related forms of maternal and perinatal death audits, can strengthen health systems. We explore the history of initiating, scaling up, and institutionalizing ... -
From research to practice: Lay adherence counsellors' fidelity to an evidence-based intervention for promoting adherence to antiretroviral treatment in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Springer Verlag, 2013)In the Western Cape, lay counsellors are tasked with supporting antiretroviral (ARV) adherence in public healthcare clinics. Thirty-nine counsellors in 21 Cape Town clinics were trained in Options for Health (Options), an ... -
Frontline health workers as brokers: provider perceptions, experiences and mitigating strategies to improve access to essential medicines in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2014)Background: Front-line health providers have a unique role as brokers (patient advocates) between the health system and patients in ensuring access to medicines (ATM). ATM is a fundamental component of health systems. This ... -
Functional outcomes of stroke patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2013)Individuals with stroke often experience functional limitations such as the inability to walk independently. There are several factors that are associated with functional outcome post stroke. The aim of the study was ... -
Galvanizing collective action to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and prevention of stillbirths
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021)Every day, there are an estimated 810 maternal and 7,000 newborn deaths, and more than 5,000 stillbirths, most of which are preventable.1-3 While progress has been made in reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and ... -
Gearing up for implementation: A new Children's Act for South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)The South African Government is presently processing a new comprehensive Children's Act, which is expected to be promulgated in 2008. The primary purpose of the Act is to give effect to the rights of children as contained ... -
Gender differences in experiences of ART services in South Africa: a mixed methods study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Objectives: A mixed methods study exploring gender differences in patient profiles and experiences of ART services, along the access dimensions of availability, affordability and acceptability, in two rural and two urban ... -
Gender patterns in the contribution of different types of violence to posttraumatic stress symptoms among South African urban youth
(Elsevier, 2013)OBJECTIVE: Identifying the comparative contributions of different forms of violence exposure to trauma sequelae can help to prioritize interventions for polyvictimized youth living in contexts of limited mental health ... -
Gendered conflict in the human family
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Sexual conflict is a thriving area of animal behaviour research. Yet parallel research in the evolutionary human sciences remains underdeveloped and has become mired by controversy. In this special collection, we aim to ... -
A generational exploration of coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa: marching towards a new personhood
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)During the early history of South Africa, in what would become the Western Cape province, Europeans (from Dutch, German, French, and Portuguese) mixed racially and culturally with Cape slaves (from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, ... -
The geography of emergency department-based HIV testing in South Africa: Can patients link to care?
(Elsevier, 2021): Emergency Departments (EDs) can serve as clinical sites for identification of new HIV infections and their entry into care. We examined if HIV-positive patients who present to EDs in South Africa are able to successfully ... -
The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight
(PubMed Commons, 2014)This study aimed at illuminating the perceptions and responses of Ghanaian surgical nurses regarding their patients’ POP. It also identified the factors that influenced nurses’ pain responses. A focused ethnography ... -
Girl champ in Eswatini: A strategic marketing campaign to promote demand for sexual and reproductive health services among young women
(Springe, 2021)Eforts to engage adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV services have struggled, in part, due to limited awareness of services and stigma. Strategic marketing is a promising approach, but the impact on youth behavior ... -
Girl champ in eSwatini: A strategic marketing campaign to promote demand for sexual and reproductive health services among young women
(AIDS and Behavior, 21)Efforts to engage adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV services have struggled, in part, due to limited awareness of services and stigma. Strategic marketing is a promising approach, but the impact on youth ... -
The gist of instructional leadership practised in Swaziland primary schools
(SAGE Publications, 2016)A growing body of scholarship links instructional leadership to effective teaching and learning. This article looks at the ‘what’ of instructional leadership as practised in Swaziland primary schools. A qualitative ... -
Global core indicators for measuring WHO’s paediatric quality‑of‑care standards in health facilities: Development and expert consensus
(BMC, 2022)There are currently no global recommendations on a parsimonious and robust set of indicators that can be measured routinely or periodically to monitor quality of hospital care for children and young adolescents. We describe ... -
Global differences in lung function by region (PURE): an international, community-based prospective study
(Elsevier, 2013)BACKGROUND Despite the rising burden of chronic respiratory diseases, global data for lung function are not available. We investigated global variation in lung function in healthy populations by region to establish whether ... -
Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for all
(Springer Nature, 2020)The People's Health Movement (PHM) was formed in 2000 and drew inspiration from the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care's 'Health for All' (1978). Since then PHM has been an active part of a global counter-hegemonic ... -
Global health research, partnership, and equity: no more business-as-usual
(BioMed Central, 2011)The papers in this important collection reflect a mature and confident way of doing global health research which is anything but business-as-usual. In the context of increasing competition for individual or institutional ...