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Intimate partner violence amongst undergraduate nursing students
(Unisa press, 2014)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is reported to be rife among the student population at tertiary institutions and the general population. Yet the abuse is under diagnosed by nurses in health care settings. Research ... -
Intimate partner violence and HIV sexual risk behaviour among women who inject drugs in Indonesia: a respondent‑driven sampling study Claudia Stoicescu,
(Springer, 2018)Women who inject drugs are disproportionately affected by HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV); however, the link between IPV and HIV remains under-researched among substance-using women in low- and middle-income ... -
Intimate partner violence and its association with self-determination needs and gender-power constructs among rural South African women
(SAGE Publications, 2019)This study aimed to identify psychosocial correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) by using constructs derived from the self-determination theory (SDT) and gender-power scales. Cross-sectional data (N = 238) were ... -
Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a serious problem with a wide range of health consequences including poor maternal and newborn health outcomes. We assessed the relationship between IPV, forced first ... -
Introducing physical education into schools: the view of teachers and learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)INTRODUCTION: A number of initiatives were launched in various countries worldwide to provide quality physical education in schools. However, the promotion of participation in sport and specifically elite sport is ... -
Introducing physical education into schools: The view of teachers and learners
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)A number of initiatives were launched in various countries worldwide to provide quality physical education in schools. However, the promotion of participation in sport and specifically elite sport is still regarded to be ... -
Introduction to urban food security in the Global South
(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2022)This volume addresses the connections between three transformative processes in the Global South. First, the South is undergoing a rapid urban transition fueled by natural population increase and migration. Second, the ... -
Investigating the disjoint between education and health policy for infant feeding among teenage mothers in South Africa: a case for intersectoral work
(BMC, 2022)Background: Many low-and-middle-income countries, including South Africa, have high rates of teenage preg‑ nancy. Following the World Health Organisation recommendations, South African health policy on infant feeding promotes ... -
Investigating the relationship between financial inclusion and poverty in South Africa
(Routledge, 2021)The literature on financial inclusion (FI) and poverty connections has received considerable attention, but there exists a scarcity of South African studies examining the relationship between FI and poverty. This study ... -
Investigating the resurgence of malaria prevalence in South Africa between 2015 and 2018: A scoping review
(Bentham, 2020)Malaria remains a serious concern in most African countries, causing nearly one million deaths globally every year. This review aims to examine the extent and nature of the resurgence of malaria transmission in South Africa. ... -
Investigating the subjective well-being of the informally employed: a case study of day labourers in Windhoek and Pretoria
(OASIS, 2020-06-11)Orientation: Day labouring is becoming more frequent in developing countries. Long spells of unemployment and the uncertainty of informal wage employment impact negatively on the subjective well-being (SWB) of day ... -
An investigation into the new graduate nurses’ care and management of patients with HIV and AIDS in two provinces of South Africa
(African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)The Human Immunodeficiency (HIV) epidemic has been around for more than three decades and South Africa has more people living with HIV infection than any other country in Africa. Since nurses are the backbone of the ... -
Is client reporting on contraceptive use always accurate?measuring consistency and Change with a multicountry study
(Studies in Family Planning, 2021)The consistency of self-reported contraceptive use over short periods of time is important for understanding measurement reliability. We assess the consistency of and change in contraceptive use using longitudinal data ... -
Is social support related to better mental health, treatment continuation and success rates among individuals undergoing in-vitro fertilization? Systematic review and metaanalysis protocol
(Public Library of Science, 2021)Infertility and its treatment via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) represent a global health area of increasing importance. However, the physical and psychological burden of IVF can negatively impact psychological wellbeing, ... -
Is the Alma Ata vision of comprehensive primary health care viable? Findings from an international project
(Co-Action Publishing, 2014)BACKGROUND: The 4-year (2007 2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www. globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 ... -
Is the routine health information system ready to support the planned national health insurance scheme in South Africa?
(Oxford University Press, 2021)Implementation of a National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa requires a reliable, standardized health information system that supports Diagnosis-Related Groupers for reimbursements and resource management. We ... -
Is there risk compensation among HIV infected youth and adults 15 years and older on antiretroviral treatment in South Africa? Findings from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour and communication survey
(MDPI, 2022)In this paper, risk compensation among individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART), using the 2017 South African national survey on HIV, is explored. A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling approach was used to ... -
Is there room for improvement? Intervening at facility and district level to improve access and quality of care in a well-performing TB Control Programme: the Cape Town experience
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012)Objectives. To use a quality improvement approach to improve access to and quality of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and care in Cape Town. Methods. Five HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infections/TB (HAST) evaluations were ... -
“It had a lot of cultural stuff in it”: HIV-serodiscordant african American couples' experiences of a culturally congruent sexual health intervention
(International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, 2020)The increased life expectancy of people living with HIV has brought about an increase in serodiscordant couples, in which there is risk of HIV transmission. Therefore, interventions that promote sexual health and reduce ... -
“It might be a statistic to me, but every death matters.”: An assessment of facility-level maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems in four sub-Saharan African countries
(Public Library of Science, 2020)Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) systems aim to understand and address key contributors to maternal and perinatal deaths to prevent future deaths. From 2016–2017, the US Agency for International ...