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Avoiding the road to nowhere: Policy insights on scaling up and sustaining digital health
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)
The Principles for Digital Development, launched in 2017, outline 9 items to consider in designing digital health programs to mitigate predictable and preventable factors contributing to program failure (Principles for ...
Comparing patients’ experiences in three differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Differentiated service delivery for HIV treatment seeks to enhance medication adherence while respecting the preferences of people living with HIV. Nevertheless, patients’ experiences of using these differentiated service ...
Adaptation of the Texas Christian University organisational readiness for change short form (TCU-ORC-SF) for use in primary health facilities in South Africa
(BMJ publishing group, 2022)
Objectives The Texas Christian University
Organisational Readiness for Change Scale (TCU-ORC)
assesses factors influencing adoption of evidence-based
practices. It has not been validated in low-income
and
middle-inc ...
Exploring the sustainability of perinatal audit in four district hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: a multiple case study approach
(BMJ, 2022)
Introduction Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is an intervention process that uses a continuous cycle of identification, notification and review of deaths to determine avoidable causes followed ...
Validation of the Connor-Davidson resilience scale-10 in South Africa: Item response theory and classical test theory
(Dove Press, 2022)
During times of crisis, and in particular during the current COVID-19 pandemic, resistance resources, such as resilience, are
key to managing the negative impacts of the crisis. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 has ...
Between rhetoric and reality: Learnings from youth participation in the adolescent and youth health policy in South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)
Youth participation makes an essential contribution to the design of policies and with the appropriate
structures, and processes, meaningful engagement leads to healthier, more just, and equal societies. There is a ...
The contribution of parental factors to adolescents’ deviant behaviour in South Africa: Evidence from three rural communities in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
Challenges associated with adolescents are prevalent in South African societies. During
the adolescence stage, children may become involved in deviant behaviour. Although a significant
number of studies have focused on ...
Aging with HIV: Increased risk of HIV comorbidities in older adults
(MDPI, 2022)
With improved access to antiretroviral treatment (ART), adults with HIV live longer to
reach older age. The number of older adults living with HIV is increasing steadily, giving rise to
a new population of interest in ...
The health-sustaining, moderating, and mediating roles of sense of coherence in the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and burnout among South African teachers
(MDPI, 2022)
The current study focuses on the interrelationship between fear of COVID-19, sense of
coherence, and burnout. Participants (n = 355) were school teachers from across all provinces in
South Africa who completed the Fear ...
Challenges experienced by community health workers and their motivation to attend a self-management programme
(AOSIS, 2022)
Community health workers (CHWs) are change agents expected to assist in
decreasing the global burden of disease in the communities they serve. However, they
themselves have health risk behaviours, which predispose them ...