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Changing the game — can a sport-based youth development programme generate a positive social return on investment?
(UNISA Press, 2017)
This study examines a sport for development and peace intervention initiated by grassroot Soccer South Africa that promotes youth employability and leadership. A results-based management approach and a social return on ...
Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey
(Elsevier, 2017)
We write on behalf of 207 health professionals, academics, and researchers, and 25 health and human rights organisations from many countries (appendix). We wish to bring to the attention of The Lancet’s readers alarming ...
Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication stategies
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable
diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes
to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and
environments related ...
INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate disease burdens globally
and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive
monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact
of public ...
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook
a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker
(CHW) antenatal and ...
Factors that motivate nurses to provide quality patient care in a rural hospital in Vhembe district, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
Health services in rural areas are known to be under-resourced in several ways and working conditions are often described as unfavourable. Nurses working under such conditions are likely to be demotivated; however, it seems ...
Physical activity and health promotion strategies among Physiotherapists in Rwanda
(African Health Sciences, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity has become a global health concern and is among the 10 leading causes of death and disability. Physiotherapists are in a position to combat inactivity and effectively promote physical activity ...
Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among rural women in South-West Nigeria: Implications for development of women empowerment programme
(UNISA Press, 2017)
Cancer is a major public health concern globally. In Nigeria, over 10 000 cancer deaths and 250 000 new cases of cancer are recorded yearly. It was reported that the number of women at risk of breast cancer increased ...
Children’s discourses of natural spaces: considerations for children’s subjective well-being
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
Based on the evidence provided in the literature, it is manifest that increased time spent in nature increases various aspects of children’s well-being. Using discourse analysis on focus group interviews with 28 children ...
A systematic review of children’s construction of the self: implications for children’s subjective well-being
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
This research aimed to systematically review academic literature focused on how children construct and assign meaning to the ‘self.’ An article search and appraisal yielded 38 articles that met the inclusion criteria. ...