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Substitute addictions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Akadémiai Kiadó, 2020)
The global spread of COVID-19, subsequent stay-at-home requirements, spatial distancing measures, and long-term isolation present additional challenges for persons in recovery. Using an illustrative case from South Africa, ...
Public risk perception and behaviours towards COVID-19 during the first and second waves in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Objectives To describe changes in public risk perception
and risky behaviours during the first wave (W1) and
second wave (W2) of COVID-19 in Nigeria, associated
factors and observed trend of the outbreak.
Design A ...
Counselling preparedness and responsiveness of industrial psychologists in the face of COVID-19.
(SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2021-05-17)
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) as a pandemic in March 2020. For much of the following year, the COVID-19
pandemic had a bewildering and unprecedented ...
Categorisation and minoritisation
(2020)
The disproportionate mortality of COVID-19 and brutality of protective institutions has shifted anti-racism
discourses into the mainstream. 1 Increased reckoning over categorisations of people demonstrate that racial
categories, ...
Alcohol ban during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Lessons for preventing foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)
During the two national lockdowns implemented in South Africa to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages were prohibited. There is observational ...
Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa
(Global Health: Science and Practice, 2022)
Despite global progress in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths, much work remains to be done to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Reports indicate that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disrupts ...
Implementing and Evaluating Community Health Worker-Led Cardiovascular Disease Risk Screening Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa Communities: A Participatory Implementation Research Protocol
(MDPI, 2022)
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) poses a considerable threat to public health. Community-driven CVD risk ...
We Are Not Islands: The Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychological Distress
(MDPI, 2023)
COVID-19 containment measures, including social distancing, quarantine, and confinement,
significantly impacted social connectedness and contributed to heightened levels of perceived stress.
Prior research has established ...
Use of routine health information systems to monitor disruptions of coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services during COVID-19: A scoping review
(Journal of global health, 2023)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique global health challenge which disrupted essential health services (EHS). Most early data related to EHS during the COVID-19 pandemic came from country and regional “pulse” ...
Critical reflections on conducting qualitative health research during Covid-19: The lived experiences of a cohort of postgraduate students in a South African university
(Sage journal, 2023-01-02)
COVID-19 ushered in public health guidelines restricting face-to-face contact and movement, and encouraging social distancing,
all of which had implications for conducting field-based research during the pandemic. For ...