Statistics and Population Studies: Recent submissions
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Is Swaziland on track with the 2015 millennium development goals?
(SAGE Publications, 2017)According to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreement, each participating country has to periodically provide a report that will show the progress on their achievement towards the goals. This article’s aim is to ... -
Control of airborne microbes in a poultry setting using Dioxy MP 14
(FACTA-FUNDACIO ARNCO CIENCIA TECNOLOGIA AVICOLAS, 2015)In this study, Dioxy MP 14, a locally developed form of chlorine dioxide, was tested in a commercial chicken pen to determine its effectiveness as an airborne environmental sanitizing agent. The biocide was introduced via ... -
Tackling sport-related concussion: Effectiveness of lowering the maximum legal height of the tackle in amateur male rugby - A cross-sectional analytical study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)Objective Rugby union ( € rugby') is popular globally, with most of its participants being amateur. Concern regarding sport-related concussion (SRC) sustained during rugby is increasing. SRC occurs most frequently in the ... -
High Concussion Rate in Student Community Rugby Union Players During the 2018 Season: Implications for Future Research Directions
(UWC, 2019)Collision sports, such as Rugby Union (“Rugby”) have a particularly high risk of injury. Of all injuries common to collision sports, concussions have received the most attention due to the potentially negative cognitive ... -
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low-income South African cohort
(Infant Mental Health Journal, 2022)Maternal mental health disorders and the adverse consequences for infant neurodevelopment have received substantial research attention in high-income countries over the past five decades. In Africa, where relatively little ... -
Factors associated with mothers’ health care‑seeking behaviours for childhood fever in Burkina Faso: Findings from repeated cross‑sectional household surveys
(BMC, 2022)Fever is one of the most frequent reasons for paediatric consultations in Burkina Faso, but health careseeking behaviours and the factors associated with health care-seeking in the event of childhood fever are poorly documented. ... -
Multifilter time-series observations of three short period ATLAS variable stars
(Oxford University Press, 2019-09)The ‘Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System’ discovered hundreds of thousands of new candidate variable stars. Follow-up observations of three of these are reported in this paper. The targets were selected on the ... -
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races- safer xxx
(Elsevier, 2022)There are limited data on factors that predict an increased risk of multiple injuries among distance runners. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors that are predictive of individual runners with a high ... -
‘Lockdown’: Digital and emergency elearning technologies—A student perspective
(MDPI, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent emergency measures had a fundamental and disruptive impact on societies and, in particular, on the educational sector. The transition of the modality of educational delivery from ... -
A quantification mechanism for assessing adherence to information security governance guidelines
(Emerald, 2022)Boards of Directors and other organisational leaders make decisions about the information security governance systems to implement in their companies. The increasing number of cyber-breaches targeting businesses makes ... -
The relationship between client dissatisfaction and contraceptive discontinuation among urban family planning clients in three sub-Saharan African countries
(Public Library of Science, 2022)Although researchers and practitioners have suggested that the quality of family planning services impacts contraceptive discontinuation, establishing a causal relationship has been challenging, primarily due to data ... -
Analysis of unmarried adolescents and modern contraceptives initiation in Nigeria: Evidence from 2018 NDHS
(MDPI, 2022)Nigeria is one of Africa’s most populous countries. Nigeria’s population is expected to exceed 400 million by 2050, putting it among the top five most populous countries in the world. High birth rates, limited contraception ... -
School and work absenteeism due to menstruation in three West African countries: findings from PMA2020 surveys
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2021)Reports of school and work absences due to unmet menstrual needs have prompted increased attention to menstruation in policy and practice. However, there appear to be few quantitative studies reported in published ... -
Planned, ongoing and completed tuberculosis treatment trials in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: A 2019 cross-sectional descriptive analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Tuberculosis (TB) remains a deadly challenge globally and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are among the countries with the highest TB burden. The objective of this study is to identify and ... -
A mixed-methods study exploring women’s perceptions of terminology surrounding fertility and menstrual regulation in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria
(BMC, 2021)Women use various terms when discussing the management of their fertility and menstrual irregularities and may interpret the experience of ending a possible pregnancy in nuanced ways, especially when their pregnancy status ... -
Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global burden of disease 2019 Study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Over the last 30 years, South Africa has experienced four ’colliding epidemics’ of HIV and tuberculosis, chronic illness and mental health, injury and violence, and maternal, neonatal, and child mortality, which have ... -
Determinants of women’s preferred and actual abortion provision locations in Nigeri
(Springer, 2021)Background: Unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. Many factors can infuence women’s decisions around where to seek abortion care; however, little research has been done on abortion care ... -
Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland
(Wiley, 2021)This study examines overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions (CHCs) in older people with intellectual disability (ID).Data for this cross-sectional observational study emanated from Wave 2 of the Intellectual Disability ... -
Tri-infection: Tuberculosis, HIV, COVID-19 and the already strained South African health system
(Elsevier, 2021)The 30th of May 2021 marks the latest significant national address, where President Cyril Ramaphosa moves the country back into level two lockdown with the hopes of curving the new COVID-19 surge while guarding an improving ... -
Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment failure among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in resource- poor settings: a systematic review and metaanalysis
(BMC, 2020)Background: Despite the increase in the number of people accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is limited data regarding treatment failure and its related factors among HIV-positive individuals enrolled in HIV care ...