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Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)This paper outlines a step-wise framework for monitoring foods and beverages provided or sold in publicly funded institutions. The focus is on foods in schools, but the framework can also be applied to foods provided ... -
Monitoring healthcare improvement for mothers and newborns: A quantitative review of WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standards using every mother every mewborn assessment tools
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Assessment tools with the ability to capture WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standard quality-of-care measures are needed. This study aimed to assess the ability of Every Mother Every Newborn (EMEN) tools to capture WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA ... -
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 ... -
Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings
(Wiley, 2013)Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both positive and negative effects on diets. Monitoring different aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority policy options to help people make ... -
Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)The liberalization of international trade and foreign direct investment through multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements has had profound implications for the structure and nature of food systems, and therefore, ... -
Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)A food supply that delivers energy-dense products with high levels of salt, saturated fats and trans fats, in large portion sizes, is a major cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The highly processed foods produced ... -
Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food choices, obesity and non-communicable diseases. As governments around the world consider policies to promote the consumption of healthier foods, data ... -
Mothers' experiences of exclusive breastfeeding in a postdischarge home setting
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Malnutrition contributes to direct and indirect causes of maternal mortality, which is particularly high in Afghanistan. Women's nutritional status before, during, and after pregnancy affects their own well‐being and ... -
Mothers' perceptions of female genital mutilation
(Oxford University Press, 2014)The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is widespread in Nigeria. This study was conducted to assess the perceptions of FGM among mothers at a primary healthcare centre in Lagos, Nigeria. A convenience sample ... -
Motivational determinants of physical activity in disadvantaged populations with (pre)diabetes: A cross-cultural comparison
(Research Square, 2021)Understanding motivational determinants of physical activity (PA) is essential to guide the implementation of PA at individual and population level. Knowledge about the cross-cultural generalizability of these determinants ... -
The motivational needs of primary health care nurses to acquire power as leaders in a mine clinic setting
(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2017)Motivation is a process that influences and directs behaviour in order to satisfy a need. It links with goal 3 of the sustainable development goals that focus on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages. ... -
Moving from conversation to commitment: Optimising school-based health promotion in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2013)Background: Recent evaluation of the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion (IHP) course offered by the University of the Western Cape (UWC) at schools revealed that the needs expressed by the schools had not changed in the ... -
Multilevel governance and control of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Learning from the four first waves
(MDPI, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impose a heavy burden on people around the world. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has also been affected. The objective of this study was to explore national policy responses ... -
Multimorbidity patterns in a national HIV survey of South African youth and adults
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Introduction: Information pertaining to multimorbidity is frequently informed by studies from high income countries and it is unclear how these findings relate to low and middle income countries, where the burden of ... -
Multimorbidity patterns in a national HIV survey of South African youth and adults
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Information pertaining to multimorbidity is frequently informed by studies from high income countries and it is unclear how these findings relate to low and middle income countries, where the burden of infectious disease ... -
Multimorbidity patterns in South Africa: A latent class analysis
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2023)Introduction: South Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide and has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases; the combination of which may lead to diseases clustering in ways that are not seen in other regions. ... -
Multimorbidity patterns in South Africa: A latent class analysis
(Frontiers in Public Health, 2023)Introduction: South Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide and has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases; the combination of which may lead to diseases clustering in ways that are not seen in other regions. ... -
Multiple forms of discrimination and internalized stigma compromise retention in HIV care among adolescents: findings from a South African cohort
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Efficacious antiretroviral treatment (ART) enables people to live long and healthy lives with HIV but young people are dying from AIDS-related causes more than ever before. Qualitative evidence suggest that various forms ... -
The multiple lenses on the community health system: Implications for policy, practice and research
(2021-07)Community health systems (CHSs) have historically been approached from multiple perspectives, with different purposes and methodological and disciplinary orientations. The terrain is, on the one hand, vast and diverse. ... -
Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: An exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa
(BMC, 2021)With the aim to support further understanding of scaling up and sustaining digital health, we explore digital health solutions that have or are anticipated to reach national scale in South Africa: the Perinatal ...