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Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Drivers of Obesity Using a Group Model Building Approach: A South African Perspective

Author: Hendricks, Gaironeesa ; Savona, Natalie ; Aguiar, Anaely ; Alaba, Olufunke ; Booley, Sharmilah ; Malczyk, Sonia ; Nwosu, Emmanuel ; Knai, Cecile ; Rutter, Harry ; Klepp, Knut-Inge ; Harbron, Janetta Date: 14 Feb 2022 Overweight and obesity increase the risk of a range of poor physiological and psychosocial health outcomes. Previous work with well-defined cohorts has explored the determinants of obesity and employed various methods and measures; however, ... Read more c b
Association of neighbourhood and individual social capital, neighbourhood economic deprivation and self-rated health in South Africa - a multi-level analysis

Author: Chola, Lumbwe ; Alaba, Olufunke Date: 2013 Social capital is said to influence health, mostly in research undertaken in high income countries' settings. Because social capital may differ from one setting to another, it is suggested that its measurement be context specific. We examine ... Read more c b
Effect of malaria on productivity in a workplace: the case of a banana plantation in Zimbabwe

Author: Lukwa, Akim T ; Mawoyo, Richard ; Zablon, Karen N ; Siya, Aggrey ; Alaba, Olufunke Date: 03 Dec 2019 Background Malaria is known to contribute to reduction in productivity through absenteeism as worker-hours are lost thus impacting company productivity and performance. This paper analysed the impact of malaria on productivity in a banana ... Read more
Fidelity and costs of implementing the integrated chronic disease management model in South Africa

Author: Lebina, Limakatso Date: 2021 Background: The health systems in many low-middle income countries are faced with an increasing number of patients with non-communicable diseases within a high prevalence of infectious diseases. Integrated chronic disease management programs ... Read more
Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital

Author: Masiiwa, Rufaro Date: 2013 Severe acute malnutrition is one of the leading underlying causes of mortality in children under the age of five years. Nearly one to two million child deaths worldwide can be attributable to this illness. Although it is considered to be a ... Read more
Maternal health : cost analysis of introducing the Umbiflow Velocity Doppler System at primary health level : a pilot study conducted at Kraaifontein Community Health Centre and Durbanville Day Clinic

Author: Chiwire, Plaxcedes Date: 2015 Background: A South African report, Saving Babies 2010-2011, reports 32,178 still births in a 2 year period of January 2010 to December 2011 within the 94% of the total hospitals who provide data to a Perinatal Problem Identification programme ... Read more
Neighbourhood deprivation and adult adiposity in South Africa

Author: Dube, Masimba Date: 2018 Over the past three decades there has been a significant increase in adiposity - prevalence of accumulation of excess fat around some human organs - globally. This has been characterised by an increase of body mass index (BMI) among men and ... Read more
Process evaluation of implementation fidelity of the integrated chronic disease management model in two districts, South Africa

Author: Lebina, Limakatso ; Alaba, Olufunke ; Ringane, Ashley ; Hlongwane, Khuthadzo ; Pule, Pogiso ; Oni, Tolu ; Kawonga, Mary Date: 16 Dec 2019 Abstract Background The Integrated Chronic Disease Management (ICDM) model has been implemented in South Africa to enhance quality of clinical services in Primary Healthcare (PHC) clinics in a context of a high prevalence of chronic conditions ... Read more
Rural internship job preferences of final year medical students in South Africa: a discrete choice experiment

Author: Jose, Maria Date: 2019 To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 in developing countries, Good health and wellbeing for all, the health workforce is vital however the unpopularity of rural medical practice results in widening healthcare inequalities between urban ... Read more
Social capital and household health-seeking behaviour for children in the context of urban neighbourhoods: The case of Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Mwase, Isaac Date: 2015 Globally, almost 8 million children died in 2010 before reaching the age of 5 largely due to preventable diseases. Analysis of the distribution of child mortality indicators highlights huge differentials that still exist both between and ... Read more
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of skilled birth delivery during childbirth in Ghana: a decomposition model

Author: Kpodotsi, Aseye Date: 2018 Equitable access to, and use of skilled birth attendance during delivery is vital for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in reducing global maternal deaths to 70 deaths per 100, 000. Although several initiatives have ... Read more
Socioeconomic inequalities of childhood obesity in South Africa

Author: Nakimuli, Brenda Date: 2016 Obesity is a public health concern in both high- and low-middle income countries. In South Africa obesity is not only limited to adults but is also evidenced in children. In order to contribute useful insights for developing effective obesity ... Read more
Socioeconomic status (SES), food insecurity and the double burden of malnutrition within South African households

Author: Brown, James Craig Date: 2018 The co-existence of under- and over-nutrition, termed the double burden of malnutrition (DBM), is associated with a high prevalence of both communicable and non-communicable diseases and is becoming a large public health concern. In general, ... Read more
The Economic Impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) on the Health System of South Africa. A Cost of Illness Study.

Author: Hellebo, Assegid Getahun Date: 2018 Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected in developing countries. The consequences of RHD are increasingly becoming huge economic burden to the health system and consecutively the government. Despite ... Read more
The household economic impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in South Africa

Author: Oyebamiji, Oyeleke Date: 2018 Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major public health concern in African countries due to the high rates of complications such as atrial fibrillation, stroke, infective endocarditis, and heart failure, all of which can result ... Read more
Unmet need for contraception and its determinants among adolescent girls in Uganda: Findings from Demographic and Health Survey (2011).

Author: Magezi, Alex Date: 2019 Introduction Worldwide, an estimated 16 million adolescents fall pregnant annually among these; at least three (3) million have unsafe abortions performed. Similarly, in sub-Sharan Africa more than 50% of the pregnancies in adolescents ... Read more
Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated mosquito nets in rural South-East Nigeria : an integration of socio-economic and socio-psychological models

Author: Nwosu, Chijioke Osinachi Date: 2011 Malaria is no doubt a severe public health problem especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It is endemic in Nigeria and insecticide-treated mosquito nets have been found to be effective in its control. However, the cost of commercially-sold ITNs ... Read more