• Doing being and becoming a first year occupational therapy student

  

  Author: Janse van Rensburg, Viki Date: 2011 This paper explores the experiences of three occupational therapy students from middle-class backgrounds who encountered academic challenges during their first year. In contrast to notions of academic risk being linked to constructs of working ... Read more
• From people to places: Focusing AIDS prevention efforts where it matters most

  

  Author: Weir, S ; Pailman, C ; Mahlalela, X ; Coetzee, N ; Meidany, F ; Boerma, J T Date: 2003 Objectives: To develop and implement a method to identify and characterize places where people meet new sexual partners and to assess HIV prevention program coverage in those places. Methods: In three townships (populations 60 000-100 000 ... Read more
• Ethnic disparities in fertility and its determinants in Nigeria

  

  Author: Adebowale, Ayo Stephen Date: 30 Mar 2019 Background High fertility rate has been consistently reported in Nigeria. The three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, Hausa/Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba have different socio-cultural identities particularly those that relate to ... Read more
• Trends in maternal and neonatal mortality in South Africa: a systematic review

  

  Author: Damian, Damian J ; Njau, Bernard ; Lisasi, Ester ; Msuya, Sia E ; Boulle, Andrew Date: 27 Mar 2019 Background Measuring and monitoring progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 required valid and reliable estimates of maternal and child mortality. In South Africa, there are conflicting reports on the ... Read more
• A qualitative study of the dissemination and diffusion of innovations: bottom up experiences of senior managers in three health districts in South Africa

  

  Author: Orgill, Marsha ; Gilson, Lucy ; Chitha, Wezile ; Michel, Janet ; Erasmus, Ermin ; Marchal, Bruno ; Harris, Bronwyn Date: 29 Mar 2019 Background In 2012 the South African National Department of Health (SA NDoH) set out, using a top down process, to implement several innovations in eleven health districts in order to test reforms to strengthen the district ... Read more

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