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A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: Towards promoting health and preventing disease

Author: Norman, Rosana ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Schneider, Michelle ; Joubert, Jane ; Groenewald, Pam ; Lewin, Simon ; Steyn, Krisela ; Vos, Theo ; Loubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group Date: 2007 A landmark project of the Medical Research Council, the first South African National Burden of Disease (SA NBD) study, identified the underlying causes of premature mortality and morbidity experienced in South Africa in the year 2000. (1) ... Read more c b n
A qualitative study of the experiences of care and motivation for effective self-management among diabetic and hypertensive patients attending public sector primary health care services in South Africa

Author: Murphy, Katherine ; Chuma, Thandie ; Mathews, Catherine ; Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi Date: 01 Aug 2015 Background: Diabetes and hypertension constitute a significant and growing burden of disease in South Africa. Presently, few patients are achieving adequate levels of control. In an effort to improve outcomes, the Department of Health is ... Read more
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the urban black population in Cape Town

Author: Peer, Nasheeta Date: 2013 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

Author: Gaziano, Thomas A ; Pandya, Ankur ; Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi ; Mollentze, Willie ; Joubert, Gina ; Walsh, Corinna M ; Motala, Ayesha A ; Kruger, Annamarie ; Schutte, Aletta E ; Naidoo, Datshana P ; Prakaschandra, Dorcas R ; Laubscher, Ria Date: 24 Jul 2013 Background: All rigorous primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk scores to identify high- and low-risk patients, but laboratory testing can be impractical in low- and middle-income countries. The ... Read more c b
Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative statin prescribing strategies for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease at a South African public sector tertiary hospital

Author: De Waal, Reneé Date: 2016 Strokes and ischaemic heart disease are among the top ten causes of death in South Africa. Given that burden of disease, it is important to establish whether interventions aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease are not only effective, but ... Read more
Delivery of health care for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in African countries: a systematic review protocol

Author: Watkins, David A ; Tulloch, Nathaniel L ; Anderson, Molly E ; Barnhart, Scott ; Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi S Date: 2016 Background: People living with HIV (PLHIV) in African countries are living longer due to the rollout of antiretroviral drug therapy programs, but they are at increasing risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, there remain many gaps ... Read more c b
The development and evaluation of a smoking cessation programme for disadvantaged pregnant women in South Africa

Author: Everett-Murphy Katherine Date: 2011 Studies of smoking during pregnancy in South Africa have found exceptionally high smoking rates among disadvantaged women of mixed ethnic descent (46%) (Steyn et al., 1997; Petersen et al., 2009a). As a consequence, these women are at high ... Read more
The development of a dietary intervention to modify cation content of foods and the evaluation of its effects on blood pressure in hypertensive black South Africans

Author: Charlton, Karen Elizabeth Date: 2006 Black South Africans are at high risk of hypertension, stroke and blood pressure-related target-organ damage. In South Africa, the limited resources at primary health care level allocated to the prevention, early diagnosis and management of ... Read more
Differing patterns of overweight and obesity among black men and women in Cape Town: the CRIBSA study

Author: Peer, Nasheeta ; Lombard, Carl ; Steyn, Krisela ; Gwebushe, Nomonde ; Levitt, Naomi Date: 2014 Objectives To ascertain the prevalence and determinants of overweight/obesity in the 25-74-year-old urban black population of Cape Town and examine the changes between 1990 and 2008/09. METHODS: In 2008/09, a representative cross-sectional ... Read more c b
Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial

Author: Mash, Bob ; Levitt, Naomi ; Steyn, Krisela ; Zwarenstein, Merrick ; Rollnick, Stephen Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: Diabetes is an important contributor to the burden of disease in South Africa and prevalence rates as high as 33% have been recorded in Cape Town. Previous studies show that quality of care and health outcomes are poor. The ... Read more c b
A high burden of hypertension in the urban black population of Cape Town: the cardiovascular risk in Black South Africans (CRIBSA) study

Author: Peer, Nasheeta ; Steyn, Krisela ; Lombard, Carl ; Gwebushe, Nomonde ; Levitt, Naomi Date: 2013 Objective To determine the prevalence, associations and management of hypertension in the 25-74-year-old urban black population of Cape Town and examine the change between 1990 and 2008/09 in 25-64-year-olds. METHODS: In 2008/09, a representative ... Read more c b
Hypertension and diabetes: poor care for patients at community health centres

Author: Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi S ; Patel, Maya ; Fourie, Jean ; Gwebushe, Nomonde ; Lombard, Carl ; Everett, Kathy Date: 2008 Objectives. To identify health care provider-related determinants of diabetes and hypertension management in patients attending public sector community health centres (CHCs). Methods. A random sample of 18 CHCs in the Cape Peninsula providing ... Read more
The major risk factors for coronary artery disease in the Coloureds of the Cape Peninsula : The CRISIC Study

Author: Steyn, Krisela Date: 1987 A cross-sectional study of risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in a random sample of 976 coloured people revealed a population greatly at risk of CHD. The major reversible risk factors were very common: 57% of men and 41% of women ... Read more
Prevalence, concordance and associations of chronic kidney disease by five estimators in South Africa

Author: Peer, Nasheeta ; George, Jaya ; Lombard, Carl ; Steyn, Krisela ; Levitt, Naomi ; Kengne, Andre-Pascal Date: 27 Aug 2020 Abstract Background To determine the prevalence, distribution, concordance and associations of chronic kidney disease (CKD) determined by five glomerular filtration rate (GFR) formulae in urban black residents of Cape Town. Methods Data ... Read more
Rising diabetes prevalence among urban-dwelling black South Africans

Author: Peer, Nasheeta ; Steyn, Krisela ; Lombard, Carl ; Lambert, Estelle V ; Vythilingum, Bavanisha ; Levitt, Naomi S Date: 2012 Objective: To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with diabetes in 25-74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09 and to compare the prevalence with a 1990 study. Research Design and METHODS: A ... Read more c b
Strengthening public health in South Africa: building a stronger evidence base for improving the health of the nation

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Norman, Rosana ; Lewin, Simon ; Joubert, Jané ; Schneider, Michelle ; Nannan, Nadine ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Matzopoulos, Richard ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Steyn, Krisela Date: 2007 An assessment of the relative burden attributable to selected risk factors provides an important evidence base for prioritising risk factors that should be targeted for public health interventions. Selecting interventions should be based on ... Read more
Trends in adult tobacco use from two South African demographic and health surveys conducted in 1998 and 2003

Author: Peer, Nasheeta ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Laubscher, Ria ; Steyn, Krisela Date: 2009 Introduction: Since tobacco use peaked in the early 1990s in South Africa, it has declined significantly. This reduction has been attributed to the government’s comprehensive tobacco control policies that were introduced in the 1990s. Objective: ... Read more

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