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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
Alcohol as a risk factor for train commuting fatalities

Author: Matzopoulos, Richard Date: 2001 Railway fatalities are an important subset of transport-related fatalities, which account for about 60% of the fatal unintentional injuries occurring in Cape Town. The Medical Research Council reviewed three and a half years of rail injury ... Read more
Child mortality in South Africa - we have lost touch

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Dorrington, Rob Date: 2007 Reducing child mortality is, appropriately, one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for reducing poverty and inequality in the world. The target for this goal is to reduce child mortality by 2015 by two-thirds of the rate in 1990. ... Read more
Estimates of the level and shape of mortality rates in South Africa around 1985 and 1990 derived by applying indirect demographic techniques to reported deaths

Author: Dorrington, Rob Date: 1998 This research attempts firstly to estimate both the level and shape of the mortality curve of the Black South African population group circa 1985 by the application of indirect demographic techniques to the reported deaths for Blacks for the ... Read more
Estimating injury mortality in South Africa and identifying urban-rural differences

Author: Prinsloo, Megan Date: 2019 The overarching aim of this thesis is to utilise national data on injury mortality in South Africa, to conduct advanced statistical analyses to identify urban-rural differences for injury deaths, and to gain insight into the explanatory ... Read more
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to childhood and maternal undernutrition in South Africa in 2000

Author: Nannan, Nadine ; Norman, Rosana ; Hendricks, Michael ; Dhansay, Muhammad A ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group Date: 2007 Objectives. To estimate the disease burden attributable to being underweight as an indicator of undernutrition in children under 5 years of age and in pregnant women for the year 2000. Design. World Health Organization comparative risk ... Read more
Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Norman, Rosana ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Schneider, Michelle ; Bourne, David E ; Ian M Timæus ; Dorrington, Rob ; Johnson, Leigh Date: 2003 Background. This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, ... Read more
Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Rosana, Norman ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Schneider, Michelle ; Bourne, David E ; Timæus, Ian M ; Dorrington, Rob ; Johnson, Leigh Date: 2003 Background. This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, ... Read more
The interaction between HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a model-based evaluation

Author: Johnson, Leigh F Date: 2008 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been shown to increase the probability of HIV transmission, but there remains much uncertainty regarding the role of STI treatment in HIV prevention. This thesis aims to develop a mathematical model ... Read more
Maternal Mortality Ratio - trends in the vital registration data

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Dorrington, Rob E Date: 2012 Background. The paucity of quality data on maternal deaths and possible mis-specification of models have resulted in a range of estimates of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) for South Africa. Objectives. This paper contrasts the estimates ... Read more
Measuring child mortality in resource limited settings using alternative approaches: South African case study

Author: Nannan, Nadine Date: 2018 Post the Millennium Development Goal project a significant number of countries are still faced with the challenge of monitoring child mortality. Despite numerous enquiries since 1996 to provide this basic health indicator, South Africa has ... Read more
Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in South Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author: Pheiffer, Carmen ; Pillay-van Wyk, Victoria ; Turawa, Eunice ; Levitt, Naomi ; Kengne, Andre P. ; Bradshaw, Debbie Date: 30 May 2021 Synthesis of existing prevalence data using rigorous systematic review methods is considered an effective strategy to generate representative and robust prevalence figures to inform health planning and policy. The purpose of this systematic ... Read more
The setting of health research priorities in South Africa

Author: Schneider, Michelle Date: 2001 The health and development of a nation are linked. Health research is a vital element helps bring about improved health and has the potential to serve as an impetus for equitable development. Generally, it is necessary to prioritise needs in ... Read more
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
The burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections in South Africa in 2000

Author: Johnson, Leigh ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Dorrington, Rob ; South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group Date: 2007 Objectives. To estimate the burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa, to identify the factors contributing to this burden, and to review successes and failures in reducing this burden. Design. ... Read more
The effect of educational attainment and other factors on HIV risk in South African women: results from antenatal surveillance, 2000-2005

Author: Johnson, Leigh F ; Dorrington, Rob E ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; du Plessis, Hendrika ; Makubalo, Lindiwe Date: 2009 Objectives: To assess the effect of educational attainment and other factors on the risk of HIV in pregnant South African women. Design: Repeated cross-sectional surveys. Methods: Pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics were tested ... Read more
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in South Africa: A systematic review

Author: Pheiffer, Carmen Date: 2020 The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) poses a major threat to the health and well-being of South Africans. Effective interventions to inform health planning and policy are hampered by the paucity of accurate national ... 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
Unabated rise in number of adult deaths in South Africa

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Laubscher, Ria ; Dorrington, Rob ; Bourne, David E ; Timaeus, Ian M Date: 2004 Mortality statistics are a fundamental cornerstone of the health status data needed for planning and monitoring the impact of health programmes. In developed countries, such data are generated through the death registration system, dating ... Read more