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Stimulation of Bud Production in Eucalyptus globulus by Paclobutrazol Application
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: S. Hetherington --- , K.M. Jones --- Department of Primary Industries New Town Research Laboratories, Australia T.B. Koen --- Department of Primary Industries New Town Research Laboratories, AustraliaTrunk injection of paclobutrazol (Clipper) significantly increased the bud crop on 7-year-old Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) seed orchard trees, within one year of application. This is the first reported stimulation of reproduction to occur, with eucalypts, in the season of application... -
Die uitwerking van seisoensbeweiding op die infiltrasievermoë van gronde in ‘n cymbopogon‐themedaweld 1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J. A. Van Den Berg --- Departement Weidingsleer, B. R. Roberts --- Department of Primary Industries, Australia L. F. Vorster --- Weidingseksie,Die langtermyn uitwerking van beweiding gedurende vaste seisoene en kombinasies van seisoene, op die infiltrasievermoë van gronde in ‘n Cymhopogon‐Themedaveld in die Sentrale O.V.S., is ondersoek. Twee veldproewe wat onderskeidelik deur Merinoskape en Afrikanerbeeste bewei is, is uitgevoer. Elk van... -
Simulating browse production and response of Acacia karroo to defoliation I. Model description and sensitivity analyses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: W.R. Teague --- , Republic of South Africa RosemaryC. Teague --- , Republic of South Africa B.H. Walker --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaThe model is aimed at synthesizing existing data to enhance the understanding of this data and explore the consequences of possible browse management strategies. It gives a good reproduction of the shoot and leaf growth responses used to develop it... -
Comparative patterns of sodium accumulation in leaves of selected savanna species growing on sodic and nonsodic soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: CatherineL. Bailey --- Botany Department, South Africa MaryC. Scholes --- Botany Department, South AfricaPlants show differing mechanisms of tolerance to high sodium levels in soils. Physiological and biochemical mechanisms have been investigated for many crop species but little information is available for indigenous tree and grass species. Foliar concentrations of sodium, calcium, potassium,... -
Comparison of SSR and AFLP analysis for genetic diversity assessment of Ethiopian arabica coffee genotypes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Yigzaw Dessalegn --- , Ethiopia Liezel Herselman --- Department of Plant Sciences, Maryke Labuschagne --- Department of Plant Sciences,Knowledge of genetic diversity within and among genotypes of any crop is fundamental for estimation of the potential genetic gain in a breeding programme and effective conservation of available genetic resources. Currently, different molecular marker techniques are being developed for... -
THE BLANKET OF DARKNESS: PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATING FROM A BANTU LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: MaryC. Bill --- ,Working within the parameters of fidelity to the original text, and naturalness in the receptor language, an attempt is made to show how communicative adequacy can be achieved in the translation of a text from Tsonga to English. From the... -
MMUALLE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: R. J.R. MASIEA Rosemary Moeketsi -
Ethnomusicology: Towards the holistic study of music
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Rosemary M.F. Joseph --- , EnglandThroughout its history, ethnomusicology has been persistently regarded as a field of one or other of the two ‘parent’ disciplines from which it took issue rather than as a discipline in its own right. This, it is argued in the... -
How universal are children's verse rhythms?: Some Tsonga evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: MaryC. Bill --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaAmong the features claimed to be universal in the rhythmical patterning of children's verse, are the four-beat verse line and the four verse line stanza. These claims are described and discussed within the context of African oral poetry in general... -
Radio drama with critical reference to three broadcasts by Radio Sesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: RosemaryH. Moeketsi --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaWith this article it is aimed to expound the nature and basic characteristics of radio drama with a critical view at three broadcasts by Radio Sesotho. For this purpose, available sources by scholars of this sub-genre at home and abroad... -
Rhythmical patterning of Tsonga children's traditional oral poetry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: MaryC. Bill --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaThe rhythmical nature of oral performance in Africa, for many genres, has often been noted. The process of transcribing a ‘simple’ genre like children's traditional poetry from a visual recording of performance, was described in a previous article. The design... -
Communicative competence: a look at Southern Sotho discourses in their situational contexts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: RosemaryH. Moeketsi --- Department of African Languages, Republic of South AfricaThe notion of communicative competence is Dell Hymes' brainchild as he set out to challenge, amongst others, Chomsky and his decontextualized approach to language and meaning. Hymes and his followers concern themselves with the use of language in social settings... -
The comparative function in Zulu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: PumlaV. Mdontswa --- Department of African Languages, MaryC. Bill --- Department of African Languages,The relationship between language function and language structures is multi-faceted. This article seeks to explore the specific relationship between the function of comparison and the linguistic forms expressing this function in Zulu. Data drawn from the text of a modern... -
Some observations on answers to courtroom questions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: RosemaryH. Moeketsi --- Department of African Languages, South AfricaThis article is the third in a sequel of papers that investigate African Languages in Forensic Linguistics. The primary concern here is the linguistic involvement of the courtroom discourse participant who should provide almost all the answers in a criminal... -
Tsonga literatures: past, present and future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: MaryC Bill IsaacD MathumbaIn this paper, we aim firstly to make sense of the historical, social and political factors that have influenced the development of the literary texts of the languages of the Tsonga language group. Secondly, we will try to understand these... -
Do learners learn Zulu the way children do? A response to Suzman
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty --- ,This paper reports on a study of the acquisition of Zulu morphology by non-Zulu learners. The study focused on the ease of acquisition of the identificative copulative and the noun class and agreement system across Grade 6 and 7 learners... -
SOUTH AFRICA'S DEBT TO JOSEPH BURTT DAVY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the South African Forestry Association • Authors: MARY GUNN --- Division of Botany, -
THE COMPOSITION OF WATER COLLECTED FROM THE KUISEB RIVER, NAMIB DESERT, AT GOBABEB
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: JohanU Grobbelaar --- , South Africa MaryK Seely --- , South AfricaWater from the Kuiseb River at Gobabeb varied in ionic content. Various ionic dominance orders were recorded from flooding until the pools dried up. The quality was not suitable for irrigation, but would present no problems when used by stock... -
An application of critical linguistics in an introductory course to English language and literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mary Bock --- Department of English Language and Literature, Lynn Hewlett --- Department of Applied English Language Studies,The focus of this paper is the presentation and discussion of a sample of materials used to teach critical linguistics in the language component of the course, “An Introduction to English Language and Literature”, taught in the English Department at... -
What is there to learn from the British multicultural primary school classroom?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mary Crystal Edmunds --- ,Although the problems for teachers posed by the changing South Africa have been more or less defined, in practice many teachers are being confronted by situations which leave them feeling helpless and ineffective. There are, however, parallels to be found... -
Come about Five-ish: Vagueness in Language
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mary-Louise Peires --- ,The article examines differing use of vague terms such as “about”, “or so”, “more than” and “less than” in the discourse of English first-language (L1) users and English second-language (L2) users. It shows that while L1 users show a broadly... -
REVIEWS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Applied Language Studies • Authors: Lucy Smith --- Department of Primary Education, Jean Bleach --- , -
Scientific excellence: A decent legacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Mary Scholes -
Prescribed under-canopy burning in Pinus patula plantations of the Mpumalanga highveld: The effects of fire on tree growth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: TheresaL. Bird MaryC. ScholesThe effect of controlled undercanopy burning on tree growth has been studied under 16-year-old Pinus patula trees in Mpumalanga. Three fire intensity treatments and a control "no-burn" treatment, were applied to 1 ha plots. Average fuel depth was 42cm with... -
HIV/AIDS Awareness of In—School Adolescents in Nigeria: Implications for Adolescence Sexuality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary Ogechi Esere --- University of Ilorin, NigeriaThis study investigated HIV/AIDS awareness of in-school adolescents in Nigeria to determine their risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. A total of 892 purposively selected adolescents (mean age = 16. 5 years; SD = 5. 2; males = 492; females = 400)... -
Children's Loss of Agency under Extreme Adversity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bev Killian --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mary Van der Riet --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Angela Hough --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Vivien O'Neill --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Thabisile Zondi --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study explores the notion of children's agency in situations of extreme adversity. The child participants (n=117) live in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; extreme poverty; and systemic educational malfunction. Four focus group interviews were conducted with the children... -
South African Adolescents' Career Development through the Lens of the Systems Theory Framework: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary McMahon --- The University of Queensland, Mark Watson --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Cheryl Foxcroft --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Asha Dullabh --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,Adolescent career development has predominantly been studied in the context of middle class Eurocentric cultures and there have been calls for greater attention to the career development of non-dominant and disadvantaged groups. Further, there have been calls to explore career... -
Child Sexual Abuse in Schools: Preliminary Indication for Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project)—Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Twesigye Consilous Rwanyonga --- Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project), Mbaziira Mike --- Enhancement of Universal Primary Education and Community (EUPEC Project), Aisha Nakubulwa --- City Council of Kampala,This study sought to access pupils' knowledge on their rights as children, establishing the common violations experienced with emphasis to understanding the forms of child sexual abuse acts in Ugandan primary schools. Quantitative data were collected from 30 schools covering... -
Gender-Based Domestic Violence against Children: Experiences of Girl-Children in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary O. Esere --- University of Ilorin, Nigera Adeyemi I. Idowu --- University of Ilorin, Nigera Joshua A. Omotosho --- University of Ilorin, NigeraThis study investigated the dynamics of gender-based domestic violence against children in Nigeria. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 20 purposively selected girl-children (age range = 12 to 15 years) from two SOS Children's Village who have been victims... -
Parenting Styles Affecting the Social Behaviour of Five-Year Olds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Natacha Latouf --- Evergreen Pre-primary, Munita Dunn --- University of Stellenbosch,The main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between parenting styles as a correlate of social behaviour among five-year olds. Participants were 30 parents of 25 pre-primary students of a school in Northern Province of South Africa,... -
Life Satisfaction and Perceived Stress Among University Students in Barbados
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary Alleyne --- University of the West Indies, Barbados Philmore Alleyne --- University of the West Indies, Barbados Dion Greenidge --- University of the West Indies, BarbadosThe study assessed life satisfaction and perceived stress among undergraduate university students in Barbados. Data were collected from 172 students using a self-report questionnaire. The analysis regressed life satisfaction and perceived stress measures on student demographics. Findings indicate that students... -
Marriage and Counselling in African Communities: Challenges and Counselling Approaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tholene Sodi --- University of the Limpopo, Mary O. Esere --- University of Ilorin, Nigeria Emmy M. Gichinga --- GEM Counseling Services, Kenya Patience Hove --- Zimbabwe Women's Faith Ministries, ZimbabweThe article explores a variety of marital counselling approaches relevant to African settings: indigenous, Western, Christian and Islamic. These approaches to marital counselling are influenced in their use by various social movements, including globalisation, women empowerment, sexual orientation and living... -
Occupational Interests and Aspirations of Rural Black South African Children: Considerations for Theory, Research and Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mark Watson --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Mary McMahon --- The University of Queensland, Australia Paul Longe --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThere has been limited international and South African research on the career development of rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged children. The present research provides baseline information on the career development of rural, low socioeconomic status, Black upper elementary school children (N... -
The Undize Phenomenon—South African Childhood Sex Games and Their Contribution to Early Sexual Experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cebile Tebele --- University of South Africa, Kathryn Anne Nel --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Mary-Jane Michaelides --- University of Limpopo,This study retrospectively explored the experiences of a group of urban males and females with respect to a hide and seek game that indigenous South African children play (Undize), in early learning about sexuality. A focus group discussion of 16... -
ORDER STARS AND THE MAXIMAL ACCURACY OF STABLE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES FOR THE WAVE EQUATION
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Rosemary Renaut --- Department of Mathematics, USA J.H. Smit --- Department of Mathematics, South AfricaThe wave equation utt = c2uxx is solved by means of a three-time-level difference scheme, symmetric in time and space, of the form -
A problem-oriented, form-focused course design for teaching isiZulu as an additional language
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty --- Department of Linguistics, School of Arts,This article describes the development of a university course for mother-tongue isiZulu students on the learning and teaching of isiZulu as an additional language at school level. The course was developed at a university in KwaZulu-Natal for second and third... -
Children and youth at risk: adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP (Amaqhawe) programme in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arvin Bhana Inge Petersen Andy Mason Zoleka Mahintsho Carl Bell Mary McKayThis paper reports on the adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP programme (Collaborative HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Mental Health Programme) in South Africa with specific reference to outcome effects among adults. CHAMP was originally developed in the United States and... -
Containment and contagion: How to strengthen families to support youth HIV prevention in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zubeda Paruk Inge Petersen Arvin Bhana Carl Bell Mary McKayThere has been little research done in South Africa that investigates how families nested within communities can be strengthened to support the prevention of HIV infection in youth. A focused ethnographic case-study approach was employed to better understand how families... -
The impact of participatory and non-participatory evaluations on meeting project objectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mercy Niba J Maryann GreenThis study investigates the value of participation on meeting a project's objectives by comparing the impact of participatory and non-participatory evaluation frameworks. We assessed HIV/AIDS projects that shared similarities in terms of objectives and implementation strategies, but differed in their... -
Perceptions of HIV/AIDS leaders about faith-based organisations’ influence on HIV/AIDS stigma in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mpoe Johannah Keikelame --- Directorate of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa ColleenK Murphy --- , United States KarinE Ringheim --- , United States Sara Woldehanna --- , United StatesThe extent of the HIV pandemic—particularly in the hardest-hit countries, including South Africa—has prompted a call for greater engagement of all groups, including faith-based organisations (FBOs). Although FBOs are known to play a substantial role in providing care and support... -
Kenyan pastors’ perspectives on communicating about sexual behaviour and HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- , United States MaryN Kizito --- , United States Jesica Kinya Mwithia --- , United States Lucy Njoroge --- , United States Kyalo wa Ngula --- , United States Kristin Davis --- , United StatesThe article presents an analysis of in-depth interviews with 18 leaders of Christian churches in Nairobi, Kenya, regarding the content and context of messages they disseminate to their congregations about sexual behaviour and HIV. The content of messages was nearly... -
The ethical and legal regulation of HIV-vaccine research in Africa: lessons from Cameroon, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pamela Andanda --- , South Africa Paschal Awah --- , United States Paul Ndebele --- , Botswana Olanrewaju Onigbogi --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Nigeria Daniel Udatinya --- , Rwanda Malala Mwondela --- , ZambiaEthical and legal frameworks are important for ensuring that the goals of scientific research are realised while at the same time the rights and welfare of human participants are adequately protected. A balance in attaining these two goals can be... -
HIV/AIDS patient satisfaction with a food assistance programme in Sofala province, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mariana Posse --- Faculty of Economics and Management, Mozambique Rob Baltussen --- Department of Primary and Community Care, The NetherlandsFood insecurity is one of the main factors affecting access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in middle- and low-income countries. To mitigate this problem, food assistance interventions are being integrated in ART programmes. As evidence of effectiveness of these... -
Effects of water quality changes on phytoplankton and lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor populations at Kamfers Dam, a saline wetland near Kimberley, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: LM Hill --- School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, USA WW Bowerman --- University of Maryland, USA JC Roos --- Water Quality Consultants, South Africa WC Bridges --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, USA MD Anderson --- BirdLife South Africa, South AfricaKamfers Dam, a wetland near Kimberley, South Africa, supports a population of Near Threatened lesser flamingos Phoeniconaias minor. The cyanobacterium Arthrospira fusiformis (Voronikhin) Komarek and Lund 1990, the flamingos’ food source, was in bloom in April 2009. The city's wastewater... -
SOME INTERESTING RECORDS FROM THE BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: MaryL. Paterson --- , -
EDITORIAL
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Mary Milne -
REPORT ON THE BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE S.A. ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Mary Milne -
ACAPAP NEWSLETTER
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Mary Milne --- , -
GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING: AN OUTCOMES BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: F.J. Coughlan --- Department of Social Work, NS. Coughlan --- Department of Primary Education,Goal Attainment Scaling is a method of assessing the incremental developmental progress of youth at risk. In a study in a residential care setting a Goal Attainment Scale was developed for use with youth at risk. The scale focussed on... -
'Imagining ourselves': South African music as a vehicle for negotiating white South African identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Mary RobertsonThis paper examines some of the ways in which South African music is involved in the negotiation of white South African identity. In particular, it examines how music may be considered a vehicle for constructing 'imagined communities' and imagined individual... -
Catch-and-release angling mortality of south-eastern Australian Pomatomus saltatrix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MK Broadhurst --- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries Conservation Technology Unit, Australia PA Butcher --- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries Conservation Technology Unit, Australia BR Cullis --- School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Informatics, AustraliaPomatomus saltatrix (Pomatomidae) is important to several recreational fisheries around the world, most of which regulate exploitation via legal size limits and quotas. However, the inherent assumption of minimal impacts to released P. saltatrix has only been tested across limited... -
Physical damage, behaviour and post-release mortality of Argyrosomus japonicus after barotrauma and treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA Butcher --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia MK Broadhurst --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia BR Cullis --- School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Informatics, Australia SR Raidal --- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, AustraliaTwo experiments were conducted to quantify the mortality of, and clinical signs of barotrauma to, Argyrosomus japonicus after retrieval from 20 m following either ‘no treatment’, ‘venting’ (a needle inserted into the swim bladder) or ‘recompression’ (released with a weighted... -
Biological processes as indicators of sustainable plantation forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: MaryC Scholes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences,This paper discusses the use of an ecosystems approach in the management of plantations and the concept of plantations in providing goods and services. Ecological indicators are compared for the CIFOR and South African systems. The CIFOR system focuses on... -
Nutritional sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations: A case study at Karkloof, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Ben du Toit --- , South Africa MaryC. Scholes --- ,The nutritional sustainability of a short-rotation Eucalyptus grandis plantation system was evaluated in a trial located at Karkloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Mrica, by determining nutrient pools and fluxes. Nutrient pools in the forest floor and biomass (above- and below-ground) were assessed... -
The impact of the addition of Eucalyptus grandis wood chips on nitrogen availability in plantation soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: TheresaL. Bird --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, MaryC. ScholesThe impact of plantation residues, as a result of clearfelling, on nutrient availability in plantation systems, as well as the difficulties during subsequent planting and harvesting, should be considered in the development of plantation management strategies. The aim of this... -
A technique to identify annual growth rings in Eucalyptus grandis usingannual measurements of diameter at breast height and gamma raydensitometry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: S Naidoo --- , South Africa F Ahmed --- , South Africa NW Pammenter --- , South Africa A Zboňák --- Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, AustraliaMany eucalypt species do not show distinct growth rings because cambial activity does not show a strong response to seasonal variation in climate. Eucalyptus grandis, one of the most important commercial hardwood species in South Africa, is one such example... -
Couples' communication on sexual and relational issues among the Akamba in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller Lenette Golding Kyalo wa Ngula MaryAnne Wambua Evans Mutua MaryN Kitizo Caroline Teti Nancy Booker Kinya Mwithia DonaldL RubinA large portion of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa occurs among married couples, yet the majority of research on safer-sex communication has focused on communication between couples in casual relationships. This paper explores how committed Kamba couples in Machakos District,... -
A model for understanding the relationship between stigma and healthcare-seeking behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: NgoziC Mbonu --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands Bart Van den Borne --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands NanneK De Vries --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The NetherlandsPeople living with HIV or AIDS (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa sometimes have care-seeking behaviours that result in a suboptimal quality of life. This paper seeks to examine the role of stigma in the care-seeking behaviour of PLHIV. We hypothesise that... -
Food consumption patterns, diversity of food nutrients and mean nutrient intake in relation to HIV/AIDS status in Kisumu district Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Agatha Christine Onyango --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Mary Khakoni Walingo --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Lucas Othuon --- Department of Educational Psychology, KenyaAs the causes and consequences of the AIDS epidemic become clearer, so does the fundamental importance of food and nutritional security for HIV-affected individuals. Even as food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, its effects are worsened in... -
Paediatric antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of published clinical studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mary-Ann Davies --- Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Matthias Egger --- , Switzerland Olivia Keiser --- , Switzerland Andrew Boulle --- Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South AfricaKnowledge of the experience and outcomes of current paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa can inform new programmes in the region as well as enhance existing ones. This is urgently needed to facilitate the scale-up of treatment, which... -
Feeding behaviour of birds foraging on predictable resources in habitats of different quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mary Ngozi Molokwu Ola Olsson Ulf OttossonUsing the density of food left in a patch after foraging — i.e. the giving-up density (GUD) — as a behavioural indicator, short-term foraging studies on birds in the dry and wet fringing forests and savanna habitats of the Amurum... -
Algebraic Entropy of Shift Endomorphisms on Abelian Groups
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Maryam Akhavin --- Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Iran Dikran Dikranjan --- Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Italy Anna Giordano Bruno --- Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Italy Arezoo Hosseini --- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Iran Fatemah Ayatollah Zadeh Shirazi --- Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, College of Science, IranFor every finite-to-one map λ : Γ → Γ and for every abelian group K, the generalized shift σλ of the direct sum ⊕Γ K is the endomorphism defined by (x i ) iεΓ ↦ (x λ(i)) iεΓ [3]... -
Can academic/scientific discourse really be translated across English and African languages?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Rosemary Wildsmith-CromartyThis paper reports on a study exploring the translatability of academic discourse from English into an African language, viz. isiZulu. The focus is on how translations impact on the core meaning of a source text. Extracts from both languages were... -
Barriers to initiating insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in public-sector primary health care centres in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Monirul Haque --- Primary Health Care, Department of Public Health, Maryam Navsa --- Primary Health Care, Department of Public Health, Sonja Hayden Emerson --- School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, USA Cheryl R Dennison --- School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, USA Naomi S Levitt --- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetic Medicine, Department of Medicine,Background. The majority of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Cape Town who attend primary care community health centres (CHCs) have unsatisfactory glycaemic control. Insulin is rarely prescribed despite its being indicated for type 2 diabetic patients with inadequate... -
Carotid intima-media thickness and its associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: P Rheeder --- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Track, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, MC Duim-Beytell --- School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, R Meijer --- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Netherlands T Gustavsson --- Image and Data Analysis, Sweden GKG Danler --- Department of Radiology, RA Ahmed --- Department of Radiology, DG Van Zyl --- Department of Internal Medicine,Objectives: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events. Few studies in Africa have evaluated CIMT and its associations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study measured CIMT in... -
Positive maternal and foetal outcomes after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in a parturient with severe mitral valve disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GT Mokgwathi --- Department of Anaesthesiology, EM Lebakeng --- Department of Anaesthesiology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,This case study describes the successful management of a parturient with severe mitral stenosis and moderate mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. A healthy baby was delivered by Caesarean section 11 days later. The effects of CPB surgery... -
The management of a coronary cameral fistula: lessons learnt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GT Mokgwathi --- Department of Anaesthesiology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) is a rare congenital anomaly. Literature on CAVF perioperative anaesthetic management is limited, but the consequences of mismanaging symptomatic CAVF are dire, with the potential risk of perioperative myocardial infarction, and even death. We present a... -
Avian Flu—What is the risk to humans?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Gboyega A Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
What helps volunteers to continue with their work?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, C Jackson --- CHoiCe (NGO doing home based care in the Tzaneen Municipal Area.), S Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine,Aim The aim of the study was to understand what volunteers perceived to be the factors helping them to continue working as volunteers, thereby assisting project leaders to improve the recruitment procedures, as well as quality of service, in the... -
Ethical Issues in Family Practice: Medical Futility—The debate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Biomedical Ethics—Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
Clinical efficacy, efficiency and outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Ebrahim --- Dept. of Radiography, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Mutual Participation in the Health Worker-Patient Relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,The importance of a mutual participatory model in medical care and decision making is supported by literature that now shows a link between patient participation and an improved health outcome. Illness (and the sick role) constitutes a state of diminished... -
Making Sense of Statistics for Family Practitioners: “What are ecological studies?”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D N Durrheim --- Anton Breinl Centre, Australia GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Can Family Medicine extricate itself from the shackles of biomedicine?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SWP Mhlongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
Does Medicine Need Psycho-Social Science?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SWP Mhlongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa, PMH Maduna --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa,Despite Alma Ata in 1978, the developing countries continue to divert scarce resources to multiple-story tertiary hospitals at the expense of primary health care services. No country in the world has unlimited resources with regard to budget allocation for health... -
Doctors' views of working conditions in rural hospitals in the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MR De Villiers --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, PJT De Villiers --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,There has been a lively debate in the media about working conditions in rural South African hospitals, with a particular focus on staffing and quality of care. From a medical perspective, it has been stated that poorly equipped and managed... -
The perceptions of rural women doctors about their work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EM De Vries --- Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre, Community Health Services Organisation Division of Family Medicine, GM Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Recruitment and retention of medical staff are important issues in rural health. The aim of this study was to describe and understand the perceptions of women doctors working in rural hospitals in South Africa about their work. -
Ethical Issues in Family Practice: Informed Consent—Disclosure of Information in Clinical Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Biomedical Ethics—Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
South-African Family Practice: reflections from an “outsider”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Jan De Maeseneer --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
Putting Participation into Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,Background: The aim of the article is to share the findings of participatory action research performed to develop a mutual participatory doctor-patient relationship model, and to apply this model in a rural cross-cultural primary care setting. -
Ethical Issues in Family Practice: Are we prudent when using antimicrobials?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
An unsuccessful resuscitation: The families' and doctors' experiences of the unexpected death of a patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Isaacs --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: The objective was to elicit families' experience of the death of a family member at the Elsies River Community Health Centre, their feelings towards the staff involved in the resuscitation and their opinions about how things could be improved... -
Making Sense of Statistics for Family Practitioners: “Case-control studies”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Managing chronic conditions in a South African primary care context: exploring the applicability of Brief Motivational Interviewing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Allen --- Child, Youth & Family Development,Background: Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) is an approach to motivating behaviour change in general health care settings. The relevance and applicability of BMI has not been fully assessed in low- or middle-income country settings. This study explored the application of... -
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): How to Appraise an Article?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Ebrahim --- Dept. of Radiography, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Implementation Plan for a Midlevel Medical Worker for South Africa. A discussion paper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JFM Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
Who are good home-based care volunteers?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, C Jackson --- CHoiCe (NGO doing home-based care in the Tzaneen municipal area), GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine,Aim The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of volunteers who remained active in the home-based care project located in Tzaneen (Limpopo Province) and thereby assist the project leaders to improve the recruitment and quality of the... -
The process of becoming an EB practitioner
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Ebrahim --- Dept. of Radiography, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Making Sense of Statistics for Family Practitioners: “What is Odds Ratio?”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
Letter to the Editor
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Ronald Ingle --- , SWP Mhlongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: A case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: P Mpikashe --- Department of Nuclear Medicine, MM Sathekge --- Department of Nuclear Medicine, NP Mokgoro --- Department of Nuclear Medicine, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
“Why I tried to kill myself”—an exploration of the factors contributing to suicide in the Waterberg District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PM Mpiana --- Dr Hugh Twomey Health Care Centre, Canada GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Limpopo Province Unit, S Ragavan --- Broken Hill Hospital, Australia N Malete --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: One of the authors (PM) did a study of parasuicide patients at Voortrekker Hospital in the Waterberg District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parasuicide patients' perceptions... -
Caring, learning, improving quality and doing research: Different faces of the same process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,The aim of this article is to describe the similarities between the consultation process, the quality improvement (QI) process, action-and problem-based learning and participatory action research (PAR). We feel this understanding adds value to our work in enabling personal development... -
Patients' thoughts on patient-retained medical records
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AL Norden --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Patient-retained cards and, later, patient-retained booklets were introduced in an effort to improve continuity of care in a primary care setting at Tzaneen Clinic in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Previously, the only continuity was... -
Contraception: Ethical Quandaries and Misconceptions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Biomedical Ethics—Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
Paraffin poisoning in children: What can we do differently?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Malangu --- National School of Public Health, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), South Africa WJ Du Plooy --- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence, health cost and management of paraffin poisoning in a rural South African hospital. -
Ethical Issues in Family Practice: My Culture—Right or Wrong?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, D Knapp van Bogaert --- of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
Perceptions of the role of the clinical nurse practitioner in the Cape Metropolitan doctor-driven community health centres
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Kapp --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of the clinical nurse practitioner (CNP) in a doctor- driven primary health care setting. A descriptive study was undertaken, using both a quantitative and a qualitative methodology. The study... -
The Disclosure of Information: Decisions Concerning Treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, -
The knowledge and skills gap of medical practitioners delivering district hospital services in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MR De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, PJT De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences,Introduction -
Predictors of topical steroid misuse among patrons of pharmacies in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Malangu --- National School of Public Health, University of Limpopo, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Background: -
Family Medicine Training: Ideas from Belgium
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SAH Moosa --- University of Witwatersrand, HH Conradie --- University of Stellenbosch, G Morris --- Nelson Mandela Medical School, C Van Deventer --- Unversity of Witwatersrand, M Van Rooyen --- University of Pretoria, A Derese --- Centre for Education Development, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J De Maeseneer --- Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Chairman Interuniversity Co-operation for Family Medicine training in Flanders, -
The Flemish model of training and supervision
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: HH Conradie --- University of Stellenbosch, SAH Moosa --- University of Witwatersrand, G Morris --- Nelson Mandela Medical School, C Van Deventer --- University of Witwatersrand, M Van Rooyen --- University of Pretoria, S Smith --- University of Pretoria, A Derese --- Centre for Education Development, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J De Maeseneer --- Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
Educational Ideas and Lessons Learnt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Morris --- Nelson Mandela Medical School, M Van Rooyen --- University of Pretoria, C Van Deventer --- University of Witwatersrand, HH Conradie --- University of Stellenbosch, SAH Moosa --- University of Witwatersrand, S Smith --- University of Pretoria, A Derese --- Centre for Education Development, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J De Maeseneer --- Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
The learning plan as a reflective tool for trainers of family medicine registrars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Van Deventer --- University of Witwatersrand, HH Conradie --- University of Stellenbosch, SAH Moosa --- University of Witwatersrand, G Morris --- Nelson Mandela Medical School, S Smith --- University of Pretoria, M Van Rooyen --- University of Pretoria, A Derese --- Centre for Education Development, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J De Maeseneer --- Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
Evaluation Systems of Family Medicine Trainees in Belgium
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Van Rooyen --- University of Pretoria, C Van Deventer --- University of Witwatersrand, HH Conradie --- University of Stellenbosch, SAH Moosa --- University of Witwatersrand, G Morris --- Nelson Mandela Medical School, S Smith --- University of Pretoria, A Derese --- Centre for Education Development, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, J De Maeseneer --- Head of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, -
Breast cancer—early detection and screening in South African women from the Bonteheuwel township in the Western Cape: Knowledge, attitudes and practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: IW Krombein --- Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, PJT De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background -
The involvement of private general practitioners in visiting primary healthcare clinics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JM Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, JFM Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine, ID Couper --- Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine,Background -
Morbidity profile of admissions to GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Marszalek --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, PJT De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background -
Time to deliver
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bob Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care Stellenbosch University, -
The new face of academic family medicine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Shadrick Mazaza --- SA Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, -
Guidelines for kangaroo care in district hospitals and primary healthcare maternity sections in the Free State
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Dippenaar --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, Maryn E Brussow --- Department of Biostatistics,Background -
The patient with excessive worry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Shearer --- Franklin Square Hospital Center, Maryland L Gordon --- Franklin Square Hospital Center, MarylandWorry is a normal response to uncertainty. Education, empathetic support, reassurance, and passage of time usually ameliorate ordinary worries. However, these common-sense strategies for dealing with transient worries often prove ineffective for patients with excessive worry, many of whom meet... -
Election of the Academy's Board of Directors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Shadrick Mazaza --- The SA Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, -
Assessing clinical skills—standard setting in the objective structured clinical exam (OSCE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences,Family Medicine training and assessment is becoming more formalized and developed in South Africa. Assessment of competency in relation to clinical skills can involve observation in the clinical setting, but is more usually assessed in an examination. The traditional “long... -
The time delay between when patients present with symptoms of tuberculosis at TC Newman Hospital, Paarl and the start of their treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: E Basson --- Stellenbosch University, C Fourie --- Stellenbosch University, C Hennig --- Stellenbosch University, C Lourens --- Stellenbosch University, AAC Klop --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Teaching and assessing consultation skills: an evaluation of a South African workshop on using the Leicester Assessment Package
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Hastings --- Department of Medical and Social Care Education, D Cameron --- Department of Family Medicine, E Preston-Whyte --- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care,Background -
The maintenance of competence of rural district hospital medical practitioners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MR De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, PJT De Villiers --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, AP KentBackground -
Building consensus on clinical procedural skills for South African family medicine training using the Delphi technique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, I Couper --- Department of Family Medicine, J Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine,Background -
Challenges to creating primary care teams in a public sector health centre: a co-operative inquiry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, P Mayers --- Division of Nursing and Midwifery, H Conradie --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, A Orayn --- Provincial Government of Western Cape, M Kuiper --- Worcester Community Health Centre, J Marais --- Worcester Community Health Centre, B Cornelissen --- Worcester Community Health Centre, S Titus --- Breede Valley Municipality,Background Effective teamwork between doctors and clinical nurse practitioners (CNP) is essential to the provision of quality primary care in the South African context. The Worcester Community Health Centre (CHC) is situated in a large town and offers primary care... -
The dissemination and implementation of national asthma guidelines in South Africa: The use of outcome mapping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, G Ainslie --- Respiratory Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town Lung Institute, E Irusen --- Pulmonology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital and Department of Internal Medicine, P Mayers --- Division of Nursing and Midwifery, A Bheekie --- School of Pharmacy,Asthma is an important chronic inflammatory disorder with significant morbidity and mortality in South Africa. The development of national asthma guidelines by the South African Thoracic Society and National Asthma Education Programme has been one approach to try and improve... -
Letters to the Editor
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Arina Schlemmer --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Ronette Hough --- Department of Occupational Therapy, -
Effect of the use of insecticide-treated bed nets on birth outcomes among Primigravidae in a periurban slum settlement in South-East Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PC Igwe --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria OM Ebuehi --- Institute of Child Health and Primary Care, Nigeria V Inem --- Institute of Child Health and Primary Care, Nigeria BM Afolabi --- World Health Organization Roll Back Malaria Unit, NigeriaIntroduction -
Resuscitation debriefing for nurses at the Accident and Emergency Unit of St Dominique's Hospital in East London (South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JS Drotske --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, PJT De Villiers --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background -
Talking about behaviour change: Is guiding more effective than directing?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Stephen Rollnick --- Department of Primary Care & Public Health, UKMotivating others to change their behaviour is often not straightforward. People tend to react against well- intentioned efforts to persuade them to change. This common approach to the challenge of patient behaviour change is pragmatic, for sure, but probably not... -
Factors that influence doctors in the assessment of applicants for disability grant
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JM Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Background: A disability grant is the financial assistance given by the government to South African citizens and bona fide refugees who have debility that results in inability to work. Doctors in state hospitals and clinics are tasked with the duty... -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Management of erectile dysfunction: perceptions and practices of Nigerian primary care clinicians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AJ Ariba --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria OT Oladapo --- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Olabisi Onabanjo, Nigeria CA Iyaniwura --- Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria OA Dada --- Centre for Research in Reproductive Health, NigeriaBackground -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Factors influencing the development of practical skills of interns working in regional hospitals of the Western Cape province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Jaschinski --- Division of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, MR De Villiers --- Division of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Clinical skills and the ability to perform procedures is a vital part of general medicine. Teaching these skills to aspiring doctors is a complex task. It starts with a good theoretical preparation and some practical experience at university. On... -
Improving the annual review of diabetic patients in primary care: an appreciative inquiry in the Cape Town District Health Services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, NS Levitt --- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, U Van Vuuren --- Department of Health, R Martell --- Metro District Health Services,Background: Diabetes in a common chronic disease in the Cape Town District Health Services and yet an audit of diabetic care demonstrated serious deficiencies in the quality of care. The Metro District Health Services (MDHS) decided to focus on improving... -
A description of the psychosocial factors associated with depression and anxiety in South African adolescents attending urban private practices in Johannesburg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: LC Da Costa --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Missed opportunities for cervical screening at Worcester Hospital and Worcester Community Health Centre, Worcester, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DS Mphatsoe --- , MK Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Cervical cancer is the only gynaecological malignancy for which a screening modality is widely accepted and recommended for all women.1 Just as in other developed countries, the decline in deaths from cervical cancer in the white population in South... -
Awareness and perceptions of published osteoporosis clinical guidelines—a survey of primary care practitioners in the Cape Town metropolitan area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DA McKechnie --- , MK Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Despite the widespread production and dissemination of clinical practice guidelines, both worldwide and in South Africa, they have not resulted in the expected improvements in quality of care and patient outcomes. There are limited studies concerning the impact of... -
The management of sexual assault victims at Odi District Hospital in the North-West Province: How can the quality of hospital care be improved?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MC Changwa --- Odi Hospital, MK Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: This six-month study at Odi Hospital in the district of Mabopane in the North-West Province was undertaken to gain insight into the way in which alleged sexual assault victims experienced the treatment they received from doctors, nurses and others... -
Profile of rape victims attending the Karl Bremer Hospital Rape Centre, Tygerberg, Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Bello --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Given the high prevalence of HIV infection in this country today it is not difficult to observe the risk faced by victims of sexual assault. In addition, there is a lack of available data on the per-episode risk of... -
Letters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Marlene Wessels --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Obtaining consensus on core clinical skills for training in family medicine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: I Couper --- Division of Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Specialist registrar training in family medicine became a requirement in South Africa in August 2007. As part of the process of developing consensus on the content of training, heads of departments of family medicine agreed to a process for... -
The clinical spectrum and cost implications of hospitalised HIV-infected children at Karl Bremer Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: CS Schoeman --- Intercare Walmer, MK Pather --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: HIV infection has become a common risk factor for hospital admission and a major contributor to childhood morbidity in South Africa. There remains a paucity of data describing the cost of hospitalisation of HIV-infected children in South Africa. The... -
Evaluation of the effect of the introduction of a hypertension club on the management of hypertension at a community health centre in the Cape Town Metropole
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Slingers --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, PJT De Villiers --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Hypertension is a widespread problem of immense economic importance in sub-Saharan Africa because of its high prevalence in urban areas, its frequent under-diagnosis, and the severity of its complications. A systematic review of interventions used to improve the management... -
Letters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Govender --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, AC Klop --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
The need for ‘Good Clinical Practice’ in health care research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MHR Noorzurani --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia N Aziz --- Department of Family Medicine, Malaysia AF Abdul Aziz --- Department of Family Medicine, Malaysia MZ Abd Hamid --- Department of Paediatrics, Malaysia M Mohamed --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia S Othman --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia N Hussein --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, MalaysiaRandomised controlled trials form the foundation for ‘evidence-based-medicine’, but the results of such research can be relied upon only if it was conducted according to principles and standards collectively referred to as ‘Good Clinical Practice’ (GCP). The GCP was established... -
Management of gout: Primary care approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OB Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaGreat strides have been made in understanding gout as a disease over the centuries. Despite these advances, reports suggest that the management of gout is relatively suboptimal at the primary care level. This article reviews important considerations in the management... -
Family medicine, primary health care and HIV medicine—a ‘new’ clinical speciality and its role in the South African HIV pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DT Hagemeister --- Drakenstein subdistrict, Western Cape and Division for Family Medicine and Primary Care,Context: Because of the extent of the HIV pandemic, but also due to some specific historical conditions, HIV medicine has evolved as a field of its own in South African medicine. With the massive scale of the roll-out of antiretroviral... -
What are the reasons for patients not adhering to their anti-TB treatment in a South African district hospital?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Govender --- Montebello Hospital, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Introduction: TB is a major health problem in South Africa, with increasing numbers of patients notified, inadequate successful treatment rates and an emerging problem with resistant strains. This study was conducted at a District Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal where the successful... -
Exploring the key principles of Family Medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: international Delphi consensus process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa R Downing --- School of Medicine, Moi University, Kenya S Moosa --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa J De Maeseneer --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, BelgiumBackground: The purpose of this study was to establish consensus on the key principles of Family Medicine for Sub-Saharan Africa. -
The evolution of gout (an old lifestyle disease)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OB Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: Few diseases that confront the 21st century clinician have documented history which dates back to early human era. -
Climate change and the health profession in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Climate change is arguably the most important public health issue of the next decade. The impact of climate change should be understood in the broader context of population growth, degradation of ecosystems, inequality, food insecurity, urbanisation, slums and peak oil... -
Letter: Why do patients leave our practice? A qualitative investigation into the reasons contributing to patients' decisions to leave a multi-partner general practiceItem type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JJ Wessels --- Private Practitioner, W Viljoen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
Nicotine-replacement therapy: a proven treatment for smoking cessation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Robson --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, MalaysiaSmoking is a major cause of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer. Despite the high prevalence of smokers worldwide, smokers are often neglected and not offered effective assistance with quitting their habits. In order to overcome this public health burden,... -
The role of educational strategies to reverse the inverse performance spiral in academically-isolated rural hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BJ Marais --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa M De Villiers --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care and Deputy Dean of Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa J Kruger --- The Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa H Conradie --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa L Jenkins --- George Hospital, South Africa H Reuter --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, The Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaThe importance of continuous professional development for health care workers is widely acknowledged, but the identification of optimal implementation strategies remains a challenge, particularly in academically isolated rural areas. -
A comparison of clinical communication skills between two groups of final-year medical students with different levels of communication skills training
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MR De Villiers --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care & Education; Faculty of Health Sciences, M Van Heusden --- Unit for Afrikaans, Language Centre,Background -
Chronic diseases, climate change and complexity: the hidden connections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaIn this paper the argument is presented that we can expect an increase in chronic diseases within developing countries such as South Africa and that this is largely due to changes in lifestyle, such as diet and exercise. While these... -
Review of alternative practices to cigarette smoking and nicotine replacement therapy: how safe are they?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OB Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa OA Ayo-Yusuf --- Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, South AfricaMost adverse health effects of cigarette smoking are attributed to the products of combustion. Efforts to avoid the adverse health effects of cigarette smoking have led to the promotion of alternative products that are perceived to be less harmful. In... -
Attitudes, perceptions and understanding amongst teenagers regarding teenage pregnancy, sexuality and contraception in Taung
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Kanku --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: South African teenage pregnancy rates remain high by international comparison and, in the rural town of Taung, the rate of 13% is twice the national average of 6.5%. Teenage pregnancy is a risk factor for disruption of education, future... -
Prevalence and determinants of burnout syndrome among primary healthcare physicians in Qatar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Abdulla --- Primary Health Care, Qatar DM Al-Qahtani --- Primary Health Care, Qatar MG Al-Kuwari --- Primary Health Care, QatarBackground: General practitioners (GPs) in particular are prone to developing burnout syndrome, as they are frequently overloaded with the demands of caring for sick patients. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among primary healthcare physicians... -
Enhancing the educational interaction in family medicine registrar training in the clinical context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa J Goedhuys --- Department of Psychology, Belgium F D'Argent --- Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad, BelgiumThe relationship between registrar and trainer functions best when the trainer consciously facilitates the registrar's learning and considers all their interactions as educational opportunities. The trainer's role is more that of an educational guide and less that of an authoritarian... -
Reflections on the development of family medicine in the Western Cape: a 15-year review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University,This article reviews how the model of family medicine has developed over the last 15 years in the Western Cape. It is based on a series of in-depth interviews with key role players. This period coincides with the immediate post-apartheid... -
The perceptions of pregnant women, attending antenatal clinics, on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: VA Akeke --- Elizabeth Ross District Hospital, OO Oguntibeju --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, S Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Science,Background: The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women of reproductive age and children below the age of 15 years continues to increase, especially in the countries hardest hit by the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. -
Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment and assessing factors affecting adherence in a state primary healthcare clinic, Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Engel --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Stellenbosch, AC Schlemmer --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Stellenbosch,Background: A need was identified to measure adherence levels to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a resource-poor setting and to assess the impact on adherence to ART of partner disclosure, partner support, other support, and length of time between diagnosis and... -
Knowledge and awareness of high blood pressure in Ward F, Ifako-Ijaiye local government area, Lagos State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: YT Akindele --- Community Health and Primary Care Department, Nigeria OO Ayankogbe --- Community Health and Primary Care Department, NigeriaObjectives: In Nigeria, most people living with an elevated blood pressure are unaware of it until they suffer complications. The aim of this study was to determine levels of awareness of high blood pressure in Ward F, Ifako-Ijaiye local government... -
How children access antiretroviral treatment at Kgapane District Hospital, Limpopo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Railton --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: At Kgapane Hospital, Limpopo Province, only 20% of eligible children initiated antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2007. The aim of this study was to improve the ART programme by assessing how children were accessing ART, and to explore the factors... -
Evaluation of a project to reduce morbidity and mortality from traditional male circumcision in Umlamli, Eastern Cape, South Africa: outcome mapping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: O Nwanze --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Traditional circumcision is common among the amaXhosa in Umlamli, Eastern Cape. Circumcision is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The need to reduce complications was identified as a priority by the local community. The aim was to design, implement... -
A medical audit of the management of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-positive patients in the Cape Winelands (East) district, Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KB Von Pressentin --- Langeberg Sub-District, Cape Winelands District, HH Conradie --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Background: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) has become the most common type of community-acquired meningitis. CM has a poor outcome if the initial in-hospital treatment does not adhere to standard guidelines. The aim of this audit was to improve the quality of... -
Evaluating the rural health placements of the Rural Support Network at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: CS Naidu --- Primary Healthcare Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences, J Irlam --- Primary Healthcare Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences,Objectives: The Rural Support Network (RSN) is an undergraduate student society that aims to raise awareness among the student body of the plight of rural health in South Africa, and organises individual and group placements in rural hospitals during vacations... -
Outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: I Couper --- Department of Family Medicine, B Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, S Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, B Schweitzer --- Division of Family Medicine, -
Advance directives or living wills: reflections of general practitioners and frail care coordinators in a small town in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Bull --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Living wills have long been associated with end-of-life care. This study explored the promotion of living wills by general practitioners (GPs) and frail care nursing coordinators who were directly involved in the care of the elderly in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal... -
The prevalence of burnout and depression in medical doctors working in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality community healthcare clinics and district hospitals of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape: a cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Rossouw --- Family Physician, Division Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Seedat --- Department of Psychiatry, RA Emsley --- Department of Psychiatry, S Suliman --- Division Family Medicine and Primary Care, D Hagemeister --- Division Family Medicine and Primary Care,Aim: This study investigated burnout and depression in medical doctors in the context of work-related conditions and the role of resilience as a modifiable factor. -
The validity of monitoring the control of diabetes with random blood glucose testing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OF Daramola --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,It is important to decide if a patient with diabetes has good glycaemic control in order to guide treatment and to offer behaviour change counselling. Currently, determining random blood glucose (RBG) is usually carried out in primary care in the... -
Drug interactions in primary health care in the George subdistrict, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PA Kapp --- Knysna Provincial Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, AC Klop --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, LS Jenkins --- Head of Unit,Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions in primary healthcare clinics in the George subdistrict, to determine which drugs were involved, and to identify associated risk factors. -
Ethics and medicine: revisiting the Children's Act and the implications for healthcare practitioners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Centre for Applied Ethics, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Under the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, the rights of children are protected in the same manner as are those of ordinary South African citizens. In Section 28, the Constitution also makes provision for the protection of specific... -
Ethics and medicine: Jehovah's Witnesses and the new blood transfusion rules
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Centre for Applied Ethics, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,It is against the doctrine of The Watchtower and Bible Tract Society for their followers, the Jehovah's Witnesses, to accept blood transfusions. For this reason, this topic remains a critical issue in medical practice and ethics. Few patients can survive... -
Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physician-assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation. Is there a difference if death is foreseen, but... -
Ethics and the law relating to post-birth rituals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Placental rituals and other birth-by rituals are common in various societies. They often include culturally determined behavioural sequences which operate as anxiety-releasing mechanisms. They also serve to offer a spiritual means of “control” over the future health and welfare of... -
The ethics of placebos
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Centre for Applied Ethics, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,The word “placebo”, first used during funeral ceremonies in the 14th century, is derived from old Latin and means “I shall please”. At the time, it was practice among Roman Catholics to hire professional mourners to wail vespers for the... -
Views of patients on a group diabetes education programme using motivational interviewing in South African primary care: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Serfontein --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Objectives: This study was a qualitative assessment of a diabetes group education programme presented in community health centres of the Cape Town Metro District. The programme offered four sessions of group education and was delivered by trained health promoters using... -
An assessment of organisational values, culture and performance in Cape Town's primary healthcare services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Govender --- Stellenbosch University, A-A Isaacs --- University of Cape Town, A De Sa --- University of Cape Town, A Schlemmer --- Stellenbosch University,Objectives: Improving the quality of primary health care in South Africa is a national priority and the Western Cape Department of Health has identified staff and patient experience as a key component. Its strategic plan, Vision 2020, espouses caring, competence,... -
Integrating tuberculosis/HIV treatment: an evaluation of the tuberculosis outcomes of patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in the Breede Valley subdistrict
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Conradie --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, P Khati --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, H Pharoah --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, S Adams --- Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences,Background: The Infectious Disease Clinic of Worcester Hospital introduced an integrated tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) service in July 2009 to provide comprehensive management to patients who were co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV. -
Is screening for microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes feasible in the Cape Town public sector primary care context? A cost and consequence study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: HO Ibrahim --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, D Stapar --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Type 2 diabetes contributes significantly to the burden of disease in South Africa. Proteinuria is a marker for chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease. All guidelines recommend testing for microalbuminuria because intervention at this stage can prevent or delay the... -
Evaluation of a school-based nutrition and physical activity programme for Grade 4 learners in the Western Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KL Jacobs --- Head of Division, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, B Mash --- Head of Division, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, CE Draper --- University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, J Forbes --- University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, EV Lambert --- University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine,Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Making the Difference programme (MTDP), an education-and activity-based intervention for Grade 4 learners at primary schools in the Western Cape. -
16th National Family Practitioners' Conference, 10–11 May, 2013
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bob Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, -
The knowledge and beliefs of hypertensive patients attending Katleho District Hospital in Free State province, South Africa, about their illness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Justin Mpinda --- Katleho District Hospital, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Benjamin Mills --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Hypertension is a common chronic condition. A sound understanding of people’s beliefs is required in this regard. Usually, poor compliance and decisions by patients to stop taking conventional treatment and to use complementary remedies and traditional remedies arise from... -
The after-hours case mix of patients attending the George Provincial Hospital Emergency Centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Patricia S van Wyk --- Western Cape Department of Health, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Louis Jenkins --- Western Cape Department of Health, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: The emergency care of patients in South Africa has improved with the establishment of Emergency and Family Medicine as specialities, the introduction of the Cape Triage Scoring (CTS), and the upgrading of emergency care services. The Western Cape Comprehensive... -
Racing risk, gendering responsibility: a qualitative study of how South African students talk about sexual risk and responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mary van der Riet --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Tamaryn Jane Nicholson --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South AfricaIndividuals’ perceptions of risk have implications for whether and how they engage with protective strategies. This study investigated how sexual risk, specifically HIV and pregnancy and responsibility for these risks were constructed in discussions across five groups of youth in... -
The self-reported learning needs of primary care doctors in South Africa: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Z Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa R Cooke --- Centre for Rural Health, South Africa R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Strengthening primary health care in South Africa is a prerequisite for the successful introduction of National Health Insurance. Primary care doctors from both the public and private sectors are an essential contributor to achieving this goal. In order to... -
Factors influencing female doctors’ career decisions at Tshwane District Hospital, Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Annelet Kruger --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Christie Bezuidenhout --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Most doctors at Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria are women who experience difficulty combining a career with family responsibilities because of lack of flexitime or part-time posts. They are also frustrated by the hospital management’s apparent indifference to their... -
Preliminary study on the culture and breeding of Bulinus nyassanus (Mollusca: Pulmonata) under laboratory conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mary Lundeba --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Jeremy S. Likongwe --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Henry Madsen --- DBL Institute for Health Research and Developmemnt, Denmark Jay R. Stauffer --- School of Forest Resources, Penn State University, U.S.A.We successfully artificially cultured and bred Bulinus nyassanus, endemic to Lake Malawi and an intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium. The laboratory culture of this snail species is essential in relation to further experiments on the feasibility of using facultative snail-eating... -
Potential of Metriaclima lanisticola (Teleostei: Cichlidae) for biological control of schistosome intermediate host snails
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mary Lundeba --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Jeremy S. Likongwe --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Henry Madsen --- DBL Center for Health Research and Development, Denmark Jay R. Stauffer --- School of Forest Resources, Penn State University, U.S.A.Metriaclima lanisticola, a native cichlid of Lake Malawi, was studied under laboratory conditions to evaluate its possible role as a predator of snails (Bulinus spp.). Bulinus globosus, B. nyassanus and B. tropicus were used as prey. B. globosus and B... -
Field evidence for colony size and aseasonality of breeding and in Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A.M. Sichilima --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa N.C. Bennett --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C.G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, U.K.Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli, is a cooperatively breeding bathyergid endemic to the Lusaka Province of Zambia. During a 12-month field study involving the capture of 33 colonies of mole-rats, the number of occupants, breeding females and sex ratio within colonies... -
Hospitality and prosumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: George Ritzer --- Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USAHospitality and the hospitality industry need to be reevaluated in the era of the new prosumer and smart prosuming machines. Traditional notions of hospitality hearken back to an earlier era and ongoing changes are forcing us to reconsider them. Among those changes... -
An evaluation of factors underlying suicide attempts in patients presenting at George Hospital emergency centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Raubenheimer --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa LS Jenkins --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Roughly 130 patients are seen daily in the emergency centre (EC) at George Provincial Hospital (GPH), of whom one or two will have attempted suicide. GPH serves the population of Eden and Central Karoo Districts. Little is known about... -
Preventing venous thromboembolism at a district hospital: a quality improvement study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bernhard G Beutel --- , South Africa Louis S Jenkins --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the most common preventable cause of hospital deaths, and almost all hospitalised patients have at least one risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Despite the availability of highly effective thromboprophylaxis in preventing VTE, numerous studies... -
Confidentiality protection in consulting with modern medicine following use of traditional medicine: perspectives of South African clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sidwell Matlala --- Department of Nursing, South Africa Elzabe Nel --- Department of Nursing, South Africa Mary Chabeli --- Department of Nursing, South AfricaThis study explored the confidentiality values and needs of clients of traditional medicine practitioners who also consulted with modern medical care facilities. Participants were 12 clients of traditional healers who were also receiving modern medicine services (9 males; Sotho, Sepedi... -
A survey of risk factors associated with hypertension in the adult population of Kang, Kgalagadi North, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Tshitenge --- Department of Family Medicine, Botswana LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: Sustainable and aggressive population-based programmes on hypertension awareness, prevention, treatment and control are key to the successful control of this epidemic. The objective of the study was to determine to what extent hypertension and risk factors for its development... -
Postdural puncture headache: evidence-based review for primary care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Olufemi Babatunde Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South AfricaThe promotion of epidural and spinal blocks as preferred and safe techniques for Caesarean section and the use of lumbar puncture for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes place patients at risk of developing postdural puncture headache (PDPH). This article reviews the... -
Experiences and opinions of first-year students at a previously disadvantaged medical university in South Africa about alcohol consumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Morongwa Mirriam Mogotsi --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: The use of alcohol amongst first-year students in institutions of higher learning is problematic as it often leads to social and academic problems, for instance high dropout rates and high-risk sexual behaviour. Research on first-year students’ opinions regarding their... -
“They laugh when I sing”: perceived effects of caregiver social support on child wellbeing among South African caregivers of children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Tamaryn Crankshaw --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaObjective: Social support provided to caregivers of children has been shown to be protective for caregiver health, parenting and child psychosocial outcomes. However, little work in Southern Africa provides insight on the relationship between caregiver social support and child wellbeing... -
Discourse Analysis: a systematic critique of Cosmopolitan and Afropolitan identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Helen-Mary Cawood --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaWhile contemporary theories of Cosmopolitanism often tend to overlook ideological structures of identity on the basic levels of beliefs, experiences, and the situation of the human condition, this article aims at providing a metaphorical unpacking of ethical-existential identities of post-colonial... -
Agronomic performance of new cream to yellow-orange sweetpotato cultivars in diverse environments across South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sunette M Laurie --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute (ARC-VOPI), South Africa Sidwell S Tjale --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute (ARC-VOPI), South Africa Andre A van den Berg --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute (ARC-VOPI), South Africa Musa M Mtileni --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute (ARC-VOPI), South Africa Maryke T Labuschagne --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaSweetpotato is grown in diverse environments of South Africa by both commercial and subsistence farmers. The aim of the present study was to assess the stability, agronomic performance and palatability of new ARC cultivars bred for the informal market, and... -
Effect of heat stress on seed yield components and oil composition in high- and mid-oleic sunflower hybrids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Rouxléne van der Merwe --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa Maryke T Labuschagne --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa Liezel Herselman --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa Arno Hugo --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, South AfricaHigh temperature stress is a major environmental factor influencing processes such as growth, yield and quality of crops. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of heat stress, applied during grain-filling, on seed yield- and oil quality... -
Tuberculosis: a deepening crisis in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Mary Edginton --- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science University of the Witwatersrand., Shan Naidoo --- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science University of the Witwatersrand., -
Hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection: impact on transmission and natural history of disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Rosemary J Burnett --- Department of Epidemiology, South AfricaThere is overwhelming evidence of a strong association between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in areas of low endemicity for both viruses, due to shared risk factors. There is also much evidence that HIV modifies... -
Hepatitis B vaccination in Africa: mission accomplished?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Guido François --- Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Belgium Carine Dochez --- Network for Education and Support in Immunisation (NESI), University of Antwerpen, Belgium M. Jeffrey Mphahlele --- HIV and Hepatitis Research Unit, South Africa Rosemary Burnett --- Department of Epidemiology, South Africa Guido Van Hal --- Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Belgium André Meheus --- Network for Education and Support in Immunisation (NESI), University of Antwerpen, Belgium -
Lessons learnt from the global outbreak of a Darwinian masterpiece: Virus infuenza A (H1N1) 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: J S Oxford --- Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, -
Factors associated with the motivation of community drug distributors in the lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Doris W Njomo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo --- African Institute for Health and Development, Kenya Japheth K Magambo --- Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Peter K Ngure --- Daystar University, Kenya. Sammy M Njenga --- Kenya Medical Research Institute,Annual mass drug administration (MDA) is the main strategy for elimination of lymphatic flariasis (LF), globally. In Kenya, community drug distributors (CDDs) are used to deliver drugs to household members. To determine factors infuencing CDDs’ motivation, a retrospective cross-sectional study... -
Multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections among private hospital patients in the North West province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Thejane Motladiile --- Data Quality Mentor, Bojanala District, Department of Health, North West John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, North West Hundson Zvinavhashe --- Former Director Health (Service Support), North West Calvinia Sebekedi --- Director (Communicable Diseases), Department of Health, North West Mmule Rakau --- Master of Management: Public Management/Enterprise Chief Director, North WestThis article reports on severe clinical cases of nosocomial infections that were caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit (ICU). Globally, patients in ICUs have encountered an increasing emergence and spread... -
Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and practices of contraception in high school pupils in Tswaing subdistrict, North West province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: O. Onyensoh --- Family Physician, Department of Health, North West province, I. Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, J. Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,In South Africa, contraceptive use is low in adolescents in the sense that sexual maturation and initiation of sexual activities is taking place at a younger age. This is evident from the high levels of teenage pregnancy that constitute a... -
Tetanus: a patient in a primary healthcare setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Christopher Clark --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaTetanus is a disease caused by a Clostridium tetani infection, a complication of wounds. We present a case in which a patient presented with seizures and was incorrectly assessed to have epilepsy. Permission to publish this report was obtained from... -
Range extensions of blennioid fishes on the southern African west coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: M.J. Penrith* --- State Museum, Windhoek, South West Africa/Namibia Mary-Louise Penrith --- State Museum, Windhoek, South West Africa/Namibia -
The diets of littoral fish from the Cape Peninsula
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: B. Bennett --- Zoology Department, Republic of South Africa C.L. Griffiths --- Zoology Department, Republic of South Africa Mary-Louise Penrith --- Zoology Department, Republic of South AfricaIntertidal fish communities in the south·western Cape have a high density and biomass, implying that the fish are important con· sumers in the ntertidal zone. Stomach content analyses of 20 species were undertaken to ascertain which food resources are most... -
Factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis outcomes among inmates in Potchefstroom Prison in North West province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: T Mnisi --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, J Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death among the world's prison populations. Prisons are reservoirs of tuberculosis and threaten inmates, prison staff, visitors and the surrounding community. This study was carried out to explore the associated factors with pulmonary tuberculosis... -
Diversity of benthic macrofauna of the flood-tidal delta of the Nahoon Estuary and adjacent beach,South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mary Bursey --- East London Museum, South Africa Tris Wooldridge --- Zoology Department, South AfricaMacrobenthos of the Nahoon estuarine flood-tidal delta was surveyed to determine species composition, distribution and abundance; establish possible patterns in community structure and compare assemblages with those of adjacent sandy beach and lower estuary. Macrozoobenthos retained by a 1 mm... -
Field evidence for aseasonality of reproduction and colony size in the Afrotropical giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Alfred M. Sichilima --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa Chris G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, U.K. Nigel C. Bennett --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii is a cooperatively breeding subterranean mole-rat exhibiting a reproductive division of labour in which usually one, or occasionally two, females are responsible for procreation. In a field study that involved complete excavation of 32 burrow... -
Utilization of Urea and Molasses for Dairy Cattle Feeding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Mary P. Lawrence --- Department of Animal Science, Uganda J. S. Mugerwa --- Department of Animal Science, Uganda -
Utilization of Urea and Molasses for Dairy Cattle Feeding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: J. S. Mugerwa --- Department of Animal Science, Uganda Mary P. Lawrence --- Department of Animal Science, Uganda D. A. Christensen --- Department of Animal Science, Uganda -
The Bulbing Process in Onion in Response to Nitrogen Nutrition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Mary O.A. Onyango --- Maseno University, Kenya -
Risk factors of HIV infection among farm workers at Rattray Arnold Research Farm in Goromonzi district, Zimbabwe: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mavis Soko --- Faculty of Commerce, Harare Stanzia Moyo --- Centre for Population Studies, Harare Oswell Rusinga --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Alfred Zvoushe --- Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, ZimbabweNotwithstanding the generally declining levels of HIV in Zimbabwe, HIV prevalence remains exceedingly high in commercial farms. Risky sexual practices underpinned by poverty, unreliable supply of condoms and lack of entertainment are the major underlying factors facilitating the spread of... -
‘Push’ and ‘pull’ factors influencing the learning of destination languages by immigrants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty --- ETDP-SETA Research Chair – Early Childhood Education, School of Human and Social Sciences in Education, Potchefstroom Aloysius N. Conduah --- Department of English Studies, PretoriaThis article argues that social, cultural, economic and personal factors affect immigrants’ choices to learn a new language in a ‘push’ and ‘pull’ manner. Conditions in the origin country and the immigrants’ personal lives are referred to as ‘push’ factors... -
Strengthening primary health care through primary care doctors: the design of a new national Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Republic of South Africa Z Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Republic of South Africa K von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Republic of South Africa J Blitz --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Republic of South AfricaStrengthening primary health care is a national priority in South Africa, in order to improve quality of care and health outcomes, reduce inequity and to pave the way for National Health Insurance. The World Health Organization and World Health Assembly... -
South Africa has joined a global initiative for Family Medicine advocacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Klaus von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Kyle Hoedebecke --- World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Polaris, United States of America Luís Pinho-Costa --- Fânzeres Family Health Unit, PortugalThe international #1WordforFamilyMedicine initiative serves to explore the identity of family physicians and allows the international Family Medicine community to collaborate on advocating the discipline. South African family physicians provided 42 responses via a social media and online survey. Two... -
Factors affecting the implementation of nurse-initiated antiretroviral treatment in primary health care clinics of Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Mabelane --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: The implementation of nurse-initiated antiretroviral (ARV) treatment at primary health care clinics was introduced in 2010 as a response to lower the HIV prevalence rate in the community. -
Having people, having heart: charity, sustainable development, and problems of dependence in central Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Mary Ejang --- Department of Development Studies, Uganda -
WHO global strategy on diet, physical activity and health: How can Codex Alimentarius take action to support its implementation?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: D C Coitinho --- Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, C Nishida --- Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, I Keller --- Primary Prevention of Chronic Diseases Unit, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, C Tukuitonga --- Primary Prevention of Chronic Diseases Unit, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, C Taylor --- Programme on Chemical Safety, Department of Protection of the Human Environment, -
Nutritional management of the burn patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Hospital,The incidence of burn injuries is on the increase in Africa due to migration to urban areas and the development of slum areas, but there is a paucity of such data on the African continent. The South African Medical Research... -
Nutritional assessment of the critically ill patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre, South AfricaNutritional status screening, assessment and monitoring is essential in the critically ill patient to reduce morbidity and mortality and to decrease hospitalisation costs. We in South Africa should establish where we are in terms of hospital-acquired malnutrition, perform a gap... -
Glucose: the worst of all evils?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre, South AfricaThe acute phase response is associated with metabolic derangements, including hyperglycaemia. Hyperglycaemia is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, including increased morbidity and mortality in various patient populations. The obvious question is: does tight blood glucose control improve morbidity and mortality... -
Probiotics: “conbiotics” or medicine of the 21st century?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Arina Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre, -
The brain-gut interaction: the conversation and the implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre,Bi-directional interactions between the gut and the brain play a role in health and disease. It is involved in glucose homeostasis, satiety and obesity, functional gastrointestinal disorders and possibly in inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Data is starting... -
Nutrition and the child with cancer: where do we stand and where do we need to go?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ch. Nieuwoudt --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre,As a result of ongoing research and better supportive care, the treatment of childhood malignancies has dramatically improved survival in developed countries. The same cannot be said about the all important nutritional care of the child with cancer as much... -
Immunonutrition: a South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre, J. Visser --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Clinical nutrition has evolved from providing nutrients to meet the patient’s needs to nutrition therapy that additionally aims to provide specific nutrients, or combinations thereof, which can reduce infection and improve outcomes in critically ill patients. The value of immunonutrition... -
The nutritional management of a central venous incident
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Hospital, PretoriaA central venous incident (CVI) is the second leading cause of death worldwide, and is associated with permanent disabilities.There are many nutrition and lifestyle modifiable risk factors for a CVI. These include diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension, all of which... -
A defence of Wiredu’s project of conceptual decolonisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Mary Carman --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaCalls to decolonise the university and revise what we research and teach is a challenge that ought to be taken up by those working in African philosophy and philosophy in Africa, more generally. Often, the thought is that such decolonisation... -
Traditional healers and the “Fast-Track” HIV response: is success possible without them?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala --- Office of HIV and AIDS, Global Health Bureau, USA Edward Green --- Department of Anthropology, USA Mary Hallin --- College of Business Administration, USAThe rapid scale-up of effective HIV prevention strategies is a central theme of the post-2015 health and development agenda. All major global HIV and AIDS funders have aligned their policies and plans to achieve sharp reductions in new HIV infections... -
Placing contraception at the centre of the HIV prevention agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tamaryn L Crankshaw --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, & Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Mags E Beksinska --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent, & Child Health Research) Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaOver the past decade, the global response to the HIV epidemic has been unprecedented, and enormous progress has been made. Significant investment in the roll out of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and efforts to increase treatment coverage have greatly reduced the... -
Abdominal compartment syndrome complicating peptic ulcer disease
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Ni Ni Sein --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: Abdominal compartment syndrome is a severe condition of tension generated within the closed abdominal cavity from perforation of peptic ulcer. Due to the chemical reaction and pressure consequences it has poor prognosis with very high mortality > 80%. -
Syphilis sero-positivity among pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics: A five-year analysis from 15 public clinics in Gaborone, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: AB Ganiyu --- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Botswana L Mason --- Department of Health and Life Sciences Programme, The Netherlands LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: The prevalence of syphilis in pregnancy varies across the globe and among different age groups within the same country. In sub-Saharan Africa, syphilis prevalence among pregnant women has been found to range from 2.5 to 18% among antenatal clinic... -
Evaluation of a two-question screening tool in the detection of intimate partner violence in a primary healthcare setting in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Saimen --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa E Armstrong --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa C Manitshana --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Intimate partner violence has been recognised globally as a human rights violation. It is universally under-diagnosed and the institution of timeous multi-faceted interventions has been noted to benefit intimate partner violence victims. Currently the concept of using a screening... -
Knowledge and practice of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV guidelines amongst doctors and nurses at Odi Hospital, Tshwane District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Kingsley Ogbonna --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: Almost 60 million people are infected with and 25 million people have already died from HIV/AIDS. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected, with 67% of all people living with HIV and 91% of all new infections amongst children... -
Effect of cultivar, season and locality on lipid content and fatty acid composition of cactus pear seed oil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maryna de Wit --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, South Africa Arno Hugo --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, South Africa Nokuthula Shongwe --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, South Africa Rouxlene van der Merwe --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaOpuntia ficus-indica (cactus pear) seeds are rich in linoleic acid and have beneficial properties for nutritional, industrial and pharmaceutical purposes. The total lipid content and fatty acid composition depends on various factors, including cultivar, degree of maturity, climate, harvesting season... -
Knee osteoarthritis and perceived social support amongst patients in a family medicine clinic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Temitope Ilori --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Modupe M Ladipo --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Adetola M Ogunbode --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Abimbola M Obimakinde --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, NigeriaBackground: Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic disease affecting the lives of patients and their families, with the family characteristics moderating the illness course. The perceived social support received by a patient helps in determining the health and functionality of the... -
Leadership and governance: learning outcomes and competencies required of the family physician in the district health system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash* --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa J Blitz --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Z Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa K Von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaThe South African National Development Plan expects the family physician to be a leader of clinical governance within the district health services. The family physician must also help to strengthen the services through leadership in all his/her other roles as... -
A reflection on the practical implementation of the clinical governance framework in the Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Colette Gunst --- , South Africa Robert J Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Lizette Cathleen Phillips --- , South AfricaPrimary health care is seen as the ‘linchpin of effective health care delivery’ by the Western Cape Government Health services and improving the quality of primary care, through clinical governance, is a key aspect of realising this vision. This article... -
The case for behavioural change counselling for the prevention of NCDs and improvement of self-management of chronic conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KM Murphy --- Department of Medicine, South Africa R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Z Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBrief behaviour change counselling (BBCC) that is integrated into routine health care has been shown to be effective in helping patients modify risk behaviours for non-communicable disease (NCD), improve self-management of chronic conditions, as well as produce clinically meaningful improvements... -
Personality as a moderator between emotional exhaustion and workplace deviance among teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ibeawuchi K. Enwereuzor --- Department of Psychology, Ike E. Onyishi --- Department of Psychology, Ijeoma F. Onyebueke --- Department of Psychology, Lawrence O. Amazue --- Department of Psychology, Mary Basil Nwoke --- Department of Psychology,This study investigated the moderating role of personal factors of agreeableness and conscientiousness in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and workplace deviance. The sample comprised 200 teachers from nine schools in the south-eastern part of Nigeria (females = 85%; married... -
Effect of conservation agriculture associated crop rotation systems on root and crown rot severity and respective soil-borne pathogens of maize (Zea mays L.) in the Highveld area of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maryke Craven --- Agricultural Research Council – Grain Crops Institute, South Africa André A Nel --- Agricultural Research Council – Grain Crops Institute, South AfricaAlthough crop rotation reduces the incidence of soil-borne diseases, reduced tillage practices create the risk of increased disease incidence. Monoculture maize (MM) under both conventional tillage (CT) and conservation agriculture (CA) crop systems were evaluated against two-and three-year rotation CA... -
Use of the partogram by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OM Maphasha --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa DP Motloba --- Department of Community Dentistry, South Africa C Barua --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: There is scientific evidence that using the partogram reduces maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. The use of partograms by doctors and midwives at Odi District Hospital has been reported as inadequate by external audits. The level of knowledge... -
Performance of the Androgen Deficiency in Aging Male questionnaire for the clinical detection of androgen deficiency in black sub-Saharan African men with Type-2 diabetes mellitus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Theophilus E Ugwu --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria Rosemary T Ikem --- Department of Medicine, NigeriaBackground: The Androgen Deficiency in Aging Male (ADAM) questionnaire is increasingly popular for evaluation of androgen deficiency (AD) in sub-Saharan African men with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, its reliability in this population is unknown. -
Is it the end or just the beginning of ubuntu? Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi in view of Metz’s rebuttal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Mojalefa L. J. Koenane --- Department of Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology, South Africa Cyril-Mary Pius Olatunji --- Department of Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology, South AfricaIn this article we offer a critical review of Matolino and Kwindingwi’s article “The end of ubuntu” in which they put forward their view, based on conditions in contemporary South Africa, that the philosophy of ubuntu is dead. In the... -
Public perceptions about renewable energy technologies in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rosemary N. Wojuola --- School of Education, South Africa Busisiwe P. Alant --- School of Education, South AfricaGlobally, there is a focus on generating energy from renewable energy sources in order to ensure sustainability. However, experience has shown that although the public generally accepts renewable energy technology (RET), there is also opposition to its implementation. Renewable energy... -
Family medicine in South Africa: exploring future scenarios
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa K Von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaThis paper reports on a workshop held at the 19th National Family Practitioners Conference in August 2016. The aim of the workshop was to describe possible future scenarios for the discipline of family medicine in South Africa and identify possible... -
Pattern and correlates of obesity among public service workers in Ondo State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Isaac Aladeniyi --- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Nigeria Oladele Vincent Adeniyi --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Olufunmilayo Fawole --- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Nigeria Mary Adeolu --- Nigeria State Health Investment Project, Nigeria Daniel Ter Goon --- Department of Health Sciences, South Africa Anthony Idowu Ajayi --- Department of Sociology, South Africa Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi --- Department of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Obesity is the third leading cause of mortality and has become a global epidemic. There is a continuous increase in its prevalence both in the developed and in developing countries. Obesity is closely associated with chronic health conditions, thus... -
Effect of self-monitoring of blood glucose on glycaemic outcome among type 2 diabetic patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Oluwajimi Olanrewaju Sodipo --- Department of Family Medicine, Ayoade Adedokun --- Department of Family Medicine, Adedeji Adejumo Olusola --- Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, NigeriaBackground: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder which leads to complications especially when not properly managed. The role of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetic patients using oral hypoglycaemic agents has been a source of controversy. -
Outcomes 30 days after ICU admission: the 30DOS study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Robert Wise --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Kim de Vasconcellos --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa David Skinner --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Reitze Rodseth --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Dean Gopalan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa David Muckart --- Discipline of Surgery, South Africa Zohra Banoo --- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health District, South Africa Tashmin Bisseru --- Paediatrics, South Africa Steve Blakemore --- Aneasthesiology, South Africa Jenine de Meyer --- Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, National Health Laboratory Services, South Africa Michael Faurie --- Discipline of Surgery, South Africa Kom Govender --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Timothy Hardcastle --- Clinical Unit, South Africa Prakash Jeena --- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Africa Nicky Kalafatis --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Kroshlan Kistan --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Theroshnie Kisten --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Carolyn Lee --- Head Clinical Department: Internal Medicine, South Africa Colin Mitchell --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Magesvaran Moodley --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Mary Morgan --- Discipline of Paediatrics, South Africa Arisha Ramkilliwana --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Rajesh Ramjee --- Anaesthesiology, South Africa Darshan Reddy --- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, South Africa Afke Robroch --- Wilhemina’s Childrens Hospital, UMC, The Netherlands Shivani Singh --- Discipline of Paediatrics, South Africa Richard von Rahden --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Bruce Biccard --- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The spectrum of illness and long-term outcome of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in South Africa remains largely unknown. -
Practising Physical Activity Following Weight-Loss Surgery: The Significance of Joy, Satisfaction, and Well-Being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Karen Synne Groven --- Associate Professor, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Norway Målfrid Råheim --- Professor of Health Science, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Norway Eli Natvik --- Associate Professor of Health Science, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, NorwayWhile health care professionals advise those who have undergone weight loss surgery (WLS) to increase their levels of physical activity, research suggests that often this is not achieved. This paper explores the experiences of ten Norwegian women as they engaged... -
The bird’s-eye perspective: how do district health managers experience the impact of family physicians within the South African district health system? A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KB Von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa RJ Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa L Baldwin-Ragaven --- Department of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa RPG Botha --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa WJ Steinberg --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Health policy-makers in Africa are looking for local solutions to strengthen primary care teams. A South African national position paper (2015) described six aspirational roles of family physicians (FPs) working within the district health system. However, the actual contributions... -
A note on the continuability and boundedness of solutions to a class of vector differential equations of third order with finite delay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Timur Ayhan --- Department of Primary School-Mathematics, Faculty of Education, TurkeyIn this article, we use Lyapunov's second (or direct) method, by building an appropriate Lyapunov functional. Sufficient conditions which warrant the continuability and boundedness of all solutions to a kind of nonlinear vector differential equations of third order with constant... -
Trends and magnitudes of genotype × environment interaction variance components for yield, quality and agronomic traits among coastal short cycle sugarcane breeding populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sphamandla Sengwayo --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Marvellous Zhou --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Maryke Labuschagne --- University of the Free State, South AfricaGenotype × environment interactions (G×E) can reduce the genetic contribution to the phenotype and increase minimum detectable differences, which eventually reduce selection precision. This study was conducted to determine the magnitudes and trends of G×E variance components for sugarcane yield,... -
HIV-1 RNA testing of pooled dried blood spots is feasible to diagnose acute HIV infection in resource limited settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Wentzel Dowling --- Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Kirsten Veldsman --- Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Mary Grace Katusiime --- Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Jean Maritz --- Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Peter Bock --- Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Sue-Ann Meehan --- Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Marije Van Schalkwyk --- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, South Africa Mark F Cotton --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Wolfgang Preiser --- Division of Medical Virology, South Africa Gert U Van Zyl --- Division of Medical Virology, South AfricaObjectives: Rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody tests, routinely used for diagnosis in adults and older children in resource-limited settings (RLS), do not detect early HIV infections prior to seroconversion or when antibody levels are still low. Nucleic acid amplification... -
Perceptions of why Malawians engage in concurrent sexual partnerships among a select population of radio listeners: findings from an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rupali J Limaye --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Amanda Berman --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Jane Brown --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Triza Kakhobwe --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, MalawiConcurrent sexual partnerships have been identified as a potential driver in the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa. This study utilised an innovative approach to explore perceptions of why Malawians may engage in these relationships, and their suggestions for reducing the... -
Community perceptions of the socio-economic structural context influencing HIV and TB risk, prevention and treatment in a high prevalence area in the era of antiretroviral therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Dumile Gumede --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nuala McGrath --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Alison Grant --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South AfricaFollowing calls for targeted HIV prevention interventions in so-called “hotspots”, we explored subjective perceptions of community members in places considered to be high HIV and tuberculosis (TB) transmission areas and those with low prevalence. Although more people now have access... -
Location and crop-year effects on sugarcane genotype performance for the coastal short cycle breeding programmes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sphamandla Sengwayo --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Marvellous Zhou --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Maryke Labuschagne --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaGenotypes are tested in several environments to evaluate the influence of genotype × environment interactions prior to their release as cultivars. The objective of this study was to determine location and crop-year effects and their implications on coastal short cycle... -
Trends in broad-sense heritability and predicted selection gains for the coastal short cycle breeding sugarcane programmes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sphamandla Sengwayo --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Marvellous Zhou --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Maryke Labuschagne --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaCoastal short cycle breeding programmes develop early maturing sugarcane cultivars adapted to harvesting at 12 months under rainfed conditions. Genotypes progressed to the advanced cultivar stage from these programmes are merged and evaluated concurrently in multi-environment trials across the region... -
Influences of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae on morphophysiological traits and biochemical compounds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) under drought stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ali Ganjeali --- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Iran Elham Ashiani --- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Iran Maryam Zare --- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Iran Elahe Tabasi --- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, IranThe symbiosis of arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) with plant roots can enhance plant responses, especially to drought stress. An experiment was conducted in a growth chamber to examine the impacts of arbuscular mycorrhizae on improving the drought tolerance of common bean... -
Monitoring Victoria’s public forests: implementation of the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Andrew Haywood --- European Forest Institute, Spain Kristen Thrum --- Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Australia Andrew Mellor --- School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, Australia Christine Stone --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, AustraliaA new strategic inventory across all publicly managed forests has been installed in Victoria. For the preceding two decades, Victoria’s forest inventory has been compiled from various data sources from across the state, an approach that doesn’t allow information about... -
An exploration of the reasons women give for choosing legal termination of pregnancy at Soshanguve Community Health Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Carrien Steyn Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa John Velaphi NdimandeBackground: Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is one of the most commonly performed gynaecological procedures in the world and was legalised in South Africa in 1996 with the passing of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996 (Act No. 29... -
Energy drinks consumption among football players in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Foluke Adenike Olatona --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, Nigeria Ijeoma Olumide Aderibigbe --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, Nigeria Sunday Adedeji Aderibigbe --- Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Nigeria Temitope ‘Wunmi Ladi-Akinyemi --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, NigeriaObjectives: This study assessed the prevalence, frequency and reasons for the consumption of energy drinks among members of registered football clubs in Lagos, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed and the study setting was Onikan Stadium Lagos, Lagos... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of doctors at Jubilee Hospital, Tshwane District, regarding the syndromic management guidelines for sexually transmitted infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Uchenna --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaBackground: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a public health problem globally, but especially so in sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute significantly to the burden of disease in South Africa and are recognised as major contributors to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)... -
‘Telephone Triage’: a possible means of managing the after-hours patient load at primary health care facilities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AA Adeniji --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa, LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.,The rate at which routine patients are using the emergency department (ED) as a path to enter into the healthcare system in South Africa’s community healthcare facilities and district hospitals is alarming. The increasing number of acutely presenting, less stable... -
Awareness of the Ward Based Outreach Team and the services offered by the programme in the Tshwane health district, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Bongongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa JV Ndimande --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa AT Masango-Makgobela --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa SN Nyalunga --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South Africa I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: The Ward Based Outreach Team (WBOT) is an organised team approach to a healthcare system based on the principles of epidemiology, primary health care, preventive medicine and health promotion. Globally, it has become a primary care response to many... -
Modifiable factors within the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme associated with failure to prevent HIV transmission in the Onandjokwe district of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Flavia Strato Shayo --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Bob Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa -
Status of globally threatened birds of Sapo National Park, Liberia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Benedictus Freeman --- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, USA Filibus Danjuma Dami --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Mary Molokwu-Odozi --- Fauna & Flora International, LiberiaSapo National Park was the first established and is the largest national park in Liberia and contains the secondlargest area of primary tropical rainforest in West Africa. However, little is known about the distribution, population density, and ecology of threatened... -
Satisfaction with spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section at Tembisa Hospital, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Uziele M Makoko --- Anesthesiology Department, Tembisa Hospital, South Africa Lebitsi M Modiba --- Department of Public Health, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa Doudou K Nzaumvila --- Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital/Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), South AfricaBackground: The most recommended type of anaesthesia by many obstetric guidelines for Caesarean section (CS) is spinal anaesthesia. This to achieve a higher level of pain and comfort control for the patient during and after CS. Little scientific research has... -
“This phone saved my life”: Older persons’ experiences and appraisals of an mHealth intervention aimed at addressing loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary Ann Jarvis --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Science, South Africa Jennifer Chipps --- School of Nursing, Faculty of Community and Health, South Africa Anita Padmanabhanunni --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis qualitative study aimed to explore older persons’ experiences and appraisals of the utility of an mHealth intervention for reducing their sense of loneliness. Participants (n = 13; 86.42% females; age range 65 to 87 years) received training in the... -
Households’ satisfaction with the healthcare services rendered by a ward-based outreach team in Tshwane district, Pretoria, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AT Masango Makgobela --- Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa JV Ndimande --- Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, South Africa G Ogunbanjo --- Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa T Bongongo --- Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa SN Nyalunga --- Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaIntroduction: Households’ satisfaction is an important and commonly used indicator for measuring quality in health care. An amelioration of primary health care services at the level of households, by utilising community health workers, has led to a good healthcare system... -
The perceptions of general practitioners on National Health Insurance in Chris Hani district, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mthetheleli Mbongeni Gaqavu --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: National Health Insurance (NHI) intends to provide universal health coverage to all South Africans, with equity and quality as its tenets. The participation of private general practitioners (GPs) in NHI is essential. The aim was to explore perceptions of... -
Evaluating the performance of South African primary care: a cross-sectional descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Graham Bresick --- Division of Family Medicine, Klaus B von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Introduction: In 2018 governments reaffirmed their commitment to implementing primary health care (PHC) in the Astana Declaration. South Africa has introduced a number of health reforms to strengthen PHC and enable universal health coverage (UHC). UHC requires access to quality... -
The impacts of season and livestock management strategy on the quality of diets selected by goats and sheep in the semi-arid rangelands of Namaqualand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Francuois L Müller --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa M Igshaan Samuels --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Clement F Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Melvin BV Swarts --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Nefza M Amary --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Dawood Hattas --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Craig Morris --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production, South Africa Lilburne F Cyster --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa J Stephen Boatwright --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaAccess to good-quality forages is one of the major limitations to livestock production in semi-arid pastoral systems. This study aimed to determine whether there are differences in the nutritional quality of diets selected by herded and free-ranging goat and sheep... -
Fromm’s ethic of solidarity and the potential for critical communitarianism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Helen-Mary Cawood --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaIt can be (and has been) claimed that one of the central thematic concerns in Erich Fromm’s immense body of critical work is the exposition of a new “radical” humanist ethic, based upon the normative foundations of human solidarity/relatedness and... -
Improving the quality of clinical training in the workplace: implementing formative assessment visits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Zelra Malan --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Julia Blitz --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Jill Edwards --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaFamily physicians have a key role to play in strengthening district health services in South Africa. There are a number of barriers to the supply of these specialists in family medicine, one of which is the quality of workplace-based training... -
A profile of Caesarean sections performed at a district hospital in Tshwane, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa C Steyn --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa O Maphasha --- Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa AT Abdulrazak --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Caesarean section (CS) is a common obstetric procedure that prevents neonatal and maternal death when performed correctly if indicated; however, CS can give rise to complications that lead to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Rates of CS are... -
The quality of feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to the primary care providers in the Western Cape: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Herma Steyn --- Department of Health, South Africa Muideen Bello --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Klaus von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Liezel Rossouw --- Department of Health, South Africa Gavin Hendricks --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Germarie Fouche --- Department of Health, South Africa Dusica Stapar --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Coordinating care for patients is a key characteristic of effective primary care. Family physicians in the Western Cape formed a research network to enable them to perform practical research on key questions from clinical practice. The initial question selected... -
Antimicrobial stewardship in rural districts of South Africa: growing a positive culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Klaus B von Pressentin --- Mossel Bay Sub-district, Garden Route District, South Africa Hendré Swanepoel --- Van Rensburg Lancet, South Africa Jessica JS Opie --- Division of Haematology, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Louis S Jenkins --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: The success of medical specialist-led antimicrobial stewardship activities in urban tertiary health care settings has been well documented. The issue of antimicrobial resistance remains an ongoing concern. This has particular relevance in primary health care communities treated from sub-district... -
Does tertiary education in South Africa equip professional foresters for the future?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Palesa Mgaga --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mary C Scholes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaA modern day forester in South Africa assumes a variety of roles that constantly challenge them to remain professionally relevant in a dynamic system including the continuously expanding number of stakeholders that cuts across political, social and economic boundaries. This... -
Hierarchical ranking of Urochloa mosambicensis (Bushveld herringbone grass) and Urochloa panicoides (Herringbone grass) competitiveness in four soil environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maryke Craven --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Patrick T Mokoena --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Marlene M van der Walt --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South Africa Liesl Morey --- Agricultural Research Council–Biometry, South Africa Anna EJ Saayman du Toit --- Agricultural Research Council–Grain Crops, South AfricaKnowledge of the competitive ability of weeds provide a better understanding of the requirements for weed control. The competitive ability of Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy. (Bushveld herringbone grass) and U. panicoides P. Beauv. (Herringbone grass) was investigated during 2017/18 in... -
Long-term outcomes in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents and young adults on antiretroviral therapy: a review of South African and global literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kim Anderson --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa Rudzani Muloiwa --- Department of Paediatrics, South Africa Mary-Ann Davies --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South AfricaPaediatric antiretroviral programmes have been implemented globally for more than a decade, yet information on long-term treatment outcomes in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents is limited. Published literature on long-term treatment outcomes was reviewed, including virologic, immunologic and growth outcomes, as well... -
PMTCT Option B+ 2012 to 2018 — Taking stock: barriers and strategies to improve adherence to Option B+ in urban and rural Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rachel King --- , USA Joyce Namale Matovu --- , Uganda Joseph Rujumba --- , Uganda Priscilla Wavamunno --- , Uganda Alexander Amone --- , Uganda Grace Gabagaya --- , Uganda Mary Glenn Fowler --- , Uganda Jaco Homsy --- , Uganda Janet Seeley --- , UK Philippa Musoke --- , UgandaSince 2012, PMTCT Option B+ has been recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce vertical transmission but numerous adherence challenges remain. We conducted a qualitative study at baseline using six focus group discussions and 14 in-depth interviews to explore... -
Climbing the illusive ladder: Examining female employees’ perceptions of advancement opportunities at a higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maryam Moosa --- , South Africa Mariette Coetzee --- , South AfricaThe study examined how women at a higher education institution in South Africa identify factors they perceive as affecting their advancement opportunities to leadership positions. The study sampled women employees (n = 2 000) working in top management (1%), academic (44.1%), professional... -
Nutritional status of children aged 0–60 months in two drought-prone areas of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Shimelis Beyene --- , USA Mary S Willis --- , USA Martha Mamo --- , USA Belaineh Legesse --- , Ethiopia Teshome Regassa --- , USA Tsegaye Tadesse --- , USA Yitbarek Wolde-Hawariat --- , Ethiopia Nur Firyal Roslan --- , USAObjectives: A study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among children under five in two drought-prone areas in Ethiopia. -
Effects of egg shell meal on the performance and haematology of layers and their egg quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Uchele Okpanachi --- , Nigeria Khalid Aliyu Yusuf --- , Nigeria Maryann Kehinde Ikubaje --- , Nigeria Gift Cincin Amaje Okpanachi --- , NigeriaIn an attempt to achieve Sustainable Development Goals numbers one and two, eggshell meal was incorporated into layers diets to replace bone meal. Seventy-two point of lay birds were utilized in a nine-week experiment. Four experimental diets were formulated consisting... -
Indirect exposure to trauma: Does resilience explain the link between optimism and secondary traumatic stress among in-patient carers?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rosemary C. Muomah --- , Nigeria Appollos C. Ndukuba --- , Nigeria Paul C. Odinka --- , Nigeria Kennedy U. Amadi --- , Nigeria Callista U. Nduanya --- , Nigeria Jaclyn I. Odinka --- , Nigeria Theclar C. Iyidobi --- , NigeriaThis study examined the relationship between optimism and secondary traumatic stress (STS), including the mediating role of resilience on the association. Family carers (n = 194; female = 64.95%; married = 50%; age range = 15 to 70, mean age... -
Psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Foluke Nike Bolu-Steve --- , Nigeria Mary Ogechi Esere --- , NigeriaThis study examined the psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria. Mothers (n = 2 400) from the six geo-political zones in Nigeria participated in the study (age range = 18 to 40 years and above; African Traditional... -
Weed species diversity and shifts in Conservation Agriculture-based crop rotation systems on the Highveld area of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Elbé Hugo --- , South Africa Maryke Craven --- , South Africa Andries A Nel --- , South AfricaThe occurrence and infestation levels of weed species are known to vary greatly within Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems as weed species will react differently to different habitats. Two on-farm CA trial sites, near Buffelsvallei and Viljoenskroon respectively, were established during... -
Measuring transactional sex in different contexts: How do tools to measure this practice perform in rural South Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nambusi Kyegombe --- , United Kingdom Kirsten Stoebenau --- , USA Natsayi Chimbindi --- , South Africa Thembelihle Zuma --- , South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- , United Kingdom Janet Seeley --- , United Kingdom Joyce Wamoyi --- , TanzaniaBackground: Adolescent girls and young women across sub-Saharan Africa are at disproportionate risk of HIV infection compared to their male counterparts. Transactional sex has been identified as an important proximate risk for infection in this population. Definitions and measures of... -
Frequency of exposure to the media is associated with levels of HIV-related knowledge and stigmatising attitudes among adults in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michael Boah --- , Ghana Daudi Yeboah --- , Ghana Mary Rachael Kpordoxah --- , Ghana Martin Nyaaba Adokiya --- , GhanaStudies show that increased knowledge of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is achieved through exposure to mass media, which then contributes to positive attitudes and behaviours towards people living with HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This study examined... -
Potential isomorphisms of generalized approach spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Nathanael Ackerman --- , Mary Leah Karker --- ,We study relativizations and potential isomorphisms of quantale-valued approach spaces. We show how the category of generalized approach spaces and injective maps can be encoded using higher order structures, but under such an encoding generalized approach spaces need not have... -
The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bill Buenar Puplampu --- , Ghana Stella Nkomo --- , South Africa Yvonne du Plessis --- , South Africa Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe --- , Uganda Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe --- , Zimbabwe Juliana Namada --- , Kenya Kemi Ogunyemi --- , Nigeria Juliet Thondhlana --- , UK Inusah Abdul-Nasiru --- , Ghana Añulika Agina --- , Nigeria Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah --- , Ghana Rosemary Danesi --- , Nigeria Justice Gameli Djokoto --- , Ghana Denise Diana Duncan --- , Ghana Joseph Lekunze --- , South Africa Simon McGrath --- , UK Joyce Ndegwa --- , Kenya Nancy Ngowa --- , Kenya Michael Ofori Ntow --- , Ghana Emily Ayieta Ondondo --- , Kenya Ravinder Rena --- , South Africa Maxwell Sandada --- , ZimbabweExisting research attributes the problem of weak research productivity of academics in African universities primarily to institutional resource poverty and inadequate research skills. However, there has been little attention to research cultures and the role of leaders in fostering productive... -
Hotel managers’ perspectives of Airbnb operations in Accra Metropolis, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rosemary Wunpini Issaka --- , Ghana Abednego Kofi Bansah --- , Ghana Conrad-Joseph Wuleka Kuuder --- , GhanaThe study was conducted to ascertain hotel managers’ standpoints on the influx of Airbnb facilities in Ghana’s hospitality “arena” and the palpable effects. Employing a qualitative approach to data collection, the study made use of in-depth interview guides, engaging 33... -
Introduction: Themes and discourses in African philosophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: John Sodiq Sanni --- , South Africa Mary Carman --- , South Africa Edwin Etieyibo --- , South AfricaMore recent discussions in African philosophy have focused on substantive issues than the largely meta-philosophical discussions that African philosophers engaged in between the 1960s and 1990s. This makes this special issue very important. Collectively the articles in the issue, among... -
The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of COVID-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Natsayi Chimbindi --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Ursula Ngema --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Andrew Gibbs --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Candice Groenewald --- Centre for Community Based Research, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Guy Harling --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nondumiso Mthiyane --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Busisiwe Nkosi --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South AfricaBackground: The impact of school closures due to COVID-19 raised widespread concerns about children’s health and well-being. We examine the impact on the sexual health needs of learners in the context of COVID-19 related lockdowns in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. -
“I didn’t support PrEP because I didn’t know what it was”: Inadequate information undermines male partner support for young women’s pre-exposure prophylaxis use in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kawango Agot --- , Kenya Miriam Hartmann --- , USA Sophie Otticha --- , Kenya Alexandra Minnis --- , USA Jacob Onyango --- , Kenya Marylyn Ochillo --- , Kenya Sarah T Roberts --- , USAThe HIV infection rate is higher among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa than men in the same age range. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be used by women discreetly; however, for most AGYW, male partner approval is desired... -
Health social science support will enhance the effectiveness of WHO/UNAIDS' 3by5 Initiative
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pieter Streefland --- Head of the Primary Health Care Department, Royal Tropical Institute, -
Evaluation of the Nigerian national antiretroviral (ARV) treatment training programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: E Oni Idigbe --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Oluwole Odutolu --- World Bank/UNAIDS Global HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Team (GAMET) and Harvard PEPFAR, Nigeria Prosper Okonkwo --- Harvard School of Public Health's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Nigeria Morenike Folayan --- Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Rosemary Audu --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Osagbemi Makanjuola --- Department of Geography and Planning, University of Jos, Nigeria Charles BR Uwakwe --- Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Oluwatoyin Jolayemi --- AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN),There is an understanding that greater availability of HIV treatment for the 40.3 million people currently infected with HIV is a humanitarian imperative that could prolong the lives of millions, restore economic productivity, and stabilise societies in some of the... -
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anna Strebel --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Mary Crawford --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USA Tamara Shefer --- Women and Gender Studies Programme, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Allanise Cloete --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Michelle Kaufman --- University of Conneticut, USA Leickness Simbayi --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme, Kgobati Magome --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Seth Kalichman --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USAThe links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and... -
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitudes towards people living with HIV among the general staff of a public university in Malaysia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Yvonne Tee --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Mary Huang --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia , MalaysiaStigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV have been widely documented, and have extended their impact into the workplace. Stigmatising attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the workplace significantly hinder HIV prevention efforts and indirectly affect national... -
Maternal HIV status and infant feeding practices among Ugandan women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pius Okong --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Praxedes Kituuka Namaganda --- Department of Paediatrics, St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Luciana Bassani --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Mary Mbidde Tabaro --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Francesca Zanetto --- St Joseph's Hospital, Edith Birungi Mwebaze --- Social Sector Planning and Management, Makerere University, Liliana Weimer --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health), Lina Tomasoni --- Unit for Tropical and Imported Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Francesco Castelli --- Department for Mother and Child Care and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Italy Marina Giuliano --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health),To describe the infant feeding practices in the general population in Uganda, and to assess the impact of maternal HIV status on these practices, a questionnaire was administered to women attending the follow-up clinics for child vaccination. Among the mothers... -
Perceptions of door-to-door HIV counselling and testing in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karen Kroeger --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Allan W Taylor --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Heather M Marlow --- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Douglas T Fleming --- Bristol-Myers Squib Company, USA Vanessa Beyleveld --- Premiere Personnel, Botswana Mary Grace Alwano --- CTS Global Inc., Mabel Tebogo Kejelepula --- Ministry of Health, Botswana Kentsenao Busang Chilume --- Botswana National AIDS Coordination Agency, Botswana Dawn K Smith --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Thierry Roels --- CDC's Division of Global HIV/Aids Programme, Peter Kilmarx --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ZimbabwePrevalence of HIV infection in Botswana is among the highest in the world, at 23.9% of 15 – 49-year-olds. Most HIV testing is conducted in voluntary counselling and testing centres or medical settings. Improved access to testing is urgently needed... -
Occupational exposure, attitude to HIV-positive patients and uptake of HIV counselling and testing among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Modupe O. Onadeko --- , , Nigeria Mary O. Balogun --- , , Nigeria Olanrewaju O. Onigbogi --- , , Nigeria Folashade O. Omokhodion --- , , NigeriaHealth care workers (HCWs) are at risk of occupational exposure to HIV. Their attitude to HIV-positive patients influences patients’ willingness and ability to access quality care. HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services are available to inform HCWs and patients about... -
The pull of soccer and the push of Xhosa boys in an HIV and drug abuse intervention in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Melissa Medich --- , , USA Deborah Mindry --- , , USA Mark Tomlinson --- , , South Africa Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus --- , , USA Jason Bantjes --- , , South Africa Dallas Swendeman [cor1]There is growing interest in engaging men and boys in health and development programmes targeting the intersection of HIV risk, substance abuse, and violence. Understanding the conceptualisations of masculinities or masculine identities that shape both behaviours and opportunities for intervention... -
Evaluating HIV policy: a gender analysis of the representation of women and men in UNAIDS HIV-prevention guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Merriman --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Kevin Deane --- Open University, United KingdomGender inequalities have long been recognised as one of the most significant factors influencing the dynamics of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, it remains unclear how men and women are discussed in HIV-prevention initiatives and if certain... -
Body-part terms in the grammar of Igbo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mary Amaechi --- University of Ilorin, Nigeria Florence C. Nwosu --- University of Ilorin, NigeriaThis article examines the grammar of body-part terms in Igbo (Benue-Congo). We present an inventory of expressions used for body parts. The data show that Igbo has a large number of complex terms used for body parts. These nominal expressions... -
From otium to opium (and back again?): Lockdown’s leisure industry, hyper-synchronisation and the philosophy of walking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Helen-Mary Cawood --- University of the Free State, South Africa Mark J. Amiradakis --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis article provides an account of the cultural changes induced by the pandemic, and draws on the tradition of critical theory (especially the work of Horkheimer and Adorno, and Fromm) and the work of Bernard Stiegler to critically assess their... -
Explicating the adoption of an innovation Fintech Value Chain Financing from Aarti (Middlemen) perspective in Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sayeda Zeenat Maryam --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Syed Waqar Haider --- Govt. College for Women University, Pakistan Tasneem Akhter --- University of Central Punjab, PakistanIn the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fintech industry and Islamic banking were striving to fill the existing void through innovation and different business approaches. Losing trust in conventional banking, advancement of technology and internet globally, and... -
The innovation capability model in higher education: A structural equation modelling approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fatemeh Ghardashi --- Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Iran Maryam Yaghoubi --- Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Iran Ehsan Teymourzadeh --- Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Iran Mohammadkarim Bahadori --- Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Iran Mahmood Salesi --- Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, IranInnovation is the driving force of the knowledge-based economy. The maintenance and sustainability of this innovation depend on the ability to innovate. The present study was a combination design with a structural equation model approach. First, using a qualitative method,... -
Early infant male circumcision: Potential for changing adverse gender norms associated with traditional male circumcision among circumcising communities in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jacob Onyango --- , Kenya Marylyn Ochillo --- , Kenya Eunice Omanga --- , Kenya Ohaga Spala --- , Kenya Gift-Noelle Wango --- , Kenya Edwin Lwanya --- , Kenya Kawango Agot --- , KenyaIntroduction: Traditional male circumcision (TMC) inculcates masculine-dominance norms in young men. Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) and medical male circumcision (MMC) can potentially minimise these adverse gender norms. We explored the perceptions about EIMC and MMC among communities practising TMC... -
Liberate or obliterate: Women’s leadership in academia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariette Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Maryam Moosa --- University of South Africa,Women form a critical component of the workforce of South Africa, yet the retention of women in leadership positions is problematic. This study examined the relationship between leadership opportunities and the retention of women at an open-distance education institution. A... -
A practical framework for technological learning in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Maryam Nozari --- Islamic Azad University, Iran Reza Radfar --- Islamic Azad University, Iran Soroush Ghazinoori --- Allameh Tabatabaee University, IranThe important role of technological learning in the success of enterprises, especially in developing countries, is undeniable. Besides that, the complex nature of learning requires a comprehensive framework. So, developing countries need to have a learning strategy that can help... -
Influences on decision-making about disclosure of HIV status by adolescents and young adults living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thandeka Smith --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Christina Psaros --- , USA Chiedza Munikwa --- , South Africa Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South AfricaBackground: Adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYA) are faced with the challenge of living with a life-long chronic condition. We investigated the influences on the decisions by AYA to disclose their HIV status to family, intimate partners and... -
Cessation of South African residency: A critical analysis of juridical double taxation on United Kingdom immovable property held by natural persons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elizabeth Fick --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Maryke Wiesener --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWhen a natural person ceases to be resident, there is a deemed disposal of worldwide assets, and a capital gain must be calculated. Taxation levied because of a change in residence is referred to as an exit tax. In this... -
Representing the Politics of Memory: Narrative Strategies in Forna’s The Devil that Danced on the Water (2002) and The Memory of Love (2010)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Maryline Chepngetich Kirui --- Moi University, KenyaThis article examines how Aminatta Forna manipulates point of view to represent the politics of memory in her memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water (2002), and her novel, The Memory of Love (2010). It proceeds from the view... -
Implementing open innovation in a closed biopharmaceutical industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sepehr Ghazinoory --- Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Maryam Nozari --- Islamic Azad University, Iran Hadi Siadati --- Islamic Azad University, IranOver the last decade, biopharmaceuticals’ research, development, production, and sale have involved high risks and costs for companies. Hence companies have moved toward reaping the benefits of open innovation models. Open innovation is a paradigm that forces the company to... -
Sustainable seafood: advances in traceability, assessment, monitoring and resource management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: IG Gleadall --- , Japan A Barkai --- , South Africa Z Lajbner --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan PB McIntyre --- Cornell University, United States H Moustahfid --- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States P Olsen --- Norwegian Food Research Institute (Nofima), Norway R Oyanedel --- Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Y Pang --- University of Washington, United States GJ Pierce --- Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (IIM-CSIC), Spain L Quesada --- Loyola Marymount University, United States WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South Africa L Zifcakova --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan MA Zoral --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan DA Willette --- Loyola Marymount University, United StatesThis review presents a synopsis of advances in some techniques and technologies that support seafood traceability while addressing some of the complexities currently challenging the integration necessary to coordinate commercial, national and international efforts in achieving seafood sustainability. These advances... -
Spectacles of social activism: pandemic and politicking in the age of digital media
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Helen-Mary Cawood --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe global COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020 coincided with another incident that made global news, namely the release of the video of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in the United States. While the novelty of the... -
Idea generation and planning time in second language academic writing: An empirical investigation at Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Entisar Khalifa Aljoundi --- Alasmarya University, Libya Heike Tappe --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaIdea generation is a cognitive process which underlies the production of coherent writing. However, little is known about the nature of this process and how it is affected by different preparatory conditions. The current study examines the effects of three... -
Lebesgue-Fourier algebras on coset spaces and approximate amenability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Maryam Esfandani --- Isfahan University of Technology, Iran Rasoul Nasr Isfahani --- Isfahan University of Technology, IranLet K be a compact subgroup of a locally compact group G. In this work, we initiate an investigation of the Lebesgue-Fourier algebra S 1 A(G/K) on the coset space G/K with pointwise multiplication; after some general results on the... -
Context is key: Using intersectionality and sensemaking to unlock new doors in leadership theory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Clif P Lewis --- Queen Mary University of London, UKThis research explores differences in how marginalized groups in leadership roles within the South African private sector engage in sensemaking, influenced by intersecting gender and race identities. Primary data was collected with semi-structured intersectional interviews. Thematic and axial coding was... -
The added value of community-based organisations in retaining people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the continuum of care in Mali
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marion Di Ciaccio --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Mariam Yebedie --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Kanuya Coulibaly --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Diane Dondbzanga --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Djénébou Traoré --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Mamadou Cissé --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Bintou Dembélé --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Laura Rouane --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Rosemary M Delabre --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Daniel Simões --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Daniela Rojas Castro --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Luis Sagaon-Teyssier --- Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, FranceBackground: Retention in care of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is a crucial public health issue in Mali. Several barriers to retention have been highlighted, including socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, HIV-related stigma, as well as organisational and structural barriers,... -
Saving for a rainy day: piloting a savings intervention to reduce HIV risk among young female sex workers in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Linet Achieng' Ochieng' --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Jacob Onyango --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Gerald Ochieng' Owuor --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Ivy Obare --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Marylyn Ochillo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Tobias Odwar --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Elizabeth Bukusi --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Kawango Agot --- Impact Research and Development Organization, KenyaFinancial insecurity pushes female sex workers into risky sexual transactions. We piloted an economic empowerment intervention among female sex workers in Kenya to test if they could save part of their income from which to make withdrawals to avoid risky... -
Health promotion messaging reduces HIV risk behaviours and improves repeat testing among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marylyn Ochillo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Risper Bosire --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Nicky Okeyo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Jacob Onyango --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Kawango Agot --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Nok Chhun --- University of Washington, USA Samwel Rao --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Ann Kurth --- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), USA Irene Inwani --- University of Nairobi, KenyaAdolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa account for about a third of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. Health communication, through mobile health (mHealth) can improve access to sexual and reproductive health information, health services and reduce risky sexual behaviours... -
Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Nicola J Holt --- University of the West of England (UWE), United Kingdom Ángela Flórez-Varela --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Carlos Gómez-Restrepo --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Natalia Godoy-Casasbuenas --- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Mauricio Toyama --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Liliana Hidalgo-Padilla --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Francisco Diez-Canseco --- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Luis Ignacio Brusco --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Natividad Olivar --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Santiago Lucchetti --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Catherine Fung --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Stefan Priebe --- Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBackground: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient understanding of how adolescents use such resources to reduce distress. -
Access to PrEP for cis and transgender women: Developing and implementing a community-based intervention adapted to populations exposed to HIV in Mali, Morocco, and Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mustapha Sodqi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Amal Ben moussa --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Rosemary Delabre --- , France Rime Barrakad --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Luis Sagaon Teyssier --- Aix-Marseille University, France Niloufer Khodabocus --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Sofia Fathi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Fodié Diallo --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Patrice Monvoisin --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Bintou Keita Dembele --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Annette Treebhoobun --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Naoual Laaziz --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Lahoucine Ouarsas --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Daniela Rojas Castro --- , France Mehdi Karkouri --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, MoroccoBackground: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention approach, but its uptake among women, particularly those in key populations, remains limited. -
Verbalising the body: sexual tropes in Hausa girls’ game songs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Maryam Yusuf Magaji --- Federal University Wukari, NigeriaScholars have conducted research on the games that young girls play, on the sensual elements in their performances, and on the connection between girls’ game songs and songs sung and sold by male hip hop artists but the songs sung... -
The role of STI governance in increasing the efficiency of the University of Tehran Science and Technology Park with an emphasis on its internationalization
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bahareh Heidary --- Governance Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Maryam Afkhami --- Governance Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,The governance of science, technology, and innovation (STI) is increasingly recognized as a key driver for international collaboration and competitiveness. To ensure effective STI governance, it is essential to understand internationalization parameters, their impact, and the strategic frameworks that enable... -
Sand knobwood Zanthoxylum leprieurii as a keystone resource for birds in Nigeria: insights from observational counts and proximate analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Adewale G Awoyemi --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Ademola D Ajayi --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Olukunle E Olasupo --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Olufemi P Olubodun --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Taiwo Adams --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Mary Oyegbami --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Omobamidele A Awoyemi --- Forest Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, NigeriaThis study investigated the importance of sand knobwood Zanthoxylum leprieurii (family Rutaceae) fruits as a food source for birds in the Tree Heritage Park, Ibadan, Nigeria. We conducted focal observations over three years (2018, 2019, and 2024) during peak fruiting... -
The Body as a Site for Marginalization and Violence in Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile (1969)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Maryline Chepngetich Kirui --- Moi University, KenyaMarginalization involves subjugating groups and relegating them to the position of the ‘Other.’ It is idealized and realized through the creation of the dominant group ‘self’ as being the centre and the subordinate group ‘the other’ as being in the...
