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RURAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES A solution to the human resource crisis in rural district hospitals?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, ID Couper --- Faculty of Health Sciences,Recruiting sufficient health personnel for rural hospitals is an ongoing problem. The Friends of Mosvold Scholarship Scheme in northern KwaZulu-Natal is a locally based scholarship scheme that offers the local community a chance to develop its own human resources for... -
Social sciences and research ethics in developing countries: The perspective from Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel M. Akpabio --- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Nigeria Idorenyin F. Esikot --- Department of Philosophy, NigeriaThis study seeks to show how social science-related disciplines in Nigerian universities understand and incorporate ethical principles in research settings within the framework of general institutional practices. We used the University of Uyo, Nigeria, to specifically and empirically explore these... -
Eating, drinking and physical activity in Faculty of Health Science students compared to other students at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Gresse --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, L. Steenkamp --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, J. Pietersen --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,Objectives: Students studying towards a qualification in Health Sciences should have more knowledge of a healthy lifestyle than other university students. However, it has been questioned whether or not these students apply such knowledge. While studies have been conducted on... -
Engaging in hospitality and culinary research that makes a difference: The shape of things to come
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joseph A. Hegarty --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsEngaging in hospitality research that matters now takes a fresh approach as to how we can contribute to shaping the future of best practices in both hospitality education and management, while engaging with problems worth investigating, and publishing the results... -
Staff and student health and wellness at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University: current status and needs assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Koen --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa L Philips --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa S Potgieter --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa Y Smit --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa E van Niekerk --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa DG Nel --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, South Africa J Visser --- Department of Global Health, Division of Human Nutrition, South AfricaBackground: Emphasis is currently placed on the importance of employee and student wellness initiatives. The aim was to assess staff and student health status at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University (SU), and to conduct a... -
Breakfast consumption and its relationship to sociodemographic and lifestyle factors of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Raeesa Seedat --- , South Africa Kirthee Pillay --- , South AfricaObjectives: A study was undertaken to investigate breakfast consumption and the sociodemographic and lifestyle profile of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), and to determine if these factors are related to body... -
The new soil classification system in South Africa, its history, important changes made and implications for users
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: George van Zijl --- , South Africa Dave Turner --- , South Africa Garry Paterson --- , South Africa Jaco Koch --- , South Africa Johan van Tol --- , South Africa Kurt Barichievy --- , South Africa Cathy Clarke --- , South Africa Martiens du Plessis --- , South Africa Piet van Deventer --- ,The board of the Soil Science Society of South Africa endorsed the “Soil Classification: A Natural and Anthropogenic System for South Africa”, in 2020 making it the official soil classification system to be used in South Africa. This classification system,... -
Linking anthropological analysis and epidemiological evidence: Formulating a narrative of HIV transmission in Acholiland of northern Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Michael Westerhaus --- Global Health Equity track, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USAFor twenty years, a region of northern Uganda known as Acholiland has been heavily affected by war, leading to the formation of internally displaced people's camps, rape, transactional sex and child abductions. While it is clear that the war has... -
Weak signal detection: A discrete window of opportunity for achieving ‘Vision 90:90:90’?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christopher J. Burman --- , , South Africa Marota Aphane --- , , South Africa Peter Delobelle --- , , South AfricaIntroduction: UNAIDS’ Vision 90:90:90 is a call to ‘end AIDS’. Developing predictive foresight of the unpredictable changes that this journey will entail could contribute to the ambition of ‘ending AIDS’. There are few opportunities for managing unpredictable changes. We introduce... -
Towards an integrated approach to health and medicine in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kezia Batisai --- , , South AfricaThis article frames the intersections of medicine and humanities as intrinsic to understanding the practice of health care in Africa. Central to this manuscript, which draws on empirical findings on the interplay between HIV and AIDS and alternative medicine in...
