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Research Articles (Family Medicine): Recent submissions

  • Formation of professionalism : a courtship between academic staff and prospective clinical associates 
    Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog; Tshotetsi, Lumbani; Carvalio-Zongo, Sabatine; Olifant, Melissa; Mpholo, Bonolo; Louw, Murray (AOSIS, 2022-04-28)
    BACKGROUND : The study was conducted to the background of a qualification in medical clinical practice offered at a Faculty of Health Sciences at a university in South Africa. AIM : The aim of the study was to determine ...
  • Effect of a ward-based outreach team and adherence game on retention and viral load suppression 
    Ngcobo, Sanele; Olorunju, Steve; Nkwenika, Tshifhiwa; Rossouw, Theresa M. (AOSIS, 2022-12-07)
    BACKGROUND : Only 66% of South African people living with HIV (PLWH) are virologically suppressed. Therefore, it is important to develop strategies to improve outcomes. OBJECTIVES : Assess the effect of interventions on ...
  • Natural family planning, an option in reproductive healthcare : a qualitative study on clinicians’ perceptions 
    Ibeziako, Ozoemena Joan (Sage, 2022-08)
    Natural family planning (NFP) empowers women to control their reproductive health and approach fertility as a normal biological process. Although substantive literature supports their comparative effectiveness with ...
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions in a district quality improvement initiative : experiences from the CLEVER Maternity Care programme 
    Oosthuizen, Sarie J.; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Silver, Antonella; Malatji, Refilwe; Mfolo, Vivian; Botha, Tanita (AOSIS, 2022-03-30)
    BACKGROUND : Many health systems were poorly prepared for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and found it difficult to protect maternity and reproductive health services. The aim of the study was to explore ...
  • Preparedness level of frontline healthcare professionals in Tshwane regarding the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Bongongo, Tombo; Govender, Indiran; Nzaumvila, Doudou K.; Maphasha, Olga (AOSIS, 2022-01-24)
    BACKGROUND : Facing the highly transmissible viral infection referred to as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that threatens human life, South African frontline healthcare professionals have faced a major challenge. ...
  • Palpitations : evaluation and management by primary care practitioners 
    Govender, Indiran; Nashed, Kamelia K.; Rangiah, Selvandran; Okeke, Sunday; Maphasha, Olga (AOSIS, 2022-02-24)
    Palpitations are a common, non-specific presenting complaint in primary healthcare and emergency departments. Palpitations are mostly a symptom of benign underlying disease but a sign of life-threatening conditions. ...
  • Medical education at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Govender, Indiran (AOSIS, 2022)
    Medical education has been significantly challenged in the current coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) era as the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus continues to mutate and wreak havoc on ...
  • Hypertensive patients’ knowledge and practices on lifestyle modification in Extension 6, Middelburg 
    Rahimi, Amir; Nkombua, Lushiku (AOSIS, 2022-08-24)
    BACKGROUND : Hypertension (HTN) is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting the majority of patients worldwide, including in South Africa. The control of HTN and prevention of complications are major challenges ...
  • Failed tracheal intubation in primary health care 
    Govender, Indiran; Nzaumvila, Doudou K.; Maphasha, Olga (AOSIS, 2022-10-24)
    Tracheal intubation in primary health care is a necessary skill and usually one that is necessary for appropriate emergency management of unstable patients. Primary care practitioners may not have an anaesthetist or ...
  • Fostering integrated, collaborative approaches to end street homelessness : a COVID-19 perspective 
    Renkin, Wayne (Routledge, 2020)
    This article maps the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the City of Tshwane through the lens of street homelessness. This is done through a “thick description” of what happened during this time. This map is then read against ...
  • Stent-Save a Life international survey on the practice of primary percutaneous coronary intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Pereira, Helder; Naber, Christoph; Wallace, Sandrine; Gabor, Toth; Abdi, Sayfollah; Alekyan, Bagrat; Alexander, Thomas; Artucio, Carolina; Batista, Ignacio; Candiello, Alfonsina; Delport, Rhena; De Luca, Leonardo; Erglis, Andrejs; Farto-Abreu, Pedro; Huang, Wei-Chung; Kanakakis, John; Lee, Michael; Mohamed, Awad; Orlic, Dejan; Orti, Patricio; Sobh, Mohamed; Shokry, Khaled; Terzic, Ibrahim; Win, Kyaw; Piek, Jan (Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2022-03)
    AIM : To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on admissions of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in countries participating in the Stent-Save a Life ...
  • Mastering your fellowship 
    Von Pressentin, Klaus B.; Naidoo, Mergan; Ukpe, I.S. (Indongesit Sunday); Ras, Tasleem (MedPharm Publications, 2021-08-30)
    The series, ‘Mastering your Fellowship’, provides examples of the question format encountered in the written and clinical examinations, Part A of the FCFP (SA) (Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians [SA]) ...
  • Factors associated with smoking and transitioning to nyaope injection amongst women in the City of Tshwane Municipality : a self-report by women 
    Lefoka, Moganki H.; Netangaheni, Robert T. (AOSIS, 2022-07-18)
    BACKGROUND: Substance use disorder has emerged as a key health and social challenge in South Africa (SA). It is projected that about 15% of South African youth, especially young women are prone to engage in drug use and ...
  • The challenges, opportunities and strategies of engaging young people who use drugs in harm reduction : insights from young people with lived and living experience 
    Stowe, M.J.; Feher, Orsi; Vas, Beatrix; Kayastha, Sangeet; Greer, Alissa (BMC, 2022-07-26)
    The meaningful inclusion of young people who use or have used drugs is a fundamental aspect of harm reduction, including in program design, research, service provision, and advocacy efforts. However, there are very few ...
  • Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant 
    Shinde, Vivek; Bhikha, Sutika; Hoosain, Zaheer; Archary, Moherndran; Bhorat, Qasim; Fairlie, Lee; Lalloo, Umesh G.; Mduduzi, S.L.; Masilela, M.B.; Moodley, Dhayendre; Hanley, Sherika; Fouche, Leon; Louw, Cheryl; Tameris, Michele; Singh, Nishanta; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Dheda, Keertan; Kruger, Gertruida; Carrim‑Ganey, Nazira; Baillie, Vicky; De Oliveira, Tulio; Koen, Anthonet Lombard; Lombaard, Johan J.; Mngqibisa, Rosie; Bhorat, As’ad E.; Benade, Gabriella; Lalloo, Natasha; Pitsi, Annah; Vollgraaff, Pieter‑Louis; Luabeya, Angelique; Esmail, Aliasgar; Petrick, Friedrich G.; Oommen‑Jose, Aylin; Foulkes, Sharne; Ahmed, Khatija; Thombrayil, Asha; Fries, Lou; Cloney‑Clark, Shane; Zhu, Mingzhu; Bennett, Chijioke; Albert, Gary; Faust, Emmanuel; Plested, Joyce S.; Robertson, Andreana; Neal, Susan; Cho, Iksung; Glenn, Greg M.; Dubovsky, Filip; Madhi, Shabir A. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2021-05-05)
    BACKGROUND : The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants threatens progress toward control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In a phase 1–2 trial involving ...
  • Maintaining focus on administering effective malaria treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Raman, Jaishree; Barnes, K.I.; Baker, L.; Blaylock, M.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Frean, J.; Misiani, E.; Ukpe, I.S. (Indongesit Sunday) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-01)
    As September marks the start of the malaria season in South Africa (SA), it is essential that healthcare professionals consider both COVID19 and malaria when a patient who lives in or has recently travelled to a malaria ...
  • Towards housing first and harm reduction : addressing opioid dependence and homelessness in Tshwane during the COVID-19 pandemic 
    Scheibe, Andrew; Gloeck, Natasha; Madela-Mntla, Edith; Renkin, Wayne; Shelly, Shaun; Lalla, Sasha X.; Kroukamp, Lorinda; De Beer, Stephan; Hugo, Jannie (Health Systems Trust, 2021-12-01)
    Pandemics can increase mortality and drug-related harms among people experiencing homelessness. The Housing First approach prioritises housing and service access. Harm reduction, a principle of Housing First, minimises the ...
  • COVID-19 disruption : family physicians at the forefront 
    Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie) (AOSIS, 2021)
    No abstract available.
  • COVID-19 – inequities, the third wave and vaccination 
    Govender, Indiran (AOSIS, 2021)
    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) will continue to replicate in humans, mutations will continue to occur, and variants of concern will continue to emerge. The emergence of variant strains is ...
  • A primary care approach to abdominal pain in adults 
    Govender, Indiran; Rangiah, Selvandran; Bongongo, Tombo; Mahuma, Philemon (AOSIS, 2021-03)
    Abdominal pain is a common presenting problem with multiple aetiologies that often pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for primary care practitioners. The vague symptomatology and difficult correlation to specific ...