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(BMC, 2023-02-01)BACKGROUND Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) knowledge of multi-stranded cholera interventions (including case management, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), surveillance/laboratory methods, coordination, and vaccination) is ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-05-19)BACKGROUND: In an era when antiretroviral (ARV) therapy has become part of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention strategy, early testing and introduction to ARVs is critical for improving public health outcomes ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2023-05)BACKGROUND : Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health concern. The 2014 South African (SA) national TB management guidelines were developed to decrease the burden of TB, but implementation remains a challenge. ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2023-08)BACKGROUND : The prevalence of antimicrobial prescriptions for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in South Africa is largely unknown. This study aimed to estimate the point prevalence of pediatric antibiotic and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1997)Background and introduction -- Healthy animals -- Safe food -- A healthy community -- Laboratory animal science
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(2015-10-08)Mastitis is the most costly disease affecting dairy cattle in first world countries around the globe. It is an inflammation of the udder, mainly caused by bacterial infection. Mastitis changes the composition and decreases ...
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(Springer, 2023-01)The aim of this chapter is to propose a definition of “healthy diets” and provide related evidence, thus permitting the alignment of terminology for the Food Systems Summit and beyond. Diets are combinations of foods ...
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Healthy economics or cautionary tales? The narrative microeconomics of four Matthean healing stories (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)This article explores the four Matthean stories wherein an individual supplicant requests a healing on behalf of someone else: the centurion for his paralyzed servant, the ruler for his dead daughter, the Canaanite woman ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2019-05-08)The blood that flows perpetually through our veins and arteries performs numerous functions essential to our survival. Besides distributing oxygen, this vast circulatory system facilitates nutrient transport, deters ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-09-11)Scuba diving as a recreational activity has increased in popularity over the past few years. It is believed that repeated exposure to the hyperbaric environment may have a long term effect on the auditory system. The ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2021)OBJECTIVE : To explore the publicised opinions of consumers actively participating in online hearing aid reviews. DESIGN : A retrospective design examining data generated from an online consumer review website ...
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Hearing aid consumer reviews: a linguistic analysis in relation to benefit and satisfaction ratings (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2021-09)PURPOSE : Online reviews have been used by hearing aid owners to share their experiences and to provide suggestions to potential hearing aid buyers, although they have not been systematically examined. The study was aimed ...
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(Karger, 2024)INTRODUCTION : The stigma associated with wearing hearing aids, known as the “hearing aid effect,” remains a significant issue in hearing healthcare. Despite notable changes in the look and feel of hearing aids over the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Hearing aids serve as the prescribed intervention for addressing the majority of hearing losses, yet their adoption and usage encounter resistance among individuals. This is largely attributed to the hearing aid effect ...
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(Sage, 2022)There has been an increasing number of qualitative studies exploring the experiences and perceptions of adult hearing aid owners throughout their hearing aid journey. As these studies and reported experiences vary greatly, ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2020)OBJECTIVE : To investigate hearing aid owners’ decisions to attend or not to attend an annual hearing aid review (HAR) appointment. To investigate the possible factors associated with appointment attendance, including age, ...
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(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2021-12)PURPOSE : This study aimed to (a) identify participant factors associated with Xappointment attendance, (b) investigate whether the completion of self-report survey identifying hearing aid-related problems affects HAR ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2023-02)Despite the prevalence of hearing loss, people often delay seeking hearing help and taking up hearing aids. This is partly due to limited access to hearing health care services and the high cost of hearing devices. Newer ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Hearing aids (HAs) are considered an alternative to surgical intervention for otitis media (OM). However, it is essential to determine whether they are an effective management option for children with CHL in a low-to-middle-income ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2023-11)OBJECTIVES : Self-assessment instruments are commonly used in audiological rehabilitation. However, several studies highlight the lack of multidimensionality in existing outcome measures, with the consequence that they ...
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