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Browsing Health Sciences by Supervisor "Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A."
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Tobacco use is the world’s leading preventable cause of illness and death and the most important risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases (heart attack, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-12-14)Background: Since self-reported periodontal or ‘gum’ health may be explained by the same factors that are associated with clinical periodontal health status, it has been suggested as a useful measure for service planning ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Background: In addition to the influence of an individual’s socioeconomic status, the neighbourhoods in which people live may influence health-related behaviours including smoking. This study therefore sought to determine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-02-18)Objective: This study sought to determine the association between periodontal disease in pregnancy and the delivery of low birth weight newborns in a rural population of South African women. Methods: This case-control study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)BACKGROUND: There are limited studies that have explored smoking predictors among Ugandan adolescents over time. This study investigated factors influencing smoking among Ugandan adolescents between 2007 and 2011. METHODS: ...
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Psychosocial factors associated with tobacco use among a population of medical students in Pretoria (University of Pretoria, 2009)Context: Tobacco use among medical students is of public health concern, given their role as future role models for healthy lifestyles. This study sought to determine the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Background Tobacco control is a public health concern. By 2020, it is estimated that seven out of every 10 people killed by smoking will be from developing countries. Smoking ranked third after unsafe sex/sexually ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Background : Studies of self-rated oral health are always done at either the individual level or the aggregate level. Partitioning individual and neighbourhood sources of variation also enables explorations of the influences ...
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