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Facilitating factors and barriers to malaria research utilization for policy development in Malawi (BioMed Central, 2016-10-19)BACKGROUND : Research on various determinants of health is key in providing evidence for policy development, thereby leading to successful interventions. Utilization of research is an intricate process requiring an ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-03)OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare the extent of high-risk drinking and factors associated with high-risk drinking in the adult female population of a rural and an urban region in South Africa. DESIGN: Cross-sectional ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2016-11-08)INTRODUCTION Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and organochlorines (OCs) are ubiquitous and persistent in the environment and proposed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). They can be transferred across the placenta ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2020-05-08)BACKGROUND : In South Africa, 30.9% of children under five years with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) died in 2018. We aimed to identify factors associated with mortality among children under five years hospitalized with ...
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(Springer, 2018-11)We examined the factors associated with mother-reported wheeze and dry cough in children living in Tembisa, a residential and industrial community in South Africa. A cross-sectional sample of parents reported wheezing and ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)BACKGROUND. South African guidelines recommend a syndromic approach for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), based on the presence of genital symptoms. However, the guidelines do not prescribe specific ...
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(MedPharm Publications, 2014)There is evidence from international studies that tobacco smoking increases the risk of tuberculosis recurrence through its effects on the immunological and barrier functions of the airways. In this cross-sectional study, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-03)OBJECTIVES: To determine the factors associated with attempting to quit smoking and successfully doing so, among South Africans. METHODS: Data from the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (the largest ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)BACKGROUND. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is critical for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. OBJECTIVES. To quantify factors that were barriers or facilitators to the initiation of ...
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(AOSIS, 2020-02)BACKGROUND : Comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders are common and present several treatment challenges. AIM : The aim of this study was to determine which patient and substance factors are associated with the ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020-02-18)INTRODUCTION : the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in malaria endemic areas with moderate to high transmission rates, pregnant women presenting for antenatal clinic (ANC) should receive at least three doses ...
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(Biomedical Research Press, 2016)The objective of this cross-sectional study was to establish factors influencing HIV-positive mothers to choose to use the Flash-heat (FH) method to feed milk to new-born babies in South Africa. A total of 70 HIV-positive ...
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(BioMed Central, 2014-08-08)BACKGROUND: Policy decisions for malaria control are often difficult to make as decision-makers have to carefully consider an array of options and respond to the needs of a large number of stakeholders. This study assessed ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors influencing non-attendance with clinic appointments in diabetic patients at a Gauteng Hospital in 2007/2008. SETTING: Two diabetes clinics situated at a secondary-level hospital, that ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-01)BACKGROUND. In South Africa (SA), increasing illicit opioid use and associated health challenges can be managed with opioid substitution therapy (OST), such as methadone, if the recommended dose and duration of use are ...
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(University of Johannesburg, 2006-06)A stratified random sample of 401 participants was taken from three sites of study (Maluti, Seboche and Paray) in rural Lesotho in an attempt to study the relationship between awareness about HIV/AIDS and 55 socio-economic ...
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(BMC, 2021-10)BACKGROUND : Effective health information systems (HIS) are critical towards achieving timely response to preventive chemotherapy neglected tropical diseases (PC-NTDs) and their eventual elimination. Strengthened HIS enable ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2018-05-10)INTRODUCTION : Health Care Workers (HCWs) are among the highest risk groups for contracting tuberculosis (TB), which is ranked the third most common occupational health disease in South Africa. Little is known about the ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-09)Candida auris has been detected at almost 100 South African hospitals, causing large outbreaks in some facilities, and this pathogen now accounts for approximately 1 in 10 cases of candidaemia. The objective of this ...
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(BioMed Central, 2016-12-06)BACKGROUND : The successful control of malaria vectors requires the control of both the larval and adult stages. The adult control methods through indoor residual spraying (IRS) and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets ...
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