Olefile, Kabelo M.Khondowe, OswellM'Rithaa, Doreen(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-04)
Background: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal mortality especially
in the developing world. Misoprostol, a highly effective drug is highly effective in inducing
uterine contractions and has been ...
Background: Diabetes is an important contributor to the burden of disease in South Africa and prevalence rates as high as 33% have been recorded in Cape Town. Previous studies show that quality of care and health outcomes ...
Background: Pain catastrophization has recently been recognized as a barrier to the healthy development of
physical functioning among chronic pain patients. Levels of pain catastrophization in chronic pain patients ...
Background: Despite extensive evidence on the magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) as a public health problem worldwide, insubstantial progress has been made in the development and implementation of sufficiently ...
Mugambi, Mary N.Musekiwa, AlfredLombard, MartaniYoung, TarynBlaauw, Renee(BioMed Central, 2012-10)
Background: Synbiotics, probiotics or prebiotics are being added to infant formula to promote growth and
development in infants. Previous reviews (2007 to 2011) on term infants given probiotics or prebiotics focused on ...
Mugambi, Mary N.Musekiwa, AlfredLombard, MartaniYoung, TarynBlaauw, Renee(BioMed Central, 2012-08)
Background: Previous reviews (2005 to 2009) on preterm infants given probiotics or prebiotics with breast milk or mixed feeds focused on prevention of Necrotizing Enterocolitis, sepsis and diarrhea. This review assessed ...
The Stellenbosch University Food Security
Initiative provides a platform on which a range of research
projects has been developed, spanning different faculties
and departments, including the health sciences, ...
Janson, J.Marais, F.Mehtar, S.Baltussen, R. M. P. M.(IUATLD -- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-09)
Setting: South Africa reports more cases of tuberculosis (TB) than any other country, but an up-to-date, precise estimate of the costs associated with diagnosing, treating and preventing TB at the in-patient level is not ...
Naude, Celeste E.Carey, Paul D.Laubscher, RiaFein, GeorgeSenekal, Marjanne(MDPI, 2012-08)
Adequate vitamin D and calcium are essential for optimal adolescent skeletal development. Adolescent vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency and poor calcium intake have been reported worldwide. Heavy alcohol use impacts ...
Serfontein, Stephanus Johannes(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background
Diabetes is a significant contributor to the burden of disease in South Africa and to the reasons for encounter in primary care. There is little structured and systematic education of patients ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background Sub-Saharan Africa has been hard hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic with an estimated 22.9 million adults infected in 2010. The advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has seen significant reduction ...
Schoevers, J. F.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
INTRODUCTION: Access to health care, like childhood survival, often depends on where one lives. The infant mortality rate in rural South Africa (SA) is 52.6 per 1000 births, compared to 32.6 per 1000 births in urban areas. ...
Grobbelaar, Cornelis Johannes (Nelis)(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: A national roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in the public sector was started in 2004, and Paarl was one of the first sites to start these services in the Western Cape. Operational research ...
Raza, M. Sajjad(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction
This cross-sectional study assessed factors affecting access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV patients. The aim of this study was to explore factors that delay patients from accessing ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: The number of adults affected by diabetes mellitus in developing countries, such as South Africa, is projected to grow by 170%, from 84 to 228 million people between 1995 and 2025 .This high ...