Van Schalkwyk, GerritDe Vries, JantinaMoodley, Keymanthri(BioMed Central, 2012-07)
Background: The banking of biological samples raises a number of ethical issues in relation to the storage, export and re-use of samples. Whilst there is a growing body of literature exploring participant perspectives in ...
Background: This study investigated the extent and predictors of condom use and condom refusal in the Free State province in South Africa. Methods: Through a household survey conducted in the Free Sate province of South ...
Van de Velde, StijnDe Buck, EmmyVandekerckhove, PhilippeVolmink, Jimmy(Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2011-07)
This Health in Action report describes
the African First Aid Materials project
(AFAM, http://www.afam.redcross.be/).
This project developed evidence-based
guidelines on how basic first responders
should be trained to ...
Reid, Stephen J.Mash, RobertDowning, Raymond V.Moosa, Shabir(2011-07-04)
Abstract Background: The principles and practice of Family Medicine that arose in developed Western countries have been imported and adopted in African countries without adequate consideration of their relevance and ...
Couper, I. D.Hugo, J. F. M.Conradie, H.Mfenyana, K.(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2007-11)
Background: Training health care professionals (HCPs) to work in rural areas is a challenge for educationalists. This study aimed to understand how HCPs choose to work in rural areas and how education influences this. ...
Mash, BobPowell, DiDu Plessis, FelicityVan Vuuren, UnitaMichalowska, M.Levitt, N.(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2007-12)
Background and aims: In South Africa diabetes makes a significant contribution to the burden of disease. Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of adult blindness, and screening can reduce the incidence. This project aimed ...
Oliphant, C. E. M.Young, T.Araoyinbo, I.Volmink, J.(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2008-04)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) damages the body’s
immune system, making secondary (or opportunistic)
infections more common. Treatment and prevention of such
infections is integral to the management of patients with ...
Background: The incidence of tuberculous pericarditis has increased in Africa as a result of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. However, the effect of HIV co-infection on clinical features and prognosis in ...
Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a heritable disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of right ventricular myocardium, arrhythmias and an increased risk of sudden death at a ...
Heller, Richard F.Gemmell, IslayEdwards, RichardBuchan, IainAwasthi, ShallyVolmink, Jimmy(BioMed Central, 2006-12)
Background: Population impact measures (PIMs) have been developed as tools to help policy-makers with locally relevant decisions over health risks and benefits. This involves estimating and prioritising potential benefits ...
Background: Qualitative synthesis has become more commonplace in recent years. Meta-ethnography is one of several methods for synthesising qualitative research and is being used increasingly within health care research. ...
Munro, Salla A.Lewin, Simon A.Swart, TanyaVolmink, Jimmy(BioMed Central, 2007-06)
Background: Suboptimal treatment adherence remains a barrier to the control of many infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which contribute significantly to the global disease burden. However, few of the ...