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Predicting Holland occupational codes by means of Paq job dimension scores

Van der Merwe, R. P. Le Roux, J. A. Meyer, J. C. Van Niekerk, H. G. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 1990-06)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A study was conducted on how to obtain Holland's codes for South African occupations practically and economically by deducing them from information on the nature of the occupation (as derived by means of ...
Project Masihambisane : a cluster randomised controlled trial with peer mentors to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers living with HIV

Rotheram-Borus, Mary-Jane Richter, Linda Van Rooyen, Heidi Van Heerden, Alastair Tomlinson, Mark Stein, Alan Rochat, Tamsen De Kadt, Julia Mtungwa, Nonhle Mkhize, Lungile Ndlovu, Lindo Ntombela, Lungile Comulada, W. Scott Desmond, Katherine A. Greco, Erin (BioMed Central, 2011-01)

Background: Pregnant women living with HIV (WLH) face daily challenges maintaining their own and their babies' health and mental health. Standard Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs are not designed ...
Psychology training directors’ reflections on evidence-based practice in South Africa

Kagee, Ashraf Lund, Crick (SA ePublications, 2012-03)

Despite its importance in the international arena, the evidence-based movement appears to have had little impact among South African clinical and counseling psychologists. We interviewed 13 of the 18 directors of psychology ...
The relationship between personality traits and vocational interests

De Bruin, Gideon P. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2002-09)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between vocational interests and basic personality traits.The interest fields of the 19-Field-Interest Inventory were related to the second order factors of the 16 ...
Relevance or excellence? Setting research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings

Tol, Wietse, A. Patel, Vikram Tomlinson, Mark R. Baingana, Florence Galappatti, Ananda Silove, Derrick Sondorp, Egbert Van Ommeren, Mark Wessells, Michael G. Panter-Brick, Catherine (Informa Healthcare, 2012-02)

Background: Humanitarian crises are associated with an increase in mental disorders and psychological distress. Despite the emerging consensus on intervention strategies in humanitarian settings, the field of mental ...
Responsible governance for mental health research in low resource countries

Yasamy, M. Taghi Maulik, Pallab K. Tomlinson, Mark Lund, Crick Van Ommeren, Mark Saxena, Shekhar (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2011-11)

Between 13% and 49% of the world’s population develop neuropsychiatric disorders at some point in their life. More and more evidence indicates that mental disorders and problems are common in all countries studied, and ...
A review of selected research priority setting processes at national level in low and middle income countries : towards fair and legitimate priority setting

Tomlinson, Mark Chopra, Micky Hoosain, Naeema Rudan, Igor (BioMed Central, 2011-05)

Abstract. Background. It is estimated that more than $130 billion is invested globally into health research each year. Increasingly, there is a need to set priorities in health research investments in a fair and legitimate ...
Socio-behaviour challenges to phase III HIV vaccine trials in Sub-Saharan Africa

Smit, Joalida Middelkoop, Keren Myer, Landon Lindegger, Graham Swartz, Leslie Seedat, Soraya Tucker, Tim Wood, Robin Bekker, Linda-Gail Stein, Dan J. (Makerere University Medical School, 2005-09)

Background: A number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are preparing for HIV vaccine efficacy trials. Social and behavioural factors related to HIV transmission require examination in each setting where these trials are ...
Stress and coping strategies in a sample of South African managers involved in post-graduate managerial studies

Spangenberg, Judora J. Orpen-Lyall, Mark R. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2000-06)

To examine the relationships between stress levels and, respectively, stressor appraisal, coping strategies and bio- graphical variables, 107 managers completed a biographical questionnaire. Experience of Work and Life ...
Understanding health care workers’ anxieties in a diversifying world

Daniels, Karen Swartz, Leslie (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2007-11)

We live in an age of evidencebased medicine, and with good reason. It is important to be able to evaluate the likely impact of various interventions, and it is no longer acceptable to practice health care on the basis ...
An unusual case of an unusual bug

Buckley, Philippa Reuter, Helmuth (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2005-08)

Many doctors dislike patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms. This may lead to less careful examination and less precise laboratory testing. When routine examinations and tests are declared normal, the patients ...
The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool : a report from a household survey in South Africa

Tomlinson, Mark Solomon, Wesley Singh, Yages Doherty, Tanya Chopra, Mickey Ijumba, Petrida Tsai, Alexander C. Jackson, Debra (BioMed Central, 2009-12)

Background: To investigate the feasibility, the ease of implementation, and the extent to which community health workers with little experience of data collection could be trained and successfully supervised to collect ...
Why does mental health not get the attention it deserves? An application of the Shiffman and Smith framework

Tomlinson, Mark R. Lund, Crick (Public Livrary of Science (PloS), 2012-02)

Introduction - The lifetime prevalence of mental disorders has been estimated to be between 12.2% and 48.6% globally. More than 13% of the global burden of disease for mental disorders is due to neuropsychiatric disorders, ...