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The impact of water pollution from formal and informal urban developments along the Plankenbrug River on water quality and health risk / J.M. Barnes.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Plankenbrug River runs past the dense settlement of Kayamandi, on the outskirts of
Stellenbosch. This site was chosen to study the impact of water pollution from formal and
informal urban developments ...
Job satisfaction of dentists in the public sector in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It can safely be assumed that work is a central part of people's daily activities
in modem times, and dentists and other health workers are no exception to this
rule. The following benefits have been ...
The prevalence of dietary related complementary and alternative therapies and their usefulness among cancer patients attending the Colney Cancer Center in the Norwich Area, United Kingdom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)
Background: Cancer patients have been documented to use complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) frequently, a subject that has been extensively researched.
There is however a lack in the current literature of ...
Die rol van etikettering van nutrientsamestelling op die voorkoming van vetverwante siekte : 'n sistematiese literatuuroorsig
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)
A diet high in fat results in dietary-related diseases, which have reached epidemic proportions in South Africa. Nutritional labelling has the potential to alter consumers’ knowledge of attitude and behaviour towards their ...
Consumer testing of the preliminary paediatric food- based dietary guidelines, among English- and Afrikaans-speaking mothers, for healthy children aged 1 – 7 years in the city of Cape Town, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-03)
PROJECT AIM
The aim of this qualitative cross-sectional descriptive study was to test the comprehensibility of the preliminary Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for healthy children aged 1-7 years. Objectives included assessing ...
Computer-based learning for the enhancement of breastfeeding training for South African undergraduate dietetic students
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)
Introduction
In order to address poor breastfeeding rates, both nationally and internationally, there is a great need for ongoing breastfeeding training for students of health care professions and health care workers ...
A secondary analysis of anthropometric data from the 1999 National Food Consumption Survey, using different growth reference standards
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
INTRODUCTION: The best known reference standards used to evaluate the
growth and development of infants and children are the 1977 National Centre for
Health Statistics (NCHS) - , the 2000 Centres for Disease Control and ...
The impact of ongoing audit on nutritional support in paediatric intensive care
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Objective: To assess the impact of a continuous auditing process on nutritional
support in a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit.
Design: Prospective, longitudinal audit initiated in 1994. Re-auditing ...
Nutrition related knowledge and practices of hypertensive adults attending hypertensive clinics at day hospitals in the Cape Metropole
(AOSIS Publishing, 2004-05)
The aim of this study was to determine nutrition knowledge
and dietary practices of hypertensive adults attending
hypertensive clinics at Day Hospitals in the Cape
Metropole. Ten Day Hospitals were randomly selected
from ...
Fruit and vegetable consumption by South African children, aged 12 to 108 months : a secondary analysis of the National Food Consumption Survey data
(Stellenbosch : University of StellenboschUniversity of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
INTRODUCTION: Epidemiologic research strongly supports the importance of adequate fruit and
vegetable intake for the promotion of human health and the prevention of chronic disease. Data
suggest that fruit and vegetable ...