Browsing by Author "Kruger, Annamarie"
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Health care seeking behaviour of newly diagnosed HIV infected people from rural and urban communities in the North West Province of South Africa
Kruger, Annamarie; Fourie, Catharina; Watson, Martha J.; Greeff, Minrie C.T. (Department Health Studies, University of South Africa, 2009) -
HIV Stigma Experiences and Stigmatisation Before and After a HIV Stigma-Reduction Community "Hub" Intervention
Prinsloo, Catharina Dorethea; Greeff, Minrie; Kruger, Annamarie; Khumalo, Itumeleng Paul (NISC, 2017)This study sought to explore, describe and determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community "hub" intervention would change the HIV stigma experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH) and the stigmatisation by the ... -
HIV stigma experiences and stigmatisation before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” intervention
Prinsloo, Catharina Dorothea; Greeff, Minrie; Kruger, Annamarie; Khumalo, Itumeleng Paul (Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study sought to explore, describe and determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” intervention would change the HIV stigma experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH) and the stigmatisation by the ... -
Indigenous and traditional plants: South African parents’ knowledge, perceptions and uses and their children’s sensory acceptance
Van der Hoeven, Marinka; Osei, Jennifer; Greeff, Minrie; Kruger, Annamarie; Faber, Mieke; Smuts, Cornelius M. (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: The dietary shift from indigenous and traditional plants (ITPs) to cash crops and exotic plant food sources increases the risk of malnutrition and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, especially ... -
Inventory on the dietary assessment tools available and needed in Africa: a prerequisite for setting up a common methodological research infrastructure for nutritional surveillance, research, and prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases
Pisa, Pedro T.; Vorster, Hester H.; Jerling, Johann; Covic, Namukolo; Kruger, Annamarie; Landais, Edwige (Taylor & Francis, 2018)Objective: To carry out an inventory on the availability, challenges, and needs of dietary assessment (DA) methods in Africa as a pre-requisite to provide evidence, and set directions (strategies) for implementing common ... -
Iron status and cardiovascular disease risk in black South African women: the PURE study
Aderibigbe, Olaide Ruth; Pisa, Pedro T.; Mamabolo, Ramoteme L.; Kruger, Salome H.; Vorster, Hester H.; Kruger, Annamarie (MedPharm Publishers, 2011)Objective: To examine the associations between measures of iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in South African women. Method: In a cross-sectional study, demographic information and health history ... -
Lipid abnormalities in a never-treated HIV-1 subtype C-infected African population
Fourie, Catharina Maria Theresia; Kruger, Annamarie; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth; Van Rooyen, Johannes Marthinus (SpringLink, 2010) -
Measuring micronutrient intakes at different levels of sugar consumption in a population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
MacIntyre, Una E.; Venter, Christine S.; Kruger, Annamarie; Serfontein, Marita (MedPharm Publications, 2012)Objective: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition. Design: A ... -
The metabolic syndrome : does it exist in Africans in transition in the Northwest Province
Kruger, Annamarie (Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2001)Background: The term 'metabolic syndrome' is used to describe the clustering in a person of risk factors 'which is associated with the chronic diseases of lifestyle. Considerable evidence exists that insulin resistance is ... -
Molecular screening of the G3277A alteration in a Black South African diabetic population
Wessels, Madeleine Nicolette (North-West University, 2003)The diabetic disorder is a collection of genetic diseases with a common phenotype of impaired glucose homeostasis and affects many different organs, resulting in a clinically heterogeneous phenotype with strong genetic ... -
Multidissiplinêre vennootskappe in gemeenskapseie woordkunsprojekte – ’n Gevallestudie
Combrink, Anneretha; Kruger, Annamarie (OASIS, 2013)Multidisciplinary partnerships in community-specific writing or storytelling projects – A case study. Partnerships are used as strategy in various sectors of society, especially in order to reach goals which are unattainable ... -
The nutrition transition in Africa: can it be steered into a more positive direction?
Kruger, Annamarie; Margetts, Barrie Maxwell; Vorster, Hester Hendrina (MDPI, 2011)The objective of this narrative review is to examine the nutrition transition and its consequences when populations in Africa modernize as a result of socio-economic development, urbanization, and acculturation. The focus ... -
Optimal waist circumference cut-off values for abdominal obesity in black South African men and woman
Kruger, Annamarie; Underhay, C; Beneke, Jeanine; De Ridder, Johannes; Van Rooyen, Johannes; Kruger, Annamarie; Underhay, C; Beneke, Jeanine; De Ridder, Johannes; Van Rooyen, Johannes (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009) -
Plasma clot lysis time and its association with cariovascular risk factors in black Africans
De Lange, Zelda; Pieters, Marlien; Jerling, Johann C.; Kruger, Annamarie; Rijken, Dingeman C. (Public Library of Science, 2012)Studies in populations of European descent show longer plasma clot lysis times (CLT) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) than in controls. No data are available on the association between CVD risk factors and ... -
Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids and liver enzymes in HIV-infected subjects: the prospective urban and rural epidemiology (PURE) study
Stonehouse, Welma; Kruger, Annamarie; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Loots, Du Toit; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Vorster, Hester H. (Oxford Univ Press, 2010)Background: Omega-6 (n–6) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) intake was previously reported to be adversely related to liver function in HIV-infected subjects, when compared with HIV-uninfected subjects, in a black ... -
Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries
Corsi, Daniel J.; Subramanian, S.V.; Chow, Clara K.; McKee, Martin; Kruger, Annamarie (Elsevier, 2013)Background: The PURE study was established to investigate associations between social, behavioural, genetic, and environmental factors and cardiovascular diseases in 17 countries. In this analysis we compare the age, sex, ... -
Psychosocial well-being of people living with HIV and the community before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community "hub" network intervention
Prinsloo, Catharina D.; Greeff, Minrie; Kruger, Annamarie; Ellis, Suria (NISC, 2016)The purpose of the research was to determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” network intervention in a South African urban area would bring about a difference in the psychosocial well-being of people living ... -
Public health : a paradigm shift / Annamarie Kruger
Kruger, Annamarie (Potchefstroom : Noordwes-Universiteit, Potchefstroomkampus (Suid-Afrika), 2012) -
Relationships of alcohol intake with biological health outcomes in an African population in transition: the transition and health during urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Gopane, Ramokoni E.; Pisa, Pedro T.; Vorster, Hester H.; Kruger, Annamarie; Margetts, Barrie M. (Medpharm, 2010)Objective: Because present recommendations on alcohol intake are based mainly on evidence of beneficial effects in populations of developed countries, this study examines biological effects of alcohol consumption in an ... -
A review of dietary surveys in the adult South African population from 2000 to 2015
Mchiza, Zandile J.; Steyn, Nelia P.; Hill, Jillian; Kruger, Annamarie; Schönfeldt, Hettie; Nel, Johanna; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss (Mdpi Ag, 2015)One serious concern of health policymakers in South Africa is the fact that there is no national data on the dietary intake of adult South Africans. The only national "dietary study was done in children in 1999. Hence, it ...