Browsing Research Output by Subject "public health"
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Be active! Revisiting the South African food–based dietary guideline for activity
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)The objective of this paper was to review current evidence on physical activity for health in order to support the foodbased dietary guideline (FBDG) “Be active!”. Physical activity, defined as at least 30 minutes of ... -
Comparing developments in water supply, sanitation and environmental health in four South African cities, 1840–1920
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2010)Environmental health had its modern-day roots in the sanitation and public health movement of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century. The field addresses all human health-related aspects of both the natural environment ... -
Factors influencing women's utilization of public health care services during childbirth in Malawi public health facility utilization
(AJOL, 2017)Background: Maternal mortality remains a public health challenge claiming many lives at the time of giving birth lives. However, there have been scanty studies investigating factors influencing women's use of public health ... -
Nutrition research in rural communities: application of ethical principles
(Wiley, 2013)This narrative review focuses on ethics related to nutrition-specific community-based research, within the framework of science for society, and focusing on the rights and well-being of fieldworkers and research participants. ... -
Prevalence of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Benue State, Nigeria
(Wiley, 2012)objective To evaluate demographic variation in the prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) among 3240 children and adolescents (girls: n = 1714; boys: n = 1526) aged 9–16 years attending primary and secondary ... -
Radionuclide exposure in animals and the public health implications
(TÜBİTAK, 2015)Living tissues are usually exposed to varying degrees of radiation from natural and manmade radioactive substances. Depending on the type of radiation emitted and rate and dose of absorption, all radioactive substances ... -
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007): A godsend or an act that spells doom for South Africa's healthcare?
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: South Africa's development and growth in healthcare since the 1900s is phenomenal, but certain present-day healthcare policies such as the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007), could jeopardize ...