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Experiences of Students, service delivery organisations and community members of service delivery to disadvantaged community by Social Work students

Strydom, Corinne; Wessels, Cornelia; Van Der Walt, Engela; Greeff, Minrie; Schutte, P J (Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2009)

As part of their training in social work, fourth-year students delivered services to a disadvantaged community as part of their placement. However, there was no feedback system to evaluate the quality of these services. ...
An exploration of the influence of food labels on South African consumers' purchasing behaviour

Bosman, Magdalena Johanna Catharina; Kempen, Elizabeth Louise; Klein, Riana; Scholtz, Catharina Frederika; Bouwer, Carien; Van der Merwe, Magdalena (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)

New labelling legislation in South Africa is expected to help consumers sustain a healthy lifestyle through the food choices they make. This study was undertaken to explore a sample of South African consumers' reasons for ...
Exploring consumers' preferences with regard to department and specialist food stores

Jacobs, Sunelle Agnes; Kruger, Nadia Elouze; Lombard, Engela; Van der Merwe, Magdalena (Blackwell, 2010)
Exploring consumers' references with regard to department and specialist food stores

Lombard, Ene; Van Der Merwe, Magdalena D; Kruger, Nadia; Jacobs, Sunelle Agnes (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009)

Consumers' lifestyle changes and striving towards better time management have resulted in the greater choice they are offered with regard to store formats. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identify the factors that ...
Exploring mindfulness in self-injuring adolescents in a psychiatric setting

Botha, Karel Frederick Hendrik; Kirsten, Doret Karen; Kok, Rumando (Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)

This study explored mindfulness amongst eight self-injuring psychiatric adolescents. A mixed-method design was used. Interviews and clinical records comprised the qualitative data, while quantitative data was gathered using ...
Exploring place-making in the Vredefort Dome, South Africa: a mixed-method approach

Roos, Vera; Puren, Karen; Jordaan, Tarina (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2009)
Exploring the influence of shelf-edge signage on consumer decision-making in Gauteng

Van der Merwe, Magdalena; Van der Merwe, Xania (University of Pretoria : South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS), 2008)
Exploring the validity of the values-in-action inventory of strengths (VIA-IS) in an African context

Wissing, Maria; Khumalo, Itumeleng; Temane, Qambeshile (Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2008)
An exposure assessment of a laboratory assistant to hazardous chemical substances

Franken, Anja; Eloff, Frederik C; Du Plessis, Johan L; Van Aarde, Michiel Nico; Laubscher, Petrus J (Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, North-West University, 2009)

A survey was conducted to measure exposure to hazardous chemical substances of a laboratory assistant working in a university laboratory, who complained of symptoms that could be indicative of chemical absorption. This ...
Expressive art in cross-cultural group supervision: applying the Mmogo-method

Roos, Vera; Ferreira, Liezel (Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2008)
Facilitation in problem-based learning: Experiencing the locus of control

Lekalakala-mokgele, Eucebious (ElsevierChurchill Livingstone, 2010)
Factors affecting mothers' choice of breastfeeding vs furmula feeding in the lower Umfolozi district war memorial hospital, KwaZulu-Natal

Dolman, Robin Claire; Kruger, Herculina Salome; Swarts, Susan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)
Factors affecting the recovery-stress, burnout and mood state scores of elite student rugby players

Ellis, Susanna Maria; Grobbelaar, Heinrich; Malan, Dawid Daniel Jacobus; Steyn, Ben Jm (Stellenbosh University, 2010)
Factors contributing to the decision by pregnant woment to be tested for HIV

Minnie, Catharina (Karin); Klopper, Hester; Van der Walt, S J (Christa) (Health SA Gesondheid / RAU, 2008)

The objective of this study was to explore and describe the factors that influence the decision by pregnant women to be tested for HIV. This was achieved through a qualitative research study that was exploratory, descriptive ...
Fibrinogen concentration and its role in CVD risk in black South Africans – effect of urbanisationtion

Hoekstra, Tryntje; Jerling, Johann Carl; Kruger, Annamarie; Pieters, Marlien; De Maat, M.P.M. (Schattauer, 2011)

The aim of this study was to investigate correlates of fibrinogen concentration in black South Africans, as well as its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and whether urbanisation influences this association. ...
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score is associated with Insulin Resistance and Progression towards Type-e Diabetes

Schutte, Aletta (Endocrine Society, 2009)

Objective: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire is a practical screening tool to estimate the diabetes risk and the probability of asymptomatic type 2 diabetes. In this study we evaluated the usefulness ...
Flow cytometric analysis of the oxidative status in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells of workers exposed to welding fumes

Du Plessis, Johannes Lodewykus; Du Plessis, Lissinda Hester; Eloff, Frederik Christoffel; Franken, Anja; Jooste, Jacques; Laubscher, Petrus Johannes; Van Aarde, Michiel Nicolaas (Taylor & Francis, 2010)
Fluorescent polycyclic ligands for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition

Van Dyk, Sandra; Malan, Sarel F; Joubert, Jacques (Elsevier Science Limited, 2008)
Food choice: student consumers decision-making process regarding food products with limited label information

Breedt, Sophia Elizabeth; De Beer, Hanli; Kempen, Elizabeth Louise; Van der Merwe, Magdalena (Blackwell, 2010)
Fortifying Brown Bread with Sodium Iron EDTA, Ferrous Fumarate, or Electrolytic Iron Does Not Affect Iron Status in South African Schoolchildren

Smuts, Cornelius M; Van Stuijvenberg, Martha E; Lombard, Carl J; Dhansay, Muhammad A (American Society for Nutrition, 2008)