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Have milk, maas or yoghurt every day: a food–based dietary guideline for South Africa
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)
A national working group recently reached consensus that a guideline message for milk consumption should form part
of the set of revised food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) for South Africa. The message was formulated ...
Effects of a multi-micronutrient-fortified beverage, with and without sugar, on growth and cognition in South African schoolchildren: a randomised, double-blind, controlled intervention
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Little is known about the effects of combined micronutrient and sugar consumption on growth and cognition. In the present study, we
investigated the effects of micronutrients and sugar, alone and in combination, in a ...
Double product reflects the predictive power of systolic pressure in the general population: evidence from 9,937 participants
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
BACKGROUND The double product (DP), consisting of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) multiplied by the pulse rate (PR), is an index of myocardial oxygen consumption, but its prognostic value in the general population remains ...
Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: the SABPA study
(ELSEVIER, 2013)
Background: Increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan African countries is causing a rapid increase in cardiovascular
disease. Evidence suggests that Africans have higher blood pressures and a higher prevalence of
hyperte ...
Complicated grief in the South African context: a social work perspective
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
Social work in South Africa in the last decade has been shaped by the White Paper for
SocialWelfare (Ministry forWelfare and Population Development, 1997) which promotes
developmental social services and constitutes both ...
Redefining child sexual abuse: from a legal to a psychosocial perspective
(CRIMSA, 2013)
In order to effectively help traumatised children to achieve positive outcomes, one must have a clearly defined methodology, underpinned by theory and based on an integrated approach. The first step towards this is clearly ...
The psychometric properties of the Adapted and Revised Organisational Climate Description Questionnaire (AAROCDQ)
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This study validated the Adapted and Revised Organisational Climate Description Questionnaire (AAROCDQ) for school
climate as experienced by teachers. Participants were 394 school teachers (72 male and 322 female) from ...
Die persepsies en houdings van gelowige jonggetroude egpare oor seksuele intimiteit in die huwelik
(OASIS, 2013)
OPSOMING: Hierdie artikel is gebaseer op empiriese navorsing om die persepsies en houdings van gelowige,
jonggetroude egpare oor seksuele intimiteit in die huwelik na te vors. Daar is gefokus op hoe
die egpare die ...
Caregivers' experiences of the South African judicial system after the reporting of child sexual abuse
(SAPSAC (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children), 2013)
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is found to occur in alarming proportions worldwide. In South Africa, children represent almost half of the victims of known sexual abuse, and this is becoming a great concern even being described ...
Counselling on rails: social accountability learning among South African psychology students
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This study investigated the utility of train transportation health care service in a North Eastern South African region.
Participants were seven psychology graduate students at a South African university. They completed ...