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Black South African farm workers beliefs about HIV
(ELSEVIER, 2013)
Black South African farm workers' context of an isolated lifestyle and lack of education and resources might lead to unique beliefs that influence their understanding and behavior regarding HIV infection. An exploration ...
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 ...
Blunted neuro-endocrine responses linking depressive symptoms and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy in black Africans: the SABPA study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)
Objective: Chronic psychosocial stress as experienced in an urban environment plays an important role in the aetiology of depression-related cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether acute mental stress responses aggravate ...
No strangers to adversity: resilience-promoting practices among South African women child protection social workers
(Sage, 2018)
Globally the well-being of child protection social workers (CPSWs) is placed at risk by the taxing nature of their profession. In response, there have been international calls for the prioritization of CPSWs’ resilience. ...
Radiopharmaceutical enhancement by drug delivery systems: a review
(Elsevier, 2018)
Introduction
Drug delivery systems are entities designed to alter the biological behaviour of the pharmaceutical active ingredients that they carry in order to afford more beneficial biodistribution and safety profiles. ...
Happy life expectancy and correlates of happiness among older adults in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Objectives: This paper examines factors associated with happiness and to estimate happy life expectancy for older people in South Africa.
Methods: The study uses data from the first wave of the Study on Ageing and Adult ...
Cultural specific attitudes of Batswana people towards adoption
(Stellenbosch Univ, 2019)
The aim of this study was to describe the cultural attitude of Batswana people towards adoption. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design and is descriptive in nature. It followed a quantitative approach and ...