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The psychology of forgiveness and its importance in South Africa
(Sage, 2017)
The purpose of this qualitative review is to stimulate empirical research on forgiveness within South Africa (and other portions of Africa). The article explores a Western understanding of the psychology of forgiveness, ...
Validation of the Stress Overload Scale and Stress Overload Scale-short form among a Setswana-speaking community in South Africa
(Sage, 2018)
Although there has been extensive research on the phenomenon of stress, there is still a lack of assessment tools, especially in the South African context, that have strong theoretical underpinnings, tapping into both ...
Associations between dietary salt, potassium and blood pressure in South African adults: WHO SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background & aims
In June 2016, South Africa implemented legislation mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of processed foods with a goal of reducing population salt intake and disease burden from hypertension. Our ...
Consumer knowledge and use of food and nutrition labelling in South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study
(Wiley, 2018)
The noncommunicable disease burden can be addressed through population-wide interventions, including the promotion of healthy diets through the provision of adequate nutrition information on food labels. The study aimed ...
Prevalence of self-reported diagnosed cataract and associated risk factors among elderly South Africans
(MDPI, 2017)
This paper estimates the prevalence of self-reported cataract and associated risk factors among individuals aged ≥50 years in South Africa. Data from a nationally-representative cross-sectional Study on Global AGEing and ...
Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans
(Wiley, 2016)
Background
The link between impaired lung function and cardiovascular outcome is well established in European and American populations. It is possible that this association may be driven by a systemic spillover of ...
The South African salt story: where are we and where are we heading?
(Karger, 2017)
Background and objectives:
The mortality and morbidity
burden caused by hypertension are preventable and therefore, efforts need to be taken to address this burden. Excess dietary sodium ...
Chronic disease list conditions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the private healthcare sector of South Africa
(Springer, 2018)
Introduction
Little is known about the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in South Africa. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of RA and coexisting chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the private ...
Problematic factorial validity of three language versions of the Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS): why and what are the implications?
(Springer, 2018)
Self-determination theory is a macrotheory of human motivation that describes fundamental matters such as personality development, goals and aspirations, and self-regulation. Basic psychological needs theory, a subtheory ...
Sodium content of foodstuffs included in the sodium reduction regulation of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
As a first step in combating the high hypertension rate in South Africa, the Government has recently implemented a mandatory regulation (R.214) pertaining to the sodium content of foodstuffs with targets for 2016 and 2019. ...