Browsing by Subject "health"
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Attitudes, choices and expenditures on dietary supplements among adult members at low-cost gymnasiums in Johannesburg
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Dietary supplement use is on the increase globally with people seeking to achieve health and fitness goals through supplementation use. This caused gymnasiums to become a major market for dietary supplements. However, most ... -
Childhood general mental ability and midlife psychosocial work characteristics as related to mental distress, neck/shoulder pain and self-rated health in working women and men
(Japan Society of Occupational Health, 2011)Psychosocial work characteristics including high demands, lack of control and poor social support have consistently been linked to poor health as has poor general mental ability (GMA). However, less is known about the ... -
The Church in Tanzania: "Faith Based Organizations" or "Church of Jesus Christ"? A dogmatic study
(North-West University, 2019)The church in Tanzania has been involved in providing both spiritual and physical needs to the people, and this then is to fulfill its calling in society. But it has been revealed that too much engagement of the church in ... -
Coal cleaning residues and Fe-minerals implications
(Springer, 2011)In the present investigation, a study was undertaken to understand the origin of Fe-minerals presents in Brazilian coal mining and to understand the environmental implication and the chemical heterogeneity in the study ... -
DDT and malaria prevention: addressing the paradox
(Superintendent of Documents, 2011)Background The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT. Objective We ... -
Employee perception of the Wellness Programme: a case of the North West Provincial Legislature, Republic South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The Government of South Africa has, over the years, been encouraging public sector organisations to initiate and adopt employee wellness programmes to ensure that the employees remain healthy and able to participate in ... -
Environment-related factors influencing morbidity among economically active household members in urban and rural Nigeria
(Business Perspectives, 2015)Environmental quality is among the factors influencing people’s health. In this paper, attempt was made to analyze environment-related factors that influence reported morbidity in Nigeria. During 2013 the Demographic and ... -
Gesondheidsbevordering in skole: 'n kwalitatiewe verkenning van gesondheidsgeletterdheid by die skoolhoof
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The purpose of this study was to determine how literate school principals of secondary schools are regarding health promotion. The school as well as the school principal play a vital role in the holistic development of ... -
Growth performance, haemo-biochemical parameters and meat quality characteristics of male Japanese quails fed a Lippia javanica-based diet
(South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS), 2017)A total of 105 male Japanese quails (153.2 ± 10.21 g) (Cortunix cortunix japonica) were reared in an environmentally controlled house to investigate the effect of inclusion of Lippia javanica leaf meal on growth performance, ... -
Persons without capacity as participants in research: a Kingdom perspective on article 7(b) of UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005)
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)In 2005, UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR) was accepted unanimously by the world community (191 member nations). The declaration is currently the first and only bioethical text to which ...