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Prospective analysis of the medicine possession ratio of antidepressants in the private health sector of South Africa, 2006-2011
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2015)
Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling mental illness with high morbidity and mortality rates. Inadequate treatment
efficacy, unfavourable side-effect profiles and consequent shortfalls in compliance ...
Mentor relationship effects on perceived quality of life by a sample of rural South African teenagers
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This study investigated mentor effects on the perceived quality of life of South African adolescent boys. Participants
were 20 adolescent boys that completed the Child Functioning Inventory High School, a standardised ...
The availability of recreation policies and strategies for the provision of recreation service delivery in the North West Province, South Africa
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2014)
The promotion of recreation and leisure through coherent strategies and policy development is a significant move towards changing the quality lives of communities. The unavailability of recreation strategies and policies ...
The sodium content of processed foods in South Africa during the introduction of mandatory sodium limits
(MDPI, 2017)
Background: In June 2016, the Republic of South Africa introduced legislation for
mandatory limits for the upper sodium content permitted in a wide range of processed foods.
We assessed the sodium levels of packaged foods ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Drug use among youth and adults in a population-based survey in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)
Objective: Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of drug use and the sociodemographic and health characteristics that influence it among young and adult South ...
(Re)creating community: experiences of older women forcibly relocated during apartheid
(Wiley, 2014)
This article explores sense of community with a group of older African women, who were forcibly relocated during apartheid. The situation of a marginalised group, with a history of disconnection from younger generations ...