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A qualitative exploration of flourishing among individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
(North-West University, 2018)
This mini-dissertation presents the findings of a study that qualitatively explored flourishing among individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. A purposive extreme case sampling method was used to obtain 15 ...
Consumers' subjective and objective knowledge of genetically modified food in a South African context
(North-West University, 2018)
Genetically modified (GM) crops were developed as a solution to ensure sustainable food production for an ever-increasing world population, especially in developing countries. As such, products such as GM foods are now ...
Salutogenic versus pathogenic metaphorical language usage in South Africa's National HIV/AIDS Education Policy
(North-West University (South-Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019-04)
This study explored the use of metaphorical language in South Africa’s national HIV/AIDS education policy, and to what extent the metaphorical messages conveyed about
HIV and AIDS in the policy are essentially health ...
Burden of rheumatoid arthritis in the private health sector : medicine cost and comorbidities
(North-West University, 2018)
The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and associated comorbidities, as well as to investigate antirheumatic prescribing patterns, direct medicine treatment cost and the impact ...
Dietary intake of the African-PREDICT study population
(North-West University, 2018)
Background: Ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) contribute to the dietary intake of individuals, which, in turn, plays an important role in the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). South Africa (SA) is ...
Food label knowledge : a comparison between a developing and developed country context
(2014)
The aim of this study was to determine and compare the subjective and objective food label knowledge of consumers from Potchefstroom (South Africa) and Fayetteville (Arkansas, USA), therefore in a developing and developed ...
A comparison of chronic medicine prescribing patterns between mail order and community pharmacies in South Africa
(2013)
Pharmaceutical care can be defined as “the care that a given patient requires and receives which assures safe and rational drug usage” (Mikael et al., 1975:567). The supply of medication is an important link in the health ...
Comparison of South African short-term and ceiling
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Occupational exposure limits (OELs) are established with the purpose of regulating exposure to hazardous chemical substance (HCSs) in the workplace. However, the effectiveness of controlling such risks is largely dependent ...
Vascular structure and inflammation in a bi-ethnic South African population: the SABPA study
(North-West University, 2018)
Background: South Africa is experiencing a high incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In addition to modifiable risk factors, inflammation was found to be an independent risk factor for CVD development. Inflammatory ...
Aspects of the usage of gastro–intestinal medication in South Africa : a geographical approach
(North-West University, 2010)
One of the aims included in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to decrease the number of the world’s population without access to sanitation and water that is safe, by half by the year 2015. The use of water ...