20 articles in this issue
Shabir Moosa
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Sunanda C. Ray
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Piero Saieva,Louis S. Jenkins
AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread throughout the world, with devastating effects of the virus as well as the repercussions of the resulting ‘lockdowns’. South Africa went into a national lockdown in March 2020 to mitigate... see more
Saajida Mahomed,Andrew Ross,Jacqueline van Wyk
AbstractBackground: The development of research skills is an important aspect of undergraduate medical training that facilitates the practice of evidence-based medicine. The inclusion of research training into undergraduate medical curricula can take vari... see more
Michael M. Willie,Barry Childs,Gunvant Goolab
AbstractBackground: The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) introduced an EDO named the Emerald Value Option (EVO) in January 2017. The option was introduced to contain the cost of care whilst simultaneously improving the quality of care by champio... see more
Sithembiso B. Blose,Sudipa Deoraj,Sabiha Padia,Kaveshan Pillay,Kinita Reddy,Verusia Chetty
AbstractBackground: People with disabilities (PWDs) continue to experience challenges with access to healthcare. Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is an approach that advocates for equal opportunities and social inclusion of PWDs to enhance their quali... see more
Schvaugn Lesage,Elmari Deacon,Esmé van Rensburg,David Segal
AbstractBackground: Living with diabetes is challenging, especially for adolescents at risk of poor glycaemic control. Understanding the illness perceptions of this group is important to be able to develop interventions for this growing population in need... see more
Tintswalo V. Nesengani,Charlene Downing,Marie Poggenpoel,Chris Stein
AbstractBackground: Caring in nursing helps patients feel better, whilst the absence of caring will affect patients psychologically, emotionally and physically.Aim: The aim of this article was to explore and describe primary health care (PHC) professional... see more
Leone Adams,Talitha Crowley
AbstractBackground: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a chronic illness and adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) need the support of the whole family to self-manage (handle, direct and control) their chronic illness. Little is known about self-manageme... see more
Myrna van Pinxteren,Sara Cooper,Christopher J. Colvin
AbstractBackground: The production, use and exchange of health information is an essential part of the health services, as it is used to inform daily decision-making and to develop new policies, guidelines and programmes. However, there is little insight ... see more
Supa Pengpid,Karl Peltzer,Shandir Ramlagan
AbstractBackground: Harmful alcohol and illicit drug use significantly contribute the burden of disease.Aim: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of hazardous, harmful or dependent alcohol (HHDA) use and drug use amongst persons 15 yea... see more
Patrick Ngassa Piotie,Elizabeth M. Webb,Paul Rheeder
AbstractBackground: In South Africa, the Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme allows stable patients with non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), to collect their medication from a pick-up lo... see more
Nse A. Odunaiya,Temilade Adesanya,Emmanuel C. Okoye,Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju
AbstractBackground: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global problem but its increasing prevalence in the working age group in developing countries like Nigeria is concerning and needs urgent attention.Methods: The study was a mixed method design: quantit... see more
Olusola Oladeji,Bibilola Oladeji,Mohamed Diaaeldin Omer,Abdifatah Elmi Farah,Ida M. Ameda,Rajeev Gera,Abibakar S. Ismail,Mohamed Ayanle,Opiyo Nixon,Hadis M. Diriye
AbstractBackground: The health system in Ethiopia’s Somali Region is weak with limited number of health facilities with more than 60% of the population living more than 5 km to the nearest health facilities. The deployment of mobile health and nutrition t... see more
Christian E.N. Molima,Hermès Karemere,Ghislain Bisimwa,Samuel Makali,Pacifique Mwene-Batu,Espoir B. Malembaka,Jean Macq
AbstractBackground: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), healthcare services are still focused on disease control and mortality reduction in specific groups. The need to broaden the scope from biomedical criteria to bio-psychosocial (BPS) dimensions... see more
Jeanne Heyns,Mea van Huyssteen,Angeni Bheekie
AbstractBackground: Medication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication from a healthcare practitioner. Pictograms are graphic symbols that have shown to increase understanding of medicine use instructions.Aim... see more
Luzaan Kock,Nondwe B. Mlezana,José M. Frantz
AbstractBackground: Despite being identified as a solution to the challenges related to healthcare service delivery, the incorporation of interprofessional practice (IPP) into clinical practice has been limited. To implement an interprofessional model of ... see more
Nkosinathi Mncwabe,Khumbulani W. Hlongwana,Themba G. Ginindza
AbstractBackground: The major strength of support groups stems from their ability to help patients manage their health within and outside the traditional hospital settings. Despite the known benefits of support groups for people living with cancer, ethnog... see more
Olugbenga Oguntunde,Jabulani Nyenwa,Farouk Yusuf,Dauda Sulaiman Dauda,Abdulsamad Salihu,Irit Sinai
AbstractBackground: Married adolescents contribute to poor maternal health indicators in many low-and middle-income countries, where restrictive social norms hinder access to, and utilisation of maternal health services. Addressing these barriers is key t... see more
Rachel Schaefer,Louis S. Jenkins,Zilla North
AbstractBackground: South African doctors work up to 60 h per week to ensure 24-h service delivery. Many doctors are physically and emotionally exhausted, neglecting families, self-care, patient empathy and innovative thinking about complex health issues.... see more