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Browsing Public Health by Author "597a2936-5f2c-4c3e-acd8-754616c0b975"
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Rodriguez, Violeta J.; LaCabeb, Richard P.; Privette, C. Kyle; Douglass, K. Marie; Peltzer, Karl; Matseke, Gladys; Mathebula, Audrey; Ramlagan, Shandir; Sifunda, Sibusiso; Prado, Guillermo “Willy”; Horigian, Viviana; Weiss, Stephen M.; Jones, Deborah L. (SAHARA J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 2017)TheJointUnitedNationsProgrammeonHIVandAIDSproposedtoreducetheverticaltransmissionofHIVfrom 72,200to 8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers ...
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Laprawat, Samai; Peltzer, Karl; Pansila, Wirat; Tansakul, Chalermpol (South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2017)Objective: The relationship between tuberculosis (TB) treatment and alcohol use disorders over time is under-researched. The aim of this investigation was to study alcohol use and TB medication adherence and its predictors ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017)This study aims to estimate the association between visual impairment and low vision and sleep duration and poor sleep quality in a national sample of older adults in South Africa. A national population-based cross-sectional ...
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Pengpid, Supa; Peltzer, Karl (Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 2017)Concern about overweight and obesity is growing worldwide, and more research to examine behaviours associated with the risk for increased weight in adult populations is needed. The aim of this study was to estimate ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2017-12-01)The aim of this study was to investigate concurrent tobacco use and binge drinking and the co-occurrence risks of each substance among university students in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. A cross-sectional ...
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Differences in sleep duration among four different population groups of older adults in South Africa Peltzer, Karl (International journal of Environmental research and public health, 2017-05-09)The study aims to investigate sleep duration in four different population groups in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1. A ...
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Yi, Siyan; Ngin, Chanrith; Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa (Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 2017)Background: Heavy drinking among university students has been globally recognized as a major public health burden. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, studies on this issue have been scant, ...
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Peltzer, Karl (SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 2018)The goal of this study was to identify various HIV risk behaviours among tuberculosis (TB) patients in a longitudinal study design in South Africa. In 42 public primary healthcare facilities in three districts in three ...
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Multimorbidity in chronic conditions : public primary care patients in four Greater Mekong Countries Pengpid, Supa; Peltzer, Karl (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017)The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence, pattern, and social determinants of chronic conditions multimorbidity among chronic disease primary care patients in four Greater Mekong countries (Cambodia, Myanmar, ...
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Aye, Win Lei; Puckpinyo, Apa; Peltzer, Karl (BMC Public Health, 2017)Background: The provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) was started in Myanmar in 2005 in collaboration with the National AIDS Program and the private sector. Successful clinical management of HIV-infected patients is ...
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Nonfatal injuries and psychosocial correlates among middle school students in Cambodia and Vietnam Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa (International journal of Environmental research and public health, 2017-03-08)The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of nonfatal injury among middle school students in Cambodia and Vietnam. Cross-sectional data from 7137schoolchildren(meanage15.5years,SD=1.4)who ...
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Yi, Siyan; Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa; Susilowati, Indri Hapsari (Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 2017)Background: Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It may lead to poor academic performance that in turn leads to poor productivity in their later ...
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Ramlagan, Shandir; Peltzer, Karl; Ruiter, Robert A. C.; Barylski, Nicole A.; Weiss, Stephen M.; Sifunda, Sibusiso (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018)The possibility for all babies to be born and remain HIV-negative for the first year of life is achievable in South Africa. HIV-positive mothers’ adherence to their antiretroviral medication is one of the crucial factors ...
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Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy; Peltzer, Karl (Global Journal of Health Science, 2017)Objective: Loneliness can be detrimental to health. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of loneliness as well as its risk factors in older adults in South Africa. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Crampin, Amelia; Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy; Ahame, Edmund; Sokhela, Zinhle (International journal of Environmental research and public health, 2017-12-06)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 ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, S. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018)This study aims to investigate sleep duration and its association with sociodemographic, health behaviour, mental health, and chronic disease factors among rural individuals 40 years and older in South Africa. Cross-sectional ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa (International journal of Environmental research and public health, 2017-05-26)Obesity and its comorbidities have emerged as a leading public health concern. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and sleep patterns, including ...
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Peltzer, Karl (African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 2018-04-11)Background: Little is known about the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) multimorbidity among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Africa. Aim and setting: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of NCD ...
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Peltzer, Karl (African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 2018)Background: Little is known about the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) multimorbidity among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Africa. Aim and setting: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of NCD ...
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Peltzer, Karl; Phaswana-Mafuya, Nancy; Pengpid, Supa (Global Journal of Health Science, 2017)Objective: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a huge public health problem. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and influence of sociodemographic and health characteristics on IPV victimization and perpetration ...
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