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A model to facilitate collaborative social support for pregnant students in secondary schools

Matlala, Sogo F. (Dovepress, 2017)

Pregnancy among secondary school students remains a public health problem and is associated with school dropout as well as poor maternal and child health outcomes. Schools in South Africa no longer expel pregnant students ...
Regional and sex differences in the prevalence and awareness of hypertension : an H3Africa AWI-Gen Study Across 6 Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gomez-Olive, F.; Ali, S. (gSCIENCE, 2017)

Background: There is a high prevalence of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, yet few large studies exploring hypertension in Africa are available. The actual burden of disease is poorly ...
Risk factors for mortality among adult HIV/AIDS patients following antiretroviral therapy in Southwestern Ethiopia : an assessment through survival models

Seyoum, D.; Degryse, J. (MDPI, 2017)

Introduction: Efforts have been made to reduce HIV/AIDS-related mortality by delivering antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment. However, HIV patients in resource-poor settings are still dying, even if they are on ART ...
A cluster randomized controlled trial of lay health worker support for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in South Africa

Peltzer, K.; Weiss, C. (Biomed Central, 2017)

We evaluate the impact of clinic-based PMTCT community support by trained lay health workers in addition to standard clinical care on PMTCT infant outcomes. Methods: In a cluster randomized controlled trial, twelve community ...
Prehypertension and psychosocial risk factors among university students in ASEAN countries

Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S. (BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017)

Background Existing evidence suggests that the cardiovascular morbidities are increasing among pre-hypertensive individuals compared to normal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of prehypertension, ...
Parental misperception of child's weight and related factors within family norms

Hong, S.; Peltzer, K. (Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2017)

Purpose Parental perception of their child’s weight may be a crucial factor in parental ability for action with regard to their child’s weight problem. This aim of this study was to investigate parental perception of their ...
Lived experiences of men and women diagnosed with tuberculosis at a rural community of South Africa

Matlala, Sogo France; Matlou, Mokgadi Beverly; Skaal, Linda (Ife Centre for Psychological Studies/Services, Nigeria, 2020)

The study was qualitative and phenomenological, and aimed at exploring and describing experiences of living with tuberculosis. It took place in Limpopo Province of South Africa amongst purposively selected people living ...
Comparison of Xpert GBS v. culture for rapid detection of group B streptococcus in pregnant women: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value

Said, M; Dangor, Y; Mbelle, M; Sihlabela, A; Lekalakala, M. R; Ismail, F (SAMJ - South African Medical Journal, 2018)

Background. Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of invasive disease, particularly in newborns. Seventy-five percent of neonates will be colonised by mothers carrying the organism. Confirmation of maternal ...
Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Providencia rettgeri in a tertiary hospital

Tshisevhe, V. S.; Lekalakala, M. R; Tshuma, N; van Rensburg, S Janse; Mbelle, N (SAMJ - South African Medical Journal, 2017)

The emergence of resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents in pathogenic bacteria is a significant public health threat, as there are limited effective antimicrobial agents for infections caused by multidrug-resistant ...
Laboratory based antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood isolates from South Africa

Singh-Moodley, Ashika; Duse, Adriano; Naicker, Preneshni; Kularatne, Ranmini; Nana, Trusha; Lekalakala, Ruth; Mbelle, Nontombi; Dawood, Halima; Han, Khine Swe Swe; Ramjathan, Praksha; Bhola, Prathna; Whitelaw, Andrew; Perovic, Olga (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018)

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections are widespread globally and increases in antimicrobial resistance presents a major threat to public health. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic healthcare ...
Declining Incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in South Africa: 2003–2016

Meiring, Susan; Cohen, Cheryl; de Gouveia, Linda; du Plessis, Mignon; Kularatne, Ranmini; Hoosen, Anwar; Lekalakala, Ruth; Lengana, Sarona; Seetharam, Sharona; Naicke, Preneshni; Quan, Vanessa; Reubenson, Gary; Tempia, Stefano; von Mollendorf, Claire; von Gottberg, Anne (Declining Infectious Medical Journal, 2018)

Background. Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is endemic to South Africa, where vaccine use is negligible. We describe the epidemiology of IMD in South Africa. Methods. IMD cases were identified through a national, ...
Re-Contextualizing Medical Pluralism in South Africa: a Research Schema for Indigenous Decision Making

Burman, Christopher J. (Systemic Practice and action research, 2019)

The purpose of this article is to explain the rationale and development of a research schema that focuses on reducing the unintended consequences of medical pluralism in the context of communicable and non-communicable ...
Longitudinal analysis of HIV risk behaviour patterns and their predictors among public primary care patients with tuberculosis in South Africa

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 ...
Tuberculosis non-communicable disease comorbidity and multimorbidity in public primary care patients in South Africa

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 ...
Data on medicinal plants used to treat respiratory infections and related symptoms in South Africa

Semenya, Sebua Silas; Maroyi, Alfred (Data in Brief, 2018-10)

We provide details of 306 plant species used to treat and manage respiratory infections and related symptoms in South Africa.About a third of the documented species belong to four plant families, namely the Asteraceae ...
Concealed pregnancy among school-going adolescents in South Africa: A qualitative study on risks for maternal and child health

Matlala, Sogo France (Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2020-10)

Concealed pregnancy is a public health concern with risks to girl-education as well as maternal and child health. This paper focuses on concealed pregnancy amongst adolescents attending schools in Limpopo province of Sou ...
Exposure to secondhand smoke in health institutions and sources of knowledge: a cross-sectional study from the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Ndlovu, Nkanyiso; Matlala, Sogo France; Kekana, Mokoko Percy; Ntuli, Thembelihle Sam (Pan African Medical Journal, 2020-02-18)

Introduction: annually, many people die due to being exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) which they experience at a number of premises that include health institutions. Scientists agree that there is no safe exposure level ...
A small proportion of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, compared to healthcare-associated cases, in two South African province

Lekalakala, R; Perovic, O; Singh-Moodley, A; Govender, N. P.; Kularatne, R; Whitelaw, A; Chibabhai, V; Naicker, P; Mbelle, N; Quan, V; Samuel, C; Van Schalkwyk, E (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & infectious diseases, 2017)

We compared the proportion of cases of community-associated and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA, respectively) bacteraemia among patients at five hospitals in the ...
Clinical and microbiological features of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella associated with HIV-infected patients, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Lekalakala, Ruth; Keddy, Karen H; Musekiwa, Alfred; Sooka, Arvinda; Karstaedt, Alan; Nana, Trusha; Seetharam, Sharoma; Nchabeleng, Maphoshane; Angulo, Frederick J; Klugman, Keith P (Medicine, 2017)

The aim of this study was to define factors associated with HIV-infected versus uninfected patients with invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) and factors associated with mortality, which are inadequately described in ...
Comparison of line probe assay to BACTEC MGIT 960 system for susceptibility testing of first and second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in a referral laboratory in South Africa

Lekalakala, R. M; Maning, Nontuthuko E; Malinga, Lesibana A; Antiabong, John F; Mbell, Nontombi M. (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018)

Background: The incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is increasing and the emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a major challenge. Controlling resistance, reducing transmission ...

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