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Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Semenya, S. S; Maroyi, A (Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018)

To the best of our knowledge there are presently no ethnobotanical surveys focusing on the utilisation of herbal remedies for asthma in South Africa. The present study is therefore an attempt to fill this gap in knowledge. ...
Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Providencia rettgeri in a tertiary hospital

Lekalakala, M. R; Tshisevhe, V. S; Tshuma, N; van Rensburg, S Janse; Mbelle, N (SAMJ South African Medical Journal, 2018)

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

Lekalakala, M. R; Singh-Moodley, Ashika; Duse, Adriano; Naicker, Preneshni; Kularatne, Ranmini; Nana, Trusha; 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 ...
Comparison of Xpert GBS v. culture for rapid detection of group B streptococcus in pregnant women: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values

Lekalakala, M. R; Said, M; Dangor, Y; Mbelle, N; Sihlabela, A; 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 ...
Simplified approach to uncertainty of measurement in the clinical virology laboratory

Tshisevhe, Vhuzhani; Newman, Howard (Reviews in medical virology, 2018)

Medical laboratories are required to ensure the quality of their diagnostic results. Quality assurance procedures include quality assessments (internal and external), quality controls (negative, positive, or internal ...
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)

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 ...
Provision of an emergency theatre in tertiary hospitals is cost-effective : audit and cost of cancelled planned elective general surgical operations at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Bhuiyan, M. M. Z. U.; Mavhungu, R.; Machowski, A. (South African Medical Journal, 2017)

Background. Cancellations of planned elective surgical operations increase financial cost to the patient and the hospital. Objectives. To determine the rate and reasons for cancellations, estimate the cost incurred by such ...
The effects of absenteeism on nurses remaining on duty at a tertiary hospital of Limpopo Province

Mbombi, Masenyani O.; Mothiba, Tebogo M.; Malema, Rabelani M.; Malatji, Mokgadi (Curationis: Research Journal of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2018)

Absenteeism is a global problem in the working force and this is no exception in the nursing profession. Much attention has been drawn to factors that contribute to absenteeism; however, little attention has been placed ...
Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries : the H3Africa AWI-Gen study

Ramsay, Michèle; Crowther, Nigel J.; Agongo, Godfred; Ali, Stuart A.; Asiki, Gershim; Boua, Romuald P.; Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier; Kahn, Kathleen; Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Christopher; Mashinya, Felistas; Micklesfield, Lisa; Mukomana, Freedom; Nonterah, Engelbert A. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

Background: African populations are characterised by diversity at many levels including: demographic history, genetic ancestry, language, wealth, socio-political landscape, culture and behaviour. Several of these have a ...
Determinants of body mass index by gender in the Dikgale Health and Demographic surveillance system site, South Africa

Mashinya, Felistas; Alberts, Marianne; Cook, Ian.; Ntuli, Sam. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

Background: The study was conducted in the Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System (DHDSS) site where we have observed increasing obesity levels, particularly in women, despite evidence of high physical activity ...
Prevalence of loneliness and associated factors among older adults in South Africa

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 ...
Victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence among female and male youth and adults in South Africa

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 ...
Concurrent tobacco use and binge drinking among university students in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean

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 ...
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 ...
Self-Reported sleep duration and its correlates with sociodemographics, health behavioural, poor mental health, and chronic conditions in rural persons 40 years and older in South Africa

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 ...
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 ...
Abnormalities in alternative splicing of angiogenesis-related genes and their role in HIV-related cancers

Mthembu, Nonkululeko N.; Mbita, Zukile; Hull, Rodney; Dlamini, Zodwa (HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care, 2017)

Alternative splicing of mRNA leads to an increase in proteome biodiversity by allowing the generation of multiple mRNAs, coding for multiple protein isoforms of various structural and functional properties from a single ...
Diagnostic comparison of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and International Obesity Task Force criteria for obesity classification in South African children

Moselakgomo, Violet Kankane; Van Staden, Marlise (African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2017)

Background: This study was designed to estimate overweight and obesity in school children by using contrasting definitions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Obesity ...
Sleep duration, sleep quality, body mass index, and waist circumference among young adults from 24 Low- and Middle-income and Two high-Income countries

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 ...
Health and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries

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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