Browsing by Subject "African women"
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The association of uric acid and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) with cardiovascular function in South African women : the POWIRS-study
(North-West University, 2006)Motivation: Hypertension is a fast growing health risk, leading to increased incidences of cardiovascular dysfunction and mortality. However, the prevalence of hypertension is higher in some ethnic populations than others. ... -
A duty of support for all South African unmarried intimate partners Part I: The limits of the cohabitation and marriage based models
(PER / PELJ, 2018)The democratic Constitutional dispensation has led to the gradual extension of spousal duties of support to unmarried couples who hitherto could not legally claim support from their partners or from third parties who had ... -
Genetic characterisation of delta-5 and delta-6 fatty acid desaturases and associations with fatty acid status in pregnant women of African descent
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Introduction and aim - Globally, dietary habits have shifted over the years from a traditional rural diet to a more Westernised diet. This has caused a drastic change in the intake ratio of n-6:n-3 polyunsaturated fatty ... -
Iron loading, alcohol and mortality: a prospective study
(Elsevier, 2019)Background & aims The relationship between total body iron and cardiovascular disease remains controversial and information absent in black sub-Saharan Africans in whom alcohol consumption tends to be high. The level of ... -
Iron status and cardiovascular disease risk in black South African women: the PURE study
(MedPharm Publishers, 2011)Objective: To examine the associations between measures of iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in South African women. Method: In a cross-sectional study, demographic information and health history ... -
The obese African woman : an endocrinological and cardiovascular investigation
(North-West University, 2005)Motivation: The prevalence of obesity is the highest among African women in South Africa. Since obesity is a major cardiovascular risk factor, African women in South Africa could be regarded as a high risk group. However, ... -
Public participation in African constitutionalism (Routledge Abingdon and New York 2018)
(PER/PELJ, 2019)This review explores why public participation in constitution-making matters for cultivating responsible governance and for fine-tuning justice, focused on immensely rich African evidence within a broader comparative ... -
Redefining the African woman in contemporary African literature : a study of Adichie's Purple hibiscus, Half of a yellow sun, and Americanah
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This dissertation examines the redefinition of the African woman in the three novels of the Nigerian-American author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, namely Purple hibiscus (2004), Half of a yellow sun (2006) and Americanah (2013). ... -
The representation of patriarch perception in selected African literary works
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)This paper interrogates the institutions of polygamy and polygyny as cultural artefacts that inform patrilineal and patriarchal beliefs; as well as nostalgic practices that impact negatively on African women's identities. ...