Browsing Research Output by Subject "Children"
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Activity preferences of 9- to 10-year-old girls and the relationship between object control skills and physical activity levels : the NW-Child Study
(Univ Stellenbosch, 2017)Early object control (OC) skills proficiency is reported to be related to long-term physical activity (PA). The percentage of participation in moderate- and high-intensity PAs and the relationship between PA levels and OC ... -
Child and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems 12 months postburn: the potential role of preburn functioning, parental posttraumatic stress, and informant bias
(Springer, 2016)Adjustment after pediatric burn injury may be a challenge for children as well as their parents. This prospective study examined associations of internalizing and externalizing problems in children and adolescents 12 months ... -
Coexisting conditions among children and adolescents with cancer in a section of the South African private health sector: perspectives from drug utilization data
(Atlantis Press, 2020)Coexisting conditions are relatively common in children with cancer, however, there is a paucity of information on the prevalence of coexisting conditions in children with cancer in South Africa. This cross-sectional study ... -
Comparison of body mass index and fat percentage criteria classification of 7-13 year-old rural boys in South Africa
(BMC, 2020)Abstract Background: The aim of this paper was to investigate whether BMI and fat percentage classification criteria, would classify a sample of 7–13 year old boys from a rural background in similar nutritional ... -
Coverage and factors associated with vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-59 months in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2019)Objective: The present study aimed to give an overall view of the pattern of highdose vitamin A supplementation (VAS) coverage in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries and factors associated with receipt of VAS among ... -
Determinants of childhood diarrhea among under-five year old children in Nigeria: a population-based study using the 2013 demographic and health survey data
(Turkish National Pediatric Society, 2018)The study aims to identify socioeconomic, demographic, environmental and child baseline factors associated with Childhood Diarrhea (CD) among under-five year old children in Nigeria. We utilized cross-sectional data from ... -
Dietary fat intake and red blood cell fatty acid composition of children and women from three different geographical areas in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2016)Dietary fat intake, particularly the type of fat, is reflected in the red blood cell (RBC) fatty acid (FA) profile and is vital in growth, development and health maintenance. The FA profile (%wt/wt) of RBC membrane ... -
Effect of African leafy vegetables on the micronutrient status of mildly deficient farm-school children in South Africa: a randomized controlled study
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)A randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effect of African leafy vegetable (ALV) consumption on Fe, Zn and vitamin A status in children. Children were randomly allocated to receive either a 300 g cooked ... -
The effects of an enhanced quality Physical Education programme on the physical activity levels of Grade 7 learners in Potchefstroom, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Background: The absence of Physical Education (PE) from the South African school curriculum before its reintroduction in recent years contributed to health concerns regarding the low physical activity (PA) levels of children ... -
Evaluation of the treatment guidelines, practices and outcomes of complicated severe acute malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a study protocol for the SAMAC study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2020)Introduction: in hospitals across Africa, the case fatality rates of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have remained consistently high (over 20%), despite the existence of the WHO treatment guideline. This has been ...