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Psychosocial barriers and enablers of exclusive breastfeeding: lived experiences of mothers in low-income townships, North West Province, South Africa
(BMC, 2020)Background:Despite national efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), South Africa’s EBF rate is only 32 %.The aim of this study was to examine the rate of EBF discontinuation and the lived experiences of ... -
Psychosocial experiences of coloured grandmothers who are the primary care givers of their grandchildren
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This study explored the psychosocial experiences of grandmothers who care for their grandchildren. A qualitative research design was used. Twelve grandmothers (age range = 50 to 65) from a peri-urban community in the Western ... -
Psychosocial health of an African group before awareness of HIV status: a comparative study
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)This study aimed to explore the psychosocial health profiles of people with and without HIV before they learned their infection status. A total of 1,025 participants (males = 386, females = 639, age range = between 32 and ... -
Psychosocial needs of the children of incarcerated parents
(Institute for Criminological Sciences of the University of South Africa (Unisa) on behalf of the CRIMINOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND VICTIMOLOGICAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (CRIMSA)., 2009) -
Psychosocial perspectives in cardiovascular disease
(Sage, 2017)Adaptation to living with cardiovascular disease may differ from patient to patient and is influenced not only by disease severity and limitations incurred by the disease but also by socioeconomic factors (e.g. health ... -
Psychosocial stress but not hypertensive status associated with angiogenesis in Africans
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Aim. Increased angiogenic factors [vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2)] have been associated with vascular dysfunction and hypertension. Black Africans undergoing rapid urbanization ... -
Psychosocial well-being in a group of South African adolescents
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Psychosocial well-being of people living with HIV and the community before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community "hub" network intervention
(NISC, 2016)The purpose of the research was to determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” network intervention in a South African urban area would bring about a difference in the psychosocial well-being of people living ... -
Public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards antibiotic usage in Windhoek, Namibia
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Background: The development of antibiotic resistance is a globally recognised human health threat. Overuse of antibiotics is a major contributory factor to the development of resistance. As end users, the public play a ... -
Pulmonary delivery of anti-tubercular drugs using ligand anchored pH sensitive liposomes for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
(Bentham Science, 2016)Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. TB) remains the prime cause of bacterial mortality and morbidity world-wide. Therefore, effective delivery and targeting of drug to the cellular tropics is essentially required ... -
Pulmonary delivery of antitubercular drugs using spray-dried lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The present study aimed to develop lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles (LPNs) for the combined pulmonary delivery of isoniazid (INH) and ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (CIP HCl). Drug-loaded LPNs were prepared by the ... -
Pulse pressure amplification and its relationship with age in young, apparently healthy black and white adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Elsevier, 2017)Background Pulse pressure amplification (PPA), i.e. the amplification from central arteries to the periphery, is inversely related to arterial stiffness, organ damage and mortality. It is known that arterial stiffness is ... -
QTc prolongation, increased NT-proBNP and pre-clinical myocardial wall remodeling in excessive alcohol consumers: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2018)Alcohol contributes greatly to vascular and structural modifications. Due to differences in the metabolism and tolerance of alcohol between ethnic groups, the manner of these modifications may differ. We investigated the ... -
Qualitative job insecurity and turnover intention: the mediating role of basic psychological needs in public and private sectors
(Emerald, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test two hypotheses. First, an indirect relationship between qualitative job insecurity and turnover intention through basic psychological need satisfaction was investigated. Second, ... -
The qualitative research proposal
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Quality of life, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in black African women: B-Healthy project
(Springer, 2020)Purpose To study the associations between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in black African women from a low socioeconomic community in South Africa. ... -
Quantification of systemic renin-angiotensin system peptides of hypertensive black and white African men established from the RAS-Fingerprint
(Sage, 2016)Objective: The objective of this study was to make use of a quantitative and qualitative approach comparing the systemic renin-angiotensin system (RAS) of hypertensive black and white African men by using RAS equilibrium ... -
Quantitative determination of octadecenedioic acid in human skin and transdermal perfusates by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
(Oxford Univ Press, 2008)A gas chromatographic (GC) method with mass spectrometric (MS) detection is developed and validated for the accurate and precise determination of octadecenedioic acid (C18:1 DIOIC) in human skin samples and transdermal ... -
Quantitative hippocampal structural changes following elctroconvulsive seizure treatment in a rat model of depression
(Wiley, 2012)Objective: The pathophysiology of depression and the effects of antidepressant treatment are hypothesized to be related to hippocampal structural changes. This study aims to investigate the effect of electroconvulsive ... -
A quick and painless reminder: the pharmacotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis in primary practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Rheumatoid arthritis, an auto-immune disorder, is characterised by chronic inflammation of the joints, synovial hyperplasia and bone erosion. These pathological features are promoted by a synovial microenvironment featuring ...