Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Setswana"

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Determining the waist circumference cut off which best predicts the metabolic syndrome components in urban Africans: the SABPA study

Malan, Leoné; Potgieter, Johannes Cornelis; Steyn, Hendrik Stefanus; Prinsloo, J.; De Ridder, Johannes Hendrik (Thieme Publications, 2011)

Various studies have shown that the relationship between waist circumference (WC) and abdominal obesity is age, gender as well as ethnicity-dependent. WC criteria for Sub Saharan Africans have not been defined by the ...
Managing noncommunicable diseases in an African community: effects, compliance, and barriers to participation in a 4-week exercise intervention

Onagbiye, Sunday O.; Moss, Sarah J.; Cameron, Melainie (Sage Publications, 2016)

To determine the compliance, barriers, and effects of participation in a 4-week exercise intervention aimed at reducing risk factors for noncommunicable diseases among community-dwelling adults from a low-resourced area ...
Validity and reliability of the Setswana translation of the Short Form-8 health-related quality of life health survey in adults

Onagbiye, Sunday O.; Moss, Sarah J.; Cameron, Melainie (AOSIS, 2018)

Background: The absence of culturally relevant measures in indigenous languages could pose a challenge to epidemiological studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in developing nations. Aim: To explore the ...