Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Socioeconomic factors"

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Change over three years in adolescents’ physical activity levels and patterns after a physical activity intervention: play study

Pienaar, A.E.; Kruger, Salome; Steyn, H.S.; Naudé, D. (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2012)

AIM: This study aimed to determine over a three-year period what the PA levels and patterns of adolescents will be after participating in a physical activity (PA) intervention. METHODS: African adolescents (158 boys, 211 ...
Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries

Palafox, Benjamin; Kruger, Annamarie; Kruger, Iolanthé Marike; McKee, Martin; Balabanova, Dina (BioMed Central, 2016)

Background Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key ...