Global Health
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Publication highlights​​​

  • Division of Health Systems & Public Health

    Moodley Y, Govender K, van Wyk J, Reddy S, Ning Y, Wexner S, Stopforth L, Bhadree S, Naidoo V, Kader S, Cheddie S, Neugut AI, Kiran RP. Predictors of treatment refusal in patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review. Semin Oncol. 2022 Dec;49(6):456-464. Read More

    Yauka Nyasulu JC, Chirwa MD, Kumwenda J, Chikalipo M. Health systems' resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency: The role of existing community health structures in rural Malawi. Am J Disaster Med. 2022 Summer;17(3):207-217. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0435. PMID: 37171565. Read More

    Ncube J, Adom T, Aventin Á, Skeen S, Nkonki L. A systematic review of economic evaluations conducted on gender-transformative interventions aimed at preventing unintended pregnancy and promoting sexual health in adolescents. Social Science & Medicine. Volume 355, 2024, 117130, ISSN 0277-9536. Read More

     

    Division of Human Nutrition

    Daniels et al. Development of a workplace breastfeeding support practice model in South Africa. International Breastfeeding Journal (2024) 19:32. Read More

    Motadi  et al.  Effects of Cucurbita Moschata squash (Butternut) seed paste in improving zinc and iron status in children attending Early Childhood Development centres in Limpopo province, South Africa. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0300845. Read More

    Visser et al. Prevalence and related assessment practices of adult hospital malnutrition in Africa: A scoping review. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. Volume 63, October 2024, Pages 121-132. Read More

     

    Division of Disability & Rehabilitation Studies

    Ned, L., Velarde, M. R., Singh, S., Swartz, L., & Soldatić, K. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge International Handbook of Disability and Global Health. Taylor & Francis. Read More

    Botha, M., & Watermeyer, B. (2024). Discourses of Blindness in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation: An Exploration of the Ideological Assumptions Embedded in Rehabilitation Practice in South Africa. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1–14. Read More

    Kahonde, C., & Johns, R., (2024). Adapting research methods for inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in research about sexual violence. In Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. SAGE Publications, Ltd., Read More

     

    Division for Rural Health (Ukwanda)

    Couper, I., Lediga, M.I., Takalani, N.B., Floss, M., Yeoh, A.E., Ferrara, A., Wheatley, A., Feasby, L., de Oliveira Santana, M.A., Wanjala, M.N. and Tukur, M.A., 2024. Shaping the future rural healthcare landscape: perspectives of young healthcare professionals. Rural and Remote Health24(1), pp.1-10. Read More

    Müller, J., Meyer, R., Bantjes, J., Archer, E. and Couper, I., 2024. Handle with Care: Transformative Learning as Pedagogy in an Under-Resourced Health Care Context. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, pp.1-10. Read More

    Coetzee, F., Van Schalkwyk, S. and Couper, I., 2023. Exploring how longitudinal integrated clerkships at Stellenbosch University influence the career journeys of medical graduates. African Journal of Health Professions Education15(3), pp.2-7. Read More

     

    Institute for Life Course Health Research  

    Tomlinson, M., Marlow, M., Stewart, J., Makhetha, M., Sekotlo, T., Mohale, S., ... & Skeen, S. (2024). A community-based child health and parenting intervention to improve child HIV testing, health, and development in rural Lesotho (Early Morning Star): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet HIV11(1), e42-e51. Read More

    Laurenzi, C. A., du Toit, S., Mawoyo, T., Luitel, N. P., Jordans, M. J., Pradhan, I., ... & Skeen, S. (2024). Development of a school-based programme for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in Nepal and South Africa. SSM-Mental Health5, 100289. Read More

    Skeen, S., Marlow, M., du Toit, S., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Mudekunye, L., Mapalala, E., ... & Tomlinson, M. (2023). Using WhatsApp support groups to promote responsive caregiving, caregiver mental health and child development in the COVID-19 era: A randomised controlled trial of a fully digital parenting intervention. Digital Health9, 20552076231203893. Read More



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