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Browsing School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-14)Introduction: First-year Clinical Associate (ClinA) students face more challenges than the average first-year student as they are educated in decentralised healthcare facilities predominantly in rural areas, where institutional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Background: In developing countries hunger, poverty and malnutrition are constraint to learning. Unfortunately, the primary school children are the most affected group due to their vulnerability. Implementation of school ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Tobacco use is the world’s leading preventable cause of illness and death and the most important risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases (heart attack, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Research studies have shown that both indoor and air pollution are the main risk factors for the burden of respiratory diseases, elderly people and the children are mostly affected. Various risk factors have been associated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-30)Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are weather-sensitive diseases that are regarded as a cause of premature death globally. As much as 85% of NCDs occur in low- and middle-income ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Even though there is substantial literature on studies which pool survey data, it is still not clear which are the most efficient methodologies for pooling data from different surveys. For example, it is important to know ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Lead is a toxic heavy metal associated with adverse health effects ranging from developmental neurotoxicity to reproductive effects. While lead affects people of all ages, infants and children are the most vulnerable and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-06-20)Introduction: In settings with limited access to laboratory diagnostic services, point-of-care (POC) testing offers a suitable alternative for diagnosing COVID-19. We conducted a scoping review to guide the objectives of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In 2000, United Nations member states committed in the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) to improve maternal health in order to combat poverty. Despite this strong commitment, the number of maternal deaths is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Background: Malaria has remained a major public health burden in Malawi despite recent global progress in its control. Children under the age of five and pregnant women are among the groups most affected by the disease. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-07-07)The study aim was to develop and implement a novel integrated approach for engineered nanoparticles risk assessment using several health risk assessment frameworks. The study managed to apply a physiologically based ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In Mozambique 97% of the small scale farmers grow cassava in 43% of the total cultivated land. In 2012 cassava production was estimated at 10.05 million tons. Cassava is the second most important staple food after maize. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Gender inequalities are still widely pervasive and deeply institutionalised, particularly in Africa, where the burden of disease is highly gendered. The public health sector has been slow in responding to and addressing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-15)In this thesis, Discrete choice experiments in medical education: the role of management, health economics and research, the candidate utilised the stated preference technique—discrete choice experiment — to elicit the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The need to overcome the global health workforce crisis is a challenge undermining health system reform throughout the world. Whilst policy interventions have been made towards human resource for health reform throughout ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Introduction Successful control of malaria vectors requires the control of the larval and the adult stages. There is currently enough evidence on effectiveness of adult control methods through indoor residual spraying and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous natural or synthetic substances, present in the environment, that possess hormonal activity. EDCs have the ability to disrupt hormonally dependent processes and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-07-10)Background Cervical cancer is one the fastest growing public health challenges in low to middle income countries. About 85% of new diagnoses worldwide are reported in low-income countries and cervical cancer is the fourth ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous in the environment and have been detected in drinking water. Although various water treatment processes can remove EDCs, chemicals can migrate from pipes that transport ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This is a report of a hospital based study that was conducted between January 2008 and December 2010 in the Free State Province in South Africa. The study examined the health system from a patient safety and health care ...
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