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Special Issue: Building new knowledge (Supplement 1)

Supplement 1, 2013

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Guest Editorial: Building new knowledge: Celebrating the Wits School of Public Health (WSPH)

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 20241
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
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Public health in South Africa 1975–89: reflections on a momentous past
John Gear

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 20095
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
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Reflections on Public Health in South Africa, 1993–2002
William Pick

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 20094
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
CitationforReflections on Public Health in South Africa, 1993–2002 | Full Text | PDF (143.7 KB)
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Estimating the extent of household contact misclassification with index cases of disease in longitudinal studies using a stochastic simulation model
Tobias Chirwa, Sian Floyd & Paul Fine

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19614
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforEstimating the extent of household contact misclassification with index cases of disease in longitudinal studies using a stochastic simulation model | Full Text | References | PDF (198.2 KB) | Supplemental
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Convergence in fertility of South Africans and Mozambicans in rural South Africa, 1993–2009
Jill Williams, Latifat Ibisomi, Benn Sartorius, Kathleen Kahn, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman & Michel Garenne

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19236
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforConvergence in fertility of South Africans and Mozambicans in rural South Africa, 1993–2009 | Full Text | References | PDF (212.1 KB)
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Modelling determinants, impact, and space–time risk of age-specific mortality in rural South Africa: integrating methods to enhance policy relevance
Benn Sartorius

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19239
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforModelling determinants, impact, and space–time risk of age-specific mortality in rural South Africa: integrating methods to enhance policy relevance | Full Text | References | PDF (643.3 KB) | Supplemental
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Supplement 1, 2013

Article
The contribution of spatial analysis to understanding HIV/TB mortality in children: a structural equation modelling approach
Eustasius Musenge, Penelope Vounatsou, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman & Kathleen Kahn

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19266
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforThe contribution of spatial analysis to understanding HIV/TB mortality in children: a structural equation modelling approach | Full Text | References | PDF (879.3 KB) | Supplemental
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Article
Relationship between household socio-economic status and under-five mortality in Rufiji DSS, Tanzania
Cornelius Nattey, Honorati Masanja & Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19278
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforRelationship between household socio-economic status and under-five mortality in Rufiji DSS, Tanzania | Full Text | References | PDF (109.3 KB) | Supplemental
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Article
Alcohol use in early and late adolescence among the Birth to Twenty cohort in Soweto, South Africa
Leane Ramsoomar, Neo K. Morojele & Shane A. Norris

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19274
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforAlcohol use in early and late adolescence among the Birth to Twenty cohort in Soweto, South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (121.2 KB)
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Article
A South African university-practitioner partnership to strengthen capacity in social and behaviour change communication
Nicola J. Christofides, Sara Nieuwoudt, Shereen Usdin, Susan Goldstein & Sharon Fonn

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19300
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforA South African university-practitioner partnership to strengthen capacity in social and behaviour change communication | Full Text | References | PDF (460.5 KB)
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Article
Analysing post-apartheid gender and racial transformation in medical education in a South African province
Taskeen Khan, Leena S. Thomas & Shan Naidoo

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19810
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforAnalysing post-apartheid gender and racial transformation in medical education in a South African province | Full Text | References | PDF (568.5 KB)
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Article
Compensation for environmental asbestos-related diseases in South Africa: a neglected issue
Ntombizodwa Ndlovu, Jim teWater Naude & Jill Murray

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19410
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforCompensation for environmental asbestos-related diseases in South Africa: a neglected issue | Full Text | References | PDF (392.2 KB)
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Occupational respiratory diseases in the South African mining industry
Gill Nelson

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19520
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforOccupational respiratory diseases in the South African mining industry | Full Text | References | PDF (919.6 KB)
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Supplement 1, 2013

Article
“Even if I were to consent, my family will never agree”: exploring autopsy services for posthumous occupational lung disease compensation among mineworkers in South Africa
Audrey V. Banyini, David Rees & Leah Gilbert

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19518
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
Abstractfor“Even if I were to consent, my family will never agree”: exploring autopsy services for posthumous occupational lung disease compensation among mineworkers in South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (1,024 KB)
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Article
Moving towards universal coverage in South Africa? Lessons from a voluntary government insurance scheme
Veloshnee Govender, Matthew F. Chersich, Bronwyn Harris, Olufunke Alaba, John E. Ataguba, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo & Jane Goudge

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19253
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforMoving towards universal coverage in South Africa? Lessons from a voluntary government insurance scheme | Full Text | References | PDF (127.6 KB)
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Article
Building consensus on key priorities for rural health care in South Africa using the Delphi technique
Marije Versteeg, Lilo du Toit & Ian Couper

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19522
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforBuilding consensus on key priorities for rural health care in South Africa using the Delphi technique | Full Text | References | PDF (165.4 KB)
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Comparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa
Duane Blaauw, Prudence Ditlopo, Fresier Maseko, Maureen Chirwa, Aziza Mwisongo, Posy Bidwell, Steve Thomas & Charles Normand

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19287
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforComparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (141.9 KB)
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Policy implementation and financial incentives for nurses in South Africa: a case study on the occupation-specific dispensation
Prudence Ditlopo, Duane Blaauw, LaetitiaC. Rispel, Steve Thomas & Posy Bidwell

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19289
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforPolicy implementation and financial incentives for nurses in South Africa: a case study on the occupation-specific dispensation | Full Text | References | PDF (117.8 KB)
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Article
Developing a new mid-level health worker: lessons from South Africa's experience with clinical associates
Jane Doherty, Daphney Conco, Ian Couper & Sharon Fonn

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19282
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforDeveloping a new mid-level health worker: lessons from South Africa's experience with clinical associates | Full Text | References | PDF (128.1 KB)
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Article
Administrative integration of vertical HIV monitoring and evaluation into health systems: a case study from South Africa
Mary Kawonga, Sharon Fonn & Duane Blaauw

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19252
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforAdministrative integration of vertical HIV monitoring and evaluation into health systems: a case study from South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (917.5 KB)
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Predictors of loss to follow-up among children in the first and second years of antiretroviral treatment in Johannesburg, South Africa
Mazvita Sengayi, Ntabozuko Dwane, Edmore Marinda, Nosisa Sipambo, Lee Fairlie & Harry Moultrie

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19248
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforPredictors of loss to follow-up among children in the first and second years of antiretroviral treatment in Johannesburg, South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (359.3 KB)
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Improving health and living conditions for elderly populations

Article
Self-reported health and health care use in an ageing population in the Agincourt sub-district of rural South Africa
Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Margaret Thorogood, Benjamin Clark, Kathleen Kahn & Stephen Tollman

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19305
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforSelf-reported health and health care use in an ageing population in the Agincourt sub-district of rural South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (132.3 KB)
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Exploring the paradox: double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19249
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforExploring the paradox: double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (570.8 KB)
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Supplement 1, 2013

Article
The non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009
Melanie Y. Bertram, Aneil V.S. Jaswal, Victoria Pillay Van Wyk, Naomi S. Levitt & Karen J. Hofman

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19244
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforThe non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009 | Full Text | References | PDF (157.6 KB)
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A rapid assessment of a community health worker pilot programme to improve the management of hypertension and diabetes in Emfuleni sub-district of Gauteng Province, South Africa
Tshipfuralo Ndou, Greer van Zyl, Salamina Hlahane & Jane Goudge

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19228
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforA rapid assessment of a community health worker pilot programme to improve the management of hypertension and diabetes in Emfuleni sub-district of Gauteng Province, South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (98.2 KB)
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Article
Outreach services to improve access to health care in South Africa: lessons from three community health worker programmes
Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Jane Goudge & Liz Thomas

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19283
Published online: 24 Jan 2013
AbstractforOutreach services to improve access to health care in South Africa: lessons from three community health worker programmes | Full Text | References | PDF (111.9 KB)
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Self-reported vision health status among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
Henrietta Akuamoah-Boateng

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 19012
Published online: 08 Jul 2013
AbstractforSelf-reported vision health status among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana | Full Text | References | PDF (97.5 KB)
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