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No Initial Surname Title Page No
L001 S Adams Decreased asthma risk associated with serum omega-3 fatty acid among inhabitants of a South African coastal village with high mussel consumption. 8
L002 VJ Adams Implementing sustainable deworming programmes in primary schools in Cape Town, Western Cape. 9
L003 NH Aneck-Hahn Bioassays for estrogenic activity in environmental water: A public health application for South Africa. 10
L004 T Apalata Refugees’ Perceptions of their health status and Quality of healthcare services in Durban, South Africa: a community-based survey. 11
L005 N Arendse Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa 12
L006 S Armstrong Client satisfaction surveys: partnering for better patient care. 13
L007 FN Asah Challenges faced by Professional Nurses in using computers in health care facilities in northern KwaZulu Natal. 14
L008 SA Atkins Improving adherence to Tuberculosis medication: provider perspectives on a lay- supported self-management pilot programme in Cape Town 15
L009 SA Atkins Patients’, carers’ and providers’ perspectives of adherence to tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review of qualitative studies. 16
L010 D Basu Non-communicable diseases in the Gauteng Province: setting-up a surveillance system 17
L011 F Behroozi Causes mortality in relation to HIV status and antiretroviral access at a secondary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. 18
L012 HA Bradley Primary level pharmaceutical services in Cape Town: Improving the quality and use of conformation for managing services. 19
L013 I Cassiem National indicator data set (nids) definitions training to community health centres (chc’s) in metro district health services (mdhs): Western Cape – the lessons learned. 20
L014 CT Day PHC financing at district level – data, equity and analysis. 21
L015 C de Jager DDT levels and seminal parameters in men: the adverse impact of indoor residual spraying (IRS). 22
L016 S Dewing Sexual risk behaviour among plwha on art in Cape Town. 23
L017 P Ditlopo The Impact of Interventions to Improve Motivation and Retention of Health Professionals in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review. 24
L018 S Dlamini Learners’ perceptions about lovelife school programme in melmoth. 25
L019 S Dlamini To test for HIV and disclose? The impact of lovelife at melmoth 2007. 26
L020 CE Draper Result of a situational analysis of the physical activity environment in urban and rural disadvantaged primary school in South Africa. 27
L021 JO Ehinmidu Prevalence and susceptibility profile of Salmonella typhi and Salmonelle paratyphi among four groups of people in Zaria, Nigeria 28
L022 KM Everett “Skel haar uit” of “Wees haar maat”: Nurses’ contrasting approaches in discussing smoking cessation with pregnant woman. 29
L023 I Friedman Fifteen year review of poverty alleviation in South Africa. 30
L024 S Ganie Health systems reform in Africa and HIV/AIDS 31
L025 AM Gerritsen Malaria incidence in Limpopo province, South Africa, 1998-2007. 32
L026 LJ Gilson The role of health systems in addressing health equity. 33
L027 VG Govender Health care workers knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding prevention of smoking in gold mine workers. 34
L028 J Hanass-Hancock Understanding social representations of health and disease in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa 35
L029 JF Head Sustainable interventions to tackle extreme deprivation: the missing part of South Africa’s strategy for combating Tuberculosis. 36
L030 MB Hobday Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Pedestrians in Ethekwini Municipality 2001 to 2006 37
L031 M Hoohlo The distribution of self-reported asthma in four urban residential areas 38
L032 E Igumbor Service efficiency and waiting time in primary level care facilities: case studies within Cape Town 39
L033 IG Iriogbe Management of diarrhoeal in the HIV era 40
L034 A Islam Improving maternal, newborn and child health in South Asia: The promise of health timing and spacing of pregnancy as an intervention. 41
L035 MD Islam Role of media in promoting primary health care programme in Bangladesh. 42
L036 N Jafta Environmental Pollution and Cancer: Is Cancer registration a tool to assess association? 43
L037 ER Jordaan The stepped wedge design as an alternative to the parallel RCT 44
L038 N Karrim A national audit of the South African health information system who is doing the work and what equipment are they using? 45
L039 IJ Katz Evaluation of a chronic disease outreach program (CDOP)– A kidney and cardiovascular early detection and management program. 46
L040 EW Kimani The paradox continues: evidence of co-existing under & over Nutrition in rural South Africa 47
L041 NE Kurewa Effect of Maternal HIV status on infant mortality: Evidence from a one year follow up of mothers and their babies in Zimbabwe 48
L042 JD Kvalsvig The special needs of HIV positive children. 49
L043 U Lehmann Putting policy into practice: A case study of the national community health worker policy in South Africa. 50
L044 NH Leon The impact of Provider-Initiated HIV screening on test uptake among STI Patients in Cape Town: A Controlled Trial 51
L045 C Lund Public mental health service Provision in South Africa: Inter-provincial comparisons and policy implications 52
L046 R Lutchminarayan Sanitation, water and hygiene in Ethekwini municipality, Durban, South Africa: a cross-sectional study 53
L047 R Lutchminarayan The health outcomes of upgraded on-site sanitation programme in Ethekwini district, Durban, South Africa. 54
L048 EE Lutge Primary health care research in South Africa, 1994-2007: a review. 55
L049 I Mahmud Sexual and reproductive health concerns of married men and access to service in a rural area of Bangladesh 56
L050 S Mall A Human Rights Approach to the Place of Traditional Healing Systems in Antiretroviral (ARV) Rollout. 57
L051 XT Maluleke Utilising puberty rites for girls (vukhomba)for sexuality education among young people in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. 58
L052 MV Mamabolo Discharge and post-discharge functional level of patients with stroke. 59
L053 A Mathee Urbanization and urban poverty in South Africa: an indication of the health challenge ahead 60
L054 VE Mathews Developing district –based human resource information systems: experiences in two districts in South Africa. 61
L055 T Mathole GHIs in Africa’: Expiriences of three African countries with Global Health Initiatives. 62
L056 T Matoti-Mvalo An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women 63
L057 P Matwa Assessing the implementation of the government funded community health worker programme in selected clinics of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. 64
L058 B Mayosi Toilet talk – Guidelines for school sanitation. 65
L059 T Mbatha PHC Faculty Infrastructure: The Adequacy of routine data available for planning and budgeting. 66
L060 DL Mbhele Impact of the Pre-mature Closure of the Cellulose Sulphate Trial on Enrolled Participants in Durban 67
L061 TY Mhlaba Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) assessed by pharmacy records in a private general practice in durban, south africa 68
L062 SS Mkhize Cross-sectional descriptive study investigating the career choices of school leavers in relation to nursing, and what influences these choices. 69
L063 KC Mmoledi Intergrating Palliative Care in the Public Health Sector 70
L064 S Mohamed A health needs assessment of clothing industry workers for the development of a health promotion programme. 71
L065 NK Morojele Predictors of risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies among urban and rural women in South Africa 72
L066 TWP Mphatswe Strengthening PMTCT health systems: high returns for maternal and child health. 73
L067 T Mudzviti Determining the rate, nature and predictors of adverse drug reactions associated with the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in a resource limited setting (Zimbabwe). 74
L068 RWM Mwangi Perceptions of mothers and hospital staff of paediatric care in 13 public hospitals in northern Tanzania. 75
L069 JE Myers Inter-sectoral Action for reducing the burden of disease in the Western Cape: The ideal and the real 76
L070 H Myezwa Impairments activity limitations and participation restrictions among HIV positive people: An inpatient and out patient profile. 77
L071 E Naidoo Access and availability of HIV/AIDS treatment care and services in Tshwane, South Africa 79
L072 LL Nkonki “Selling a service” peer supporters experiences of promoting exclusive infant feeding. 80
L073 B Nojilana Evaluating the cause of death certification at an academic hospital Cape Town, South Africa. 81
L074 DF Nsibande A participatory approach to assessing integration of pmtct within maternal and child health services in Amajuba district, Kwazulu-Natal (KZN). 82
L075 WA Odendaal Community health workers as home visitors: Evidence of effectiveness of a home visitation programme to reduce househould hazards to child injuries. 83
L076 OA Ojo The characteristics & alcohol use patterns of low & high risk female drinkers in the Western Cape & Gauteng Provinces of South Africa 84
L077 N Peer Trends in Adult Tobacco Use from the South African Demographic and Health Surveys 1998 – 2003 85
L078 S Pengpid Intimate partner violence and HIV risk among women in primary health care delivery services in vhembe district, South Africa. 86
L079 I Petersen Mind the gap. Can provider initiated VCT close the gap between VCT and ART uptake and adherence. A situational analysis at one mining workplace setting in South Africa. 87
L080 D Pienaar Determinants of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa 88
L081 DO Pieterse The Doctor’s World: Getting right the facts of Death. 89
L082 SE Plagerson Urban Mental Health: Findings from a Quantitative survey in Johannesburg 90
L083 N Potgieter Detection of diarrhoeagenic e. coli on toilet seats in rural areas in theLimpopo Province of South Africa 91
L084 P Reddy Pulmonary responses to air pollutants is modified by genotype: A gene-environment interaction. 92
L085 DM Sanders Global health initiatives: (global fund, gavi etc.) implications for primary health care in south Africa and Africa. 93
L086 H Schneider Models of antiretroviral service delivery in three Provinces of South Africa. 94
L087 K Seevnarain Prevention of tuberculosis transmission in health facilities: A literature review 95
L088 A Shabalala Violence prevention in South Africa: understanding the role of alcohol in communities. 96
L089 T Shongwe Understanding multiple and concurrent partnerships to inform the Soul City HIV prevention campaign. 97
L090 N Siegfried Using systematic reviews to inform evidence-based policy and practice in poor countries: Challenges and facilitators. 98
L091 NIM Somdyala Cervical cancer incidence in the rural Eastern Cape Province – a cause of concern. 99
L092 M Stevens Monitoring sexual and reproductive health and rights indicators for UNGASS 100
L093 GH Swingler Specialist clinicians in support of primary health care? 101
L094 MY Toefy Replicating a research project model across geograpical environments: Looking at methodological, cultural and linguistic factors 102
L095 L Townsend The perpetration of intimate partner violence, and the practice of transactional sex among men who have multiple, female sexual partners. 103
L096 LP Tsolekile A school intervention for the primary prevention of noncommunicable diseases: A pilot study in two schools in Khayelitsha. 104
L097 S Umereweneza A Healthy Lifestyle: Conviction and Conformity. 105
L098 J Uwimana Review and Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Tools for Tuberculosis and HIV Integrated Care in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 106
L099 BE Van Wyk Factors that contribute to making a facility receptive to a quality improvement process - Examples from the integrated HIV/TB/STI evaluation. 107
L100 RH Van Wyk A review of health and hygiene promotion as part of sanitation delivery programmes to informal settlements in the City of Cape Town 108
L101 J Waterkeyn Creating a demand for sanitation and improved hygiene behaviour through community health clubs. 109
L102 J Wichmann Impact of cooking and heating fuel use on acute respiratory health of preschool children in South Africa. 110
L103 J Wichmann Influence of cooking and heating fuel use on 1-59 month old mortality in South Africa. 111
L104 CS Wiysonge Involving policymakers in summarising research evidence for a policymaker audience: What have we learned? 112
L105 T Young Supporting policy-relevant reviews and trials on maternal and child health in low - and middle income countries. 113
L106 NC Zulu Capacity building of community based organizations (CBOS) in the rural area of Limpopo Province, South Africa 114
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