A5025367061- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Community Health and Development
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Physical Activity and Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Organizational Change and Leadership
- Competency Development and Evaluation
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Inflammasome and immune disorders
University of Cape Town
2013-2023
Western Cape Department of Health
2022
Stellenbosch University
2022
Rhodes University
2014
University of Oxford
2014
Institute for Social and Economic Research
2014
Document analysis is commonly used in health policy (HPA) studies, but the purpose and rigour of application unclear. This review explored utility document HPA studies conducted low-and-middle income countries (LMICs), intending to derive lessons for strengthening this methodology.Employing a qualitative systematic approach, nine electronic databases were searched LMIC articles that employed analysis. Articles subjected retrieval, storage quality-assessment. Thematic was coding, extraction...
At the time of writing, it is unclear how COVID-19 pandemic will play out in rapidly urbanising regions world. In these regions, realities large overcrowded informal settlements, a high burden infectious and non-communicable diseases, as well malnutrition precarity livelihoods, have raised added concerns about potential impact contexts. infection control measures been shown to some effects slowing down progress pandemic, effectively buying prepare healthcare system. However, there has less...
The Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme is convened by the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University Cape Town, South Africa. It a health leadership training programme with post-graduate Diploma at its core, supplemented management seminars, mentorship alumni networking. An external evaluation was conducted in 2015 for period since 2008. This rapid, descriptive study made use mixed methods-including document review existing material (management reports, anonymized alumni's...
The importance of strong and transformative leadership is recognised as essential to the building resilient responsive health systems. In this regard, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 5 prioritises a current gap, by calling for women's full effective participation equal opportunities leadership, including in system. South Africa, pre-democracy repressive race-based policies, coupled with patriarchy, led women especially black women, being 'left behind' terms career development progression...
In this article, I explore the South African 2003 National School Health Policy (NSHP) and revised 2012 Integrated (ISHP). examine whether shortcomings in development, content implementation of NSHP, context which it was implemented, have been addressed adequately ISHP. The include poorly structured relationships among key policy actors; an absent translation process resulting insufficient understanding prioritisation school health by district facility managers; poor support training nurses....
Abstract Background As part of health system strengthening in South Africa (2012–2017) a new district manager, taking bottom-up approach, developed suite innovations to improve the processes monthly management team meetings, and practices managers NGO partners attending them. Understanding capacity as property rather than only individuals, research explored mechanisms triggered context produce outputs, including initial sensemaking by subsequent sensegiving how these homegrown interacted...
This study sought to identify, as far possible, the extent of specialist children's nursing workforce in five selected African countries. Strengthening training has been recommended a primary strategy reduce under-five mortality rate nations. However, information about this region is not routinely available. Developing an accurate depiction necessary step towards optimising health service delivery.This used convergent parallel mixed methods design, incorporating quantitative (surveys) and...
Physical inactivity is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), urbanisation sedentary living are rapidly growing tandem. Increasing active requires the participation of multiple sectors, yet it unclear whether physical activity (PA)-relevant sectors LMICs prioritising PA. We investigated to what extent that influence PA explicitly integrate their policies an LMIC such as Cameroon. systematically identified policy documents relevant NCD...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contribute significantly to global mortality and are of particular concern in growing urban populations low- and-middle income countries (LMICs). Physical inactivity is a key NCD determinant requires urgent addressing. Laudable regional efforts promote physical activity being made, but the links between (PA), reduction, integrated intersectoral approaches reducing obesogenic environments not consistently made. This study applied document analysis approach PA...
To address problems of inadequate public health services, escalating private healthcare costs and widening inequalities, the South Africa (SA) Government has launched a bold new proposal to introduce universal, comprehensive integrated system for all SAs; National Health Insurance. Though attention been devoted economics universal coverage less paid other potential challenges, in particular important role played by clinicians tasked with implementing reforms. However, historical comparative...
Intersectionality is a useful lens to understand how inequities in health develop and are experienced. both theory methodological approach that demonstrates overlaying social stratifiers (e.g. gender, ableness, sexual orientation identity) can result mutually enforced vulnerabilities render some groups at an advantage others disadvantage (Bowleg, 2008; Nixon, 2019). For example, as described Crenshaw's (1989) work, the experience of Black women not wholly captured by being or woman alone....
To investigate how acceptable and feasible a school-based contraceptive clinic (SBCC) would be in low-income South African community.Teenage pregnancy is an important issue Africa, with significant health social consequences. Issues regarding lack of confidentiality intimate community, unwelcoming workers, long distances to clinics perceptions side effects may all inhibit use by adolescents. Although SBCC has been initiated investigated other countries, this approach inadequately researched...
When new evidence comes to light, it compels us contemplate the implications of such for health policy and practice. This article examines recent research on prevalence asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in South Africa considers Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP). RHD is still a major burden developing countries, elimination this preventable condition ranks high among World Heart Federation goals. If left untreated, becomes chronic that individuals have cope with into their...
Rates of obesity and related non-communicable diseases are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, associated with sub-optimal diet physical inactivity. Implementing evidence-based interventions targeting determinants unhealthy eating inactivity children adolescents' immediate environments is critical to fight against diseases. Setting priorities requires a wide range stakeholders, methods, context-specific data. This paper reports novel participatory study design identify address contextual...
Maternal and child health is a priority for most governments, especially those in low middle-income countries (LMICs), due to high mortality rates. The combination of individual social actions designed gain political commitment, policy support acceptance goals are influenced by the interplay between advocates strategies they deploy planning advocating maternal issue. This study aims deepen our understanding how advocacy has setting Nigeria.This mixed method that involved 24 key informant...