Introduction
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) play a crucial role in the control and management of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is essential to understand the factors that influence the utilisation of VCT to
improve ...
Employee engagement is not a new concept and over the years a number of research studies have been conducted on the topic. However, little is known specifically about the factors that young women perceive to affect their ...
Introduction: Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with high-risk Human
Papilloma Virus (HPV) and is a leading cause of cancer deaths in South African women
aged 15-65years. We estimated prevalence of abnormal ...
Worldwide, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV, but only 47% of the people in low- and middle-income countries eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART) were receiving treatment at the end of 2010. The aim ...
Most leading causes of death and disability in developing countries can be prevented,
treated, or at least alleviated with cost effective essential drugs. However, hundreds of
millions of people do not have regular access ...
Introduction: Lead metal toxicity in children is a major public concern internationally.
In South Africa, January 2006 was the date set for the complete phase-out of leaded
petrol, a well known major source of environmental ...
Introduction: The spread and prevalence of the HIV epidemic has resulted in extensive social, cultural and economic consequences in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that about 60% of adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan ...
Introduction
Hookah pipe smoking has experienced a prodigious growth in popularity during the past two decades resulting in the adoption of this centuries old practice by scores of new, and often young, smokers. This ...
Introduction
Low back pain can be influenced by demographic, lifestyle and co-morbid
factors. No studies have been done on the relationship between these factors
and low back pain in hospital employees in South Africa. ...
Background and purpose of research: The number of individuals playing rugby union is increasing every year particularly amongst adolescence at a school level. With the increase in participation an increase in injuries ...
ABSTRACT: Background: Malaria is endemic throughout Ghana and continues to be a major public
health concern especially among pregnant women and children under the age of five. The
Ministry of Health (MoH) estimates that ...
Introduction
This was a secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort of women enrolled in a
phase III microbicide trial between October 2005 and August 2008. The study aimed to
assess the pregnancy incidence rates ...
Background
In 2010, 2.2 million adolescents were living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) worldwide. This study aimed to describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the adolescents (10-19 years ...
Employee engagement is a critical business issue for South Africa if we are to take
this country to the next competitive landscape. South African business has been
mired by negative perception of underperformance and ...
Employee engagement is a critical business issue for South Africa if we are to take
this country to the next competitive landscape. South African business has been
mired by negative perception of underperformance and ...
South Africa has been experiencing a shortage of qualified resources since the
early nineties, particularly in the skilled and professional sector. This study
explores the loss of engineers from the profession within the ...
Aim: to describe the pattern of attendance from patients to the Emergency Department (ED) at Carletonville Hospital and explanations for the pattern.
Methods: The study used a descriptive cross sectional design, exploring ...
Background: HIV/AIDS has been one of the major crises to affect Southern Africa,
particularly Botswana where prevalence rates have reached 37.3% of the adult population
(2003). Due to the difficult working environment ...
This research report determines the dimensions of perceived influencers of
employees in a soft-drink manufacturing company, associated with workplace
HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing (VCT). The relationship ...
The South African food retail sector is extremely competitive, where high
customer churn and pressures on margins are common and are often linked.
Structured marketing efforts such as a customer loyalty programme can ...