Browsing by Author "Karen Hofman"
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Item Addressing the unmet needs for improved maternal and child nutrition: Qualitative insights from community-based organisations in urban South Africa(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD) Agnes Erzse; Christopher Desmond; Karen Hofman; Mary Barker; Nicola ChristofidesItem Addressing unmet social needs for improved maternal and child nutrition Qualitative insights from communitybased organisations in urban South Africa(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD) Agnes Erzse; Christopher Desmond; Karen Hofman; Mary Barker; Nicola ChristofidesItem Beverage industrys advertising expenditures and airtimes in South Africa from 2013 to 2019 target children and familiesMicheal Boachie; Susan Goldstein; Petronell Kruger; S Wen Ng; Karen Hofman; Masedikwe ThsehlaItem A costeffectiveness analysis of a South African pregnancy support grant(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD) Aisha Moolla; Winfrida Mdewa; Agnes Erzse; Karen Hofman; Masedikwe Thsehla; Susan Goldstein; Ciaran Kohli-LynchItem Defining and conceptualising the commercial determinants of health(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC) Anna Gilmore; A Fabbri; F Baum; Adam Bertscher; Agnes Erzse; Karen Hofman; Safura Abdool Karim; E et alItem Deliberative engagement methods on health care prioritysetting in a rural South African communityAviva Tugendhaft; Karen Hofman; Marion Danis; Kathleen Kahn; Agnes Erzse; Rhian Twine; Marthe Gold; Nicola ChristofidesItem Developing and piloting a contextspecified ethics framework for health technology assessment the South African Values and Ethics for Universal Health Coverage approachC B Krubiner; N W Barsdorf; Susan Goldstein; Atiya Mosam; S Potgieter; M J DiStefano; Aviva Tugendhaft; E et al; Karen HofmanItem Essential health services delivery in South Africa during COVID-19: Community and healthcare worker perspectives(2022-12-08) Samanta T. Lalla-Edward; Atiya Mosam; Jennifer Hove; Agnes Erzse; Teurai Rwafa-Ponela; Jessica Price; Athini Nyatela; Sizwe Nqakala; Kathleen Kahn; Stephen Tollman; Karen Hofman; Susan GoldsteinBackground: Between May 2020 and February 2022, South Africa’s health system bore strain as it battled mitigating the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s pandemic response was scrutinized. This period also brought into focus pre-existing shortcomings in the healthcare system and its governing bodies. Contextually, there is a paucity in literature on the experiences of healthcare providers and users. This study aimed to contribute information on COVID-19, with the intention of providing guidance on preparing for future infectious disease outbreaks. Methods: Cross sectional exploratory qualitative methodology was employed using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with community members (CM) and healthcare workers (HCW) from two South African study sites: (a) rural Bushbuckridge (run by Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance Site) and (b), Regions D and F in Johannesburg Metropole. Results: After interviewing 42 CMs and 43 HCWs, it emerged that mandated process changes while minimizing COVID-19 exposure, necessitated healthcare personnel focusing on critical care treatment at the expense of less acute ones. COVID-19 isolation protocols, extensive absenteeism and HCWs with advanced skills being perceived as more adept to treat COVID-19 patients contributed to HCWs experiencing higher workloads. Fears regarding contracting and transmitting COVID-19, suering financial losses, and not being able to provide adequate advice to patients were recurrent themes. Dissemination of relevant information among healthcare facility personnel and communities suered due to breakdowns in communication. Conclusion: Concessions and novel strategies to avail medication to patients had to be created. Since providence was lacking, government needs to formulate health intervention strategies that embrace health literacy, alternate methods of chronic medication dispensation, improved communication across health care platforms and the use of telehealth, to circumvent the threats of possible further infectious disease outbreaks.Item Evidence for high sugar content of baby foods in South AfricaNicola Marais; Nicola Christofides; Agnes Erzse; Karen HofmanItem Extended costeffectiveness analysis of interventions to improve uptake of diabetes services in South Africa(OXFORD UNIV PRESS) Heather Fraser; I Feldhaus; Ijeoma Edoka; Alisha Wade; Ciaran Kohli-Lynch; Karen Hofman; Stephane VerguetItem Facility standards and the quality of public sector primary care Evidence from South Africas Ideal Clinics programNicholas Stacey; Andrew Mirelman; Noemi Kreif; Marc Suhrcke; Karen Hofman; Ijeoma EdokaItem Identifying pregnant and postpartum women's priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa(BIOMED CENTRAL LTD) Agnes Erzse; Christopher Desmond; Karen Hofman; Mary Barker; Nicola ChristofidesItem Investing in school systems conceptualising returns on investment across the health education and social protection sectorsS Verguet; P Gautam; I Ali; S Husain; Agnes Erzse; Karen Hofman; E et alItem Mens motivations barriers to and aspirations for their families health in the first 1000 days in subSaharan Africa a secondary qualitative analysisD Watson; S Chatio; M Barker; P Boua; Agnes Erzse; Karen Hofman; Shane Norris; E et alItem Moving towards social inclusion Engaging rural voices in priority setting for health(WILEY-BLACKWELL) Aviva Tugendhaft; Nicola Christofides; N Stacey; Kathleen Kahn; Agnes Erzse; M Danis; M Gold; Karen HofmanItem Moving towards social inclusion Engaging rural voices in priority setting for healthAviva Tugendhaft; Nicola Christofides; N Stacey; Kathleen Kahn; Agnes Erzse; M Danis; M Gold; Karen HofmanItem Nutritionrelated noncommunicable disease and sugarsweetened beverage policies a landscape analysis in KenyaM Wanjohi; A Thow; Safura Abdool Karim; G Asiki; Agnes Erzse; F Mohamed; E et al.; Karen HofmanItem Participatory prioritisation of interventions to improve primary school food environments in Gauteng South Africa(BIOMED CENTRAL LTD) Agnes Erzse; S Karim; Teurai Rwafa; Petronell Kruger; Karen Hofman; L Foley; T Oni; Susan GoldsteinItem The passage and implementation of a Health Promotion Levy in South Africa as a case study of fair financing procedures(OXFORD UNIV PRESS) Petronell Kruger; Susan Goldstein; Karen HofmanItem Public health response to ultraprocessed food and drinksJ Adams; Karen Hofman; JC Moubarac; AM Thow