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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with several cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cancers, and other selected health conditions. Objectives.
D Bradshaw, J D Joubert, N Abdelatief, A Cois, E B Turawa, O F Awotiwon, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, R Pacella, V Pillay van-Wyk   +9 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is the most important contributor to atherosclerosis, a causal factor for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and ischaemic stroke.
I Neethling, N Peer, A Cois, B Nojilana, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay van-Wyk   +6 more
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Development of a measure of caregiver burden in paediatric chronic kidney disease: the Paediatric Renal Caregiver Burden Scale [PDF]

, 2014
To inform the development of a measure of caregiver burden for carers of children with chronic kidney disease, interviews were conducted with 16 caregivers and 10 renal healthcare professionals. A pool of 97 items generated from interviews was reduced to
Holttum, S., Horthi, D., Marks, S., Parham, R., Jacyna, N., Camic, P.   +5 more
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Rapid mortality surveillance using a national population register to monitor excess deaths during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Africa

Genus, 2021
This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at which the deaths were recorded can be used to monitor excess death during the ...
Rob E. Dorrington, Tom A. Moultrie, Ria Laubscher, Pam J. Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw   +4 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Ongoing quantification of the disease burden attributable to smoking is important to monitor and strengthen tobacco control policies. Objectives.
P Groenewald, R Pacella, F Sitas, O F Awotiwon, N Vellios, C J van Rensburg, S Manda, R Laubscher, B Nojilana, J D Joubert, D Labadarios, L Ayo-Yusuf, R A Roomaney, E B Turawa, I Neethling, N Abdelatif, V Pillay-van Wyk, D Bradshaw   +17 more
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Service delivery models that promote linkages to PrEP for adolescent girls and young women and men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2023
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an emerging biomedical prevention intervention. Documenting PrEP service delivery models (SDMs) that promote linkage to and continuation of PrEP will inform guidelines and maximise roll-out.Objectives To ...
Witness Chirinda, Trisha Ramraj, Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Edward Nicol, Catherine Mathews, Babalwa Zani, Wisdom Basera, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Kim Jonas, Ngcwalisa Jama, Tracy McClinton Appollis, Darshini Govindasamy, Eunice B Turawa   +12 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to iron deficiency in South Africa, 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Worldwide, iron deficiency, and consequent iron-deficiency anaemia, remains the most common nutritional disorder. Iron-deficiency anaemia mostly affects young children and women of reproductive age, especially in Asia and Africa.
O F Awotiwon, A Cois, R Pacella, E B Turawa, M A Dhansay, L Stuijvenberg, D Labadarios, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, B Nojilana, N Abdelatif, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +12 more
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The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Burden of disease studies have been implemented in many countries using the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) to assess major health problems.
Bulzacchelli, Maria T, Bulzacchelli, Maria T., Kreiser, Jessica Gaber, Joshua A Salomon, Hogan Mollie, Niels Tomijima, McKenna, Matthew T., Murray, Christopher, Jessica Gaber Kreiser, Salomon, Joshua A., Ezzati, Majid, McKenna, Matthew T, Christopher JL Murray, Hogan, Mollie, Gaber Kreiser Jessica, Meghna Majmudar, Stephen Begg, Begg Stephen, Maria T Bulzacchelli, Majmudar Meghna, Salomon, Joshua, Murray Christopher JL, Matthew T McKenna, Majid Ezzati, Gaber Kreiser, Jessica, Shahul Ebrahim, Bulzacchelli Maria T, Michaud, Catherine M, Majmudar, Meghna, Mollie Hogan, Ebrahim, Shahul, Michaud, Catherine M ., Catherine M Michaud, Ezzati Majid, Tomijima Niels, Michaud, Catherine, Murray, Christopher J. L., Michaud Catherine M, Tomijima, Niels, Murray, Christopher JL, Salomon, Joshua A, Ebrahim Shahul, Bulzacchelli, Maria, McKenna, Matthew, Begg, Stephen, Salomon Joshua A, McKenna Matthew T   +46 more
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Multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review of prevalence studies

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To review prevalence studies of multimorbidity in South Africa to identify prevalence estimates, common disease clusters and factors associated with multimorbidity.Design Systematic review.Setting South Africa (general community and healthcare
Brian van Wyk, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney   +2 more
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Inequity in the Distribution of Non-Communicable Disease Multimorbidity in Adults in South Africa: An Analysis of Prevalence and Patterns

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: The present study examined the prevalence and patterns of non-communicable disease multimorbidity by wealth quintile among adults in South Africa.Methods: The South African National Income Dynamics Study Wave 5 was conducted in 2017 to ...
R. A. Roomaney, R. A. Roomaney, B. van Wyk, A. Cois, A. Cois, V. Pillay-van Wyk   +5 more
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