Search Results - "Bhana, A"

A group-based counselling intervention for depression comorbid with HIV/AIDS using a task shifting approach in South Africa: A randomized controlled pilot study by Petersen, I, Hanass Hancock, J, Bhana, A, Govender, K

“…Abstract Background Co-morbid depression in HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral (ART) treatment poses a public health threat. It compromises treatment…”
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The Feasibility of Adapted Group-Based Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) for the Treatment of Depression by Community Health Workers Within the Context of Task Shifting in South Africa by Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Baillie, K.

“…Within the context of a large treatment gap for depression and a scarcity of specialist resources, there is a need for task shifting to scale up mental health…”
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Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for common mental disorders in primary healthcare by Petersen, I., Ackerman, D., Ntswe, E., Luvuno, Z.P.B., Grant, M., Mntambo, N., Gigaba, S.G., Bhana, A., Nomathemba, M.

“…Background. Integrating care for common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse into primary healthcare (PHC) should assist in…”
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Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+ adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative investigation by Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Myeza, N., Alicea, S., John, S., Holst, H., McKay, M., Mellins, C.

“…Introduction. While the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa should lead to a reduction in mother to child transmission, mortality and orphaning,…”
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Risk correlates for physical-mental multimorbidities in South Africa: a cross-sectional study by Petersen, I., Rathod, S., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O., Bhana, A.

“…The aim of this study was to identify the risk correlates for coexisting common mental disorders (CMDs) in the chronic care population in South Africa, with…”
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Mental health services in South Africa: taking stock by Lund, C, Petersen, I, Kleintjes, S, Bhana, A

“…There is new policy commitment to mental health in South Africa, demonstrated in the national mental health summit of April 2012. This provides an opportunity…”
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Predictors of receiving a diagnosis, referral and treatment of depression in people on antiretroviral therapy in South African primary care: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised trial by Zani, B., Fairall, L., Petersen, I., Folb, N., Bhana, A., Thornicroft, G., Hanass‐Hancock, J., Lund, C., Bachmann, M.

“…Objective To describe the receipt of a diagnosis, referral and treatment for depression in people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), with depressive…”
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The impact of health programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV. Advances, emerging health challenges and research priorities for children exposed to or living with HIV: Perspectives from South Africa by Goga, A, Slogrove, A, Wedderburn, C J, Feucht, U, Wessels, J, Ramokolo, V, Bhana, A, Du Plessis, N, Green, R J, Pillay, Y, Sherman, G

“…Over the past three decades, tremendous global progress in preventing and treating paediatric HIV infection has been achieved. This paper highlights the…”
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Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM by Lund, C., Alem, A., Schneider, M., Hanlon, C., Ahrens, J., Bandawe, C., Bass, J., Bhana, A., Burns, J., Chibanda, D., Cowan, F., Davies, T., Dewey, M., Fekadu, A., Freeman, M., Honikman, S., Joska, J., Kagee, A., Mayston, R., Medhin, G., Musisi, S., Myer, L., Ntulo, T., Nyatsanza, M., Ofori-Atta, A., Petersen, I., Phakathi, S., Prince, M., Shibre, T., Stein, D. J., Swartz, L., Thornicroft, G., Tomlinson, M., Wissow, L., Susser, E.

“…There is limited evidence on the acceptability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of task-sharing interventions to narrow the treatment gap for mental…”
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Hypoparathyroidism Causing Seizures: When Epilepsy Does Not Fit by Seedat, Faheem, Bhana, Sindeep A., Daya, Reyna

“…A 24-year-old man presented to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital emergency department with recurrent seizures having previously been diagnosed with…”
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Planning for district mental health services in South Africa: a situational analysis of a rural district site by Petersen, Inge, Bhana, Arvin, Campbell-Hall, Victoria, Mjadu, Sithembile, Lund, Crick, Kleintjies, Sharon, Hosegood, Victoria, Flisher, Alan J

“…The shift in emphasis to universal primary health care in post-apartheid South Africa has been accompanied by a process of decentralization of mental health…”
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Characteristics and correlates of alcohol consumption among adult chronic care patients in North West Province, South Africa by Bhana, A, Kathree, T, Petersen, I, Selohilwe, O, Rathod, S D

“…Background. Alcohol consumption patterns in South Africa (SA) tend to be characterised by risky patterns of drinking. Taken together with the large burden of…”
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Mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders in South Africa by Petersen, I, Bhana, A, Swartz, L

“…The need for greater attention to mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders in South Africa is highlighted by the cycle of poverty and…”
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Health priorities in an Australian mining town: an intercept survey by Ellis, I K, Skinner, T C, Bhana, A, Voon, N, Longley, K

“…In developed countries men's health is poorer than women's for a range of key indicators, and being an Indigenous man in Australia widens the gap…”
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HIV+ and HIV- youth living in group homes in South Africa need more psychosocial support by Nestadt, D. F., Alicea, S., Petersen, I., John, S., Myeza, N. P., Nicholas, S. W., Cohen, L. G., Holst, H., Bhana, A., McKay, M. M., Abrams, E. J., Mellins, C. A.

“…Orphans and vulnerable youth who live in group homes are at risk of poor mental health and sexual and drug-using behaviors that increase the risk of HIV…”
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School-based interventions can play a critical role in enhancing children's development and health in the developing world by Cortina, M. A., Kahn, K., Fazel, M., Hlungwani, T., Tollman, S., Bhana, A., Prothrow-Stith, D., Stein, A.

“…Editorial on the value of health promotion activities in the primary school setting, focusing on their contribution to improving health care, nutritional…”
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The development and evaluation of a manualised participatory HIV/AIDS risk reduction programme (Sex and Risk) for tertiary level learners: a pilot study by Petersen, I, Bhagwanjee, A, Bhana, A, Mahintsho, Z

“…This paper reports on a pilot study of the development and evaluation (using outcome and process measures) of a manualised participatory risk reduction…”
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A task shifting approach to primary mental health care for adults in South Africa: human resource requirements and costs for rural settings by Petersen, Inge, Lund, Crick, Bhana, Arvin, Flisher, Alan J

“…Background A recent situational analysis suggests that post-apartheid South Africa has made some gains with respect to the decentralization and integration of…”
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Characteristics and correlates of alcohol consumption among adult chronic care patients in North West Province, South Africa by Bhana, A, Rathod, S.D, Selohilwe, O, Kathree, T, Petersen, I

“…Background. Alcohol consumption patterns in South Africa (SA) tend to be characterised by risky patterns of drinking. Taken together with the large burden of…”
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Associations among adolescent risk behaviours and self-esteem in six domains by Wild, Lauren G., Flisher, Alan J., Bhana, Arvin, Lombard, Carl

“…Background:  This study investigated associations among adolescents’ self‐esteem in 6 domains (peers, school, family, sports/athletics, body image and global…”
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