Search Results - "van der Merwe, Maria"

Evaluating the Pharmacoeconomic Impact of Nutrient Supplementation Post-operatively on Patients Receiving Roux-Y Gastric Bypass vs. Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch by van Vollenstee, Fiona A., van der Merwe, Maria T.

“…Background Without the needed medical support, bariatric surgery can be associated with post-operative malnutrition and associated nutrient deficiencies. We…”
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Allelic variants of the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene in a South African study group by Logan, Murray, Van der Merwe, Maria‐Teresa, Dodgen, Tyren M., Myburgh, Renier, Eloff, Arinda, Alessandrini, Marco, Pepper, Michael S.

“…Obesity is a global epidemic that results in significant morbidity and mortality. Mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene, which codes for a…”
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Baseline patient profiling and three-year outcome data after metabolic surgery at a South African centre of excellence by van der Merwe, Maria-Terésa, Fetter, Gary, Naidoo, Sudha, Wilson, Renata, Drabble, Nicola, Gonçalves, David, Mahomedy, Zubeida

“…The bariatric team at Waterfall City Hospital in Gauteng has performed 820 metabolic surgeries under the guidance of an extended team, and with comprehensive…”
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Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa by Witter, Sophie, van der Merwe, Maria, Twine, Rhian, Mabetha, Denny, Hove, Jennifer, Tollman, Stephen M, D'Ambruoso, Lucia

“…Decentralised and evidence-informed health systems rely on managers and practitioners at all levels having sufficient 'decision space' to make timely locally…”
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Lessons from community participation in primary health care and water resource governance in South Africa: a narrative review by Hove, Jennifer, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Kahn, Kathleen, Witter, Sophie, van der Merwe, Maria, Mabetha, Denny, Tembo, Kingsley, Twine, Rhian

“…In South Africa, community participation has been embraced through the development of progressive policies to address past inequities. However, limited…”
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Early detection of developmental delays in vulnerable children by community care workers using an mHealth tool by van der Merwe, Maria N., Mosca, Renata, Swanepoel, De Wet, Glascoe, Frances P., van der Linde, Jeannie

“…Developmental delays are increasing worldwide, as a result of exposure to environmental risk factors. Early detection services are often inaccessible in low-…”
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Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district by D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Abruquah, Nana Akua, Mabetha, Denny, van der Merwe, Maria, Goosen, Gerhard, Sigudla, Jerry, Witter, Sophie

“…Abstract Background While integral to decentralising health reforms, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in South Africa experience many challenges. During…”
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Realising radical potential: building community power in primary health care through Participatory Action Research by Mabetha, Denny, Ojewola, Temitope, van der Merwe, Maria, Mabika, Reflect, Goosen, Gerhard, Sigudla, Jerry, Hove, Jennifer, Witter, Sophie, D'Ambruoso, Lucia

“…While community participation is an established pro-equity approach in Primary Health Care (PHC), it can take many forms, and the central category of power is…”
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Correction: Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district by D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Abruquah, Nana Akua, Mabetha, Denny, van der Merwe, Maria, Goosen, Gerhard, Sigudla, Jerry, Witter, Sophie

“…Correction: Human Resources for Health (2023) 21:66 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00853-1 Following publication of the original article [1], an error was…”
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Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity of Landfill Waste Pickers by Swart, Elizabeth C, van der Merwe, Maria, Williams, Joy, Blaauw, Frederick, Viljoen, Jacoba M M, Schenck, Catherina J

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the nutritional status, dietary intake and dietary diversity of waste pickers in South Africa, a…”
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Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR) programme in Mpumalanga, South Africa: protocol for evaluation by Witter, Sophie, Van Der Merwe, Maria, Twine, Rhian, Mabetha, Denny, Hove, Jennifer, Goosen, Gerhard, D’Ambruoso, Lucia

“…IntroductionThere is a growing recognition of the importance of developing learning health systems which can engage all stakeholders in cycles of evidence…”
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Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary healthcare in Mpumalanga, South Africa by van der Merwe, Maria, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Witter, Sophie, Twine, Rhian, Mabetha, Denny, Hove, Jennifer, Byass, Peter, Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen

“…Frontline managers and health service providers are constrained in many contexts from responding to community priorities due to organizational cultures focused…”
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Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process by Oladeinde, Oladapo, Mabetha, Denny, Twine, Rhian, Hove, Jennifer, Van Der Merwe, Maria, Byass, Peter, Witter, Sophie, Kahn, Kathleen, D'Ambruoso, Lucia

“…Background: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse is a major public health challenge disproportionately affecting marginalised communities. Involving communities…”
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Refining circumstances of mortality categories (COMCAT): a verbal autopsy model connecting circumstances of deaths with outcomes for public health decision-making by D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Price, Jessica, Cowan, Eilidh, Goosen, Gerhard, Fottrell, Edward, Herbst, Kobus, van der Merwe, Maria, Sigudla, Jerry, Davies, Justine, Kahn, Kathleen

“…Recognising that the causes of over half the world's deaths pass unrecorded, the World Health Organization (WHO) leads development of Verbal Autopsy (VA): a…”
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Developing stakeholder participation to address lack of safe water as a community health concern in a rural province in South Africa by Hove, Jennifer, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Twine, Rhian, Mabetha, Denny, van der Merwe, Maria, Mtungwa, Ishmael, Khoza, Sonto, Kahn, Kathleen, Witter, Sophie

“…Despite legislative and policy commitments to participatory water governance in South Africa, and some remarkable achievements, there has been limited progress…”
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Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining health surveillance with local knowledge to improve rural primary health care in South Africa by Cowan, Eilidh, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, van der Merwe, Maria, Witter, Sophie, Byass, Peter, Ameh, Soter, Wagner, Ryan G., Twine, Rhian

“…Background: NCDs are non-infectious, long-term conditions that account for 40 million deaths per annum. 87% of premature NCD mortality occurs in low- and…”
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Enhancing the value of mortality data for health systems: adding Circumstances Of Mortality CATegories (COMCATs) to deaths investigated by verbal autopsy by Hussain-Alkhateeb, Laith, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen, Van Der Merwe, Maria, Twine, Rhian, Schiöler, Linus, Petzold, Max, Byass, Peter

“…Half of the world's deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy…”
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Metabolic Response to a Mixed Meal in Obese and Lean Women from Two South African Populations by Punyadeera, Chamindie, Crowther, Nigel J., Merwe, Maria‐Terésa, Toman, Marketa, Immelman, Andrew Ronnie, Schlaphoff, Glen P., Gray, Ian Peter

“…Objective: Lower lipid and insulin levels are found during a glucose‐tolerance test in obese black than obese white South African women. Therefore, β‐cell…”
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Initiating a participatory action research process in the Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance site by Wariri, Oghenebrume, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Twine, Rhian, Ngobeni, Sizzy, van der Merwe, Maria, Spies, Barry, Kahn, Kathleen, Tollman, Stephen, Wagner, Ryan G, Byass, Peter

“…Despite progressive health policy, disease burdens in South Africa remain patterned by deeply entrenched social inequalities. Accounting for the relationships…”
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'Voice needs teeth to have bite'! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa by D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Mabetha, Denny, Twine, Rhian, van der Merwe, Maria, Hove, Jennifer, Goosen, Gerhard, Sigudla, Jerry, Witter, Sophie

“…There is limited operational understanding of multisectoral action in health inclusive of communities as active change agents. The objectives were to: (a)…”
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