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Journal articles
2024, 'Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Intervention among Male Learners in a South African High School', Healthcare (Switzerland), 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12131350
,2024, 'Correction to: Development, Objectives and Operation of Return-of-Service Bursary Schemes as an Investment to Build Health Workforce Capacity in South Africa: A Multi-Methods Study (Healthcare, (2023), 11, 21, (2821), 10.3390/healthcare11212821)', Healthcare (Switzerland), 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070723
,2024, 'Exploring the Information Sources Consulted by Doctors at the Point of Care in Four Selected South African Referral Hospitals', Healthcare (Switzerland), 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010008
,2023, 'A cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes, barriers and practices of cervical cancer screening among nurses in selected hospitals in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', BMC Women's Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02251-0
,2023, 'Development, Objectives and Operation of Return-of-Service Bursary Schemes as an Investment to Build Health Workforce Capacity in South Africa: A Multi-Methods Study', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212821
,2023, 'Effectiveness of return-of-service schemes for human resources for health retention: a retrospective cohort study of four Southern African countries', BMJ Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013687
,2023, 'How Were Return-of-Service Schemes Developed and Implemented in Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho?', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101512
,2023, 'Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Sex Workers of Three South African Towns towards Female Condom Use and Contraceptives', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11091271
,2023, 'Protocol for exploring the use of hospitals as a learning organisation: a cross-sectional study in South Africa's Eastern Cape province', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063208
,2023, 'Causes of Moderate and Severe Anaemia in a High-HIV and TB-Prevalent Adult Population in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043584
,2023, 'Effect of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Education Intervention on HPV Knowledge and Awareness Among High School Learners in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa', Journal of Cancer Education, 38, pp. 146 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02090-3
,2023, 'Knowledge on Cervical Cancer Services and Associated Risk Factors by Health Workers in the Eastern Cape Province', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030325
,2023, 'Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of return-of-service bursary schemes for health workforce capacity: a qualitative study of Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini', BMJ Public Health, 1, pp. e000142 - e000142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000142
,2022, 'Factors influencing the information behaviour of doctors and nurses in South Africa's Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Northern Cape provinces: A survey study protocol', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061449
,2022, 'Are return-of-service bursaries an effective investment to build health workforce capacity? A qualitative study of key South African policymakers', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000309
,2022, 'Protocol of mixed-methods assessment of demographic, epidemiological and clinical profile of decentralised patients with cancer at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and Rob Ferreira Hospital, South Africa', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054983
,2022, 'Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, pp. 2946, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052946
,2022, 'Model of delivery of cancer care in South Africa's Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces: A situational analysis protocol', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e058377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058377
,2022, 'Governance systems for skilled health worker migration, their public value and competing priorities: an interpretive scoping review', Global Health Action, 15, pp. 2013600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.2013600
,2022, 'Lifestyle determinants of diabetes mellitus amongst people living with HIV in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa', African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3256
,2022, 'Microbiological and behavioral determinants of genital HPV infections among adolescent girls and young women warrant the need for targeted policy interventions to reduce HPV risk', Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2022.887736
,2022, 'Perceptions and knowledge of school management teams about non-communicable diseases and strategies to prevent them', Health SA Gesondheid, 27, pp. 1781, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1781
,2022, 'Perceptions of school management on the relationship between school nutrition and development of non-communicable diseases in a rural South African district: A qualitative study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, pp. 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010432
,2022, 'Simulated tele-management for teaching medical students on primary health care managerial decision making', Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 83, pp. 313 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v83i4.23116
,2021, 'Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 12541, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312541
,2021, 'Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province', BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05744-7
,2021, 'Performance-based incentives and community health workers’ outputs, a systematic review', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 99, pp. 805 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.285218
,2021, 'High human papillomavirus prevalence among females attending high school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0253074, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253074
,2021, 'Evaluation of the alignment of policies and practices for state-sponsored educational initiatives for sustainable health workforce solutions in selected Southern African countries: A protocol, multimethods study', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e046379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046379
,2021, 'Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.', BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05744-7
,2021, 'Barriers to the Implementation of the HIV Universal Test and Treat Strategy in Selected Primary Care Facilities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province', Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 12, pp. 21501327211028706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21501327211028706
,2021, 'Doctors’ practice and attitudes towards red blood cell transfusion at Mthatha Regional Hospital, Eastern Cape, South Africa: A mixed methods study', African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 13, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/PHCFM.V13I1.2889
,2020, 'The association between HIV tri-therapy with the development of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in a rural South African District: A case-control study', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0244067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244067
,2020, 'Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-36743/v2
,2020, 'Reformulation and strengthening of return-of-service (ROS) schemes could change the narrative on global health workforce distribution and shortages in sub-Saharan Africa', Family medicine and community health, 8, pp. e000498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2020-000498
,2020, 'Socio-demographic associations of HIV among antenatal care attendees in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa's Eastern Cape province', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-36743/v1
,2020, 'Rapid testing for respiratory syncytial virus in a resource-limited paediatric intensive care setting', African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 9, pp. 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/AJLM.V9I1.1084
,2018, 'Prevalence and determinants of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a rural South African central hospital in the Eastern Cape', Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 33, pp. 89 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v33i4.155
,2018, 'Prevalence and determinants of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a rural South African central hospital in the Eastern Cape', Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 33, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23120053.2018.1462560
,2018, 'An evaluation of the role of an intermediate care facility in the continuum of care in Western Cape, South Africa', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7, pp. 167 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.52
,2017, 'The effect of the Xpert MTB/RIF test on the time to MDR-TB treatment initiation in a rural setting: A cohort study in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2200-8
,2017, 'Undiagnosed tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection who present with severe anaemia at a district hospital', African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 9, pp. 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1406
,2015, 'Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005314.pub3
,2009, 'Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005314.pub2
,2005, 'Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in under-served communities', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005314
,Conference Papers
2018, '490 Tb treatment outcomes in mine health facilities south africa 2015 -2018: preliminary findings', in Health Services Research, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A181.3 - A182, presented at 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.512
,Preprints
2024, Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV preven-tion intervention among male learners in a South African high school, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0533.v1
,2023, Running Return of Service Schemes in Southern Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0806.v1
,2022, Factors Associated with Treatment Outcomes among Patients Living with HIV and Hypertension Comorbidity in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0496.v1
,2022, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of sex workers of three South African towns towards female condom use and contraceptives, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1587013/v1
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