African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84866134258	Economic evaluation of task-shifting approaches to the dispensing of anti-retroviral therapy	Foster N., McIntyre D.	2012	Human Resources for Health	10	None	10.1186/1478-4491-10-32	Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Obse...	Foster, N., Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cap...	Background: A scarcity of human resources for health has been identified as one of the primary co...	Anti-retroviral therapy; Pharmaceutical care models; Skills mix; Task-shifting	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907960404	Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in South Africa	Ataguba J.E., Day C., McIntyre D.	2014	PLoS Medicine	11	9	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001686	Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Sout...	Ataguba, J.E., Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of ...	[No abstract available]	None	Article; government; health insurance; health survey; human; monitoring; outcome assessment; pers...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-44649124221	The impact of tobacco advertising bans on consumption in developing countries	Blecher E.	2008	Journal of Health Economics	27	4	10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.02.010	Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, South Af...	Blecher, E., Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7...	Tobacco advertising bans have become commonplace in developed nations but are less prevalent in d...	Advertising bans; Developing countries; Tobacco advertising; Tobacco consumption	advertising; developing world; health policy; tobacco; advertizing; article; cigarette smoking; c...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77953770102	Using mathematical modelling to estimate the impact of periodic presumptive treatment on the tran...	Vickerman P., Ndowa F., O'Farrell N., Steen R., Alary M., Delany-Moretlwe S.	2010	Sexually Transmitted Infections	86	3	10.1136/sti.2008.034678	Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; World...	Vickerman, P., Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United...	Background: In settings with poor sexually transmitted infection (STI) control in high-risk group...	None	article; Chlamydia trachomatis; controlled study; disease transmission; female; Haemophilus ducre...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-71449088918	The impact of a community-based pilot health education intervention for older people as caregiver...	Boon H., Ruiter R.A.C., James S., Van Den Borne B., Williams E., Reddy P.	2009	Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology	24	4	10.1007/s10823-009-9101-2	Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa...	Boon, H., Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, So...	The increasing HIV and AIDS epidemic in South Africa poses a substantial burden to older people, ...	AIDS; Care-giving; HIV; Older people; South Africa	aged; article; attitude to health; caregiver; community care; education; female; health education...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84863739353	Health impact assessment: The state of the art	Harris-Roxas B., Viliani F., Bond A., Cave B., Divall M., Furu P., Harris P., Soeberg M., Wernham...	2012	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	30	1	10.1080/14615517.2012.666035	Health Section Co-Chair, International Association for Impact Assessment, University of New South...	Harris-Roxas, B., Health Section Co-Chair, International Association for Impact Assessment, Unive...	Health impact assessment (HIA) has matured as a form of impact assessment over the past two decad...	health impact assessment; history; international; public health	assessment method; health impact; history; private sector; public health; public sector	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77949381462	International migration of doctors, and its impact on availability of psychiatrists in low and mi...	Jenkins R., Kydd R., Mullen P., Thomson K., Sculley J., Kuper S., Carroll J., Gureje O., Hatcher ...	2010	PLoS ONE	5	2	10.1371/journal.pone.0009049	Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College Londo...	Jenkins, R., Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's ...	Background:Migration of health professionals from low and middle income countries to rich countri...	None	Afghanistan; article; Australia; Bangladesh; clinical trial; controlled study; data base; Egypt; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883116620	Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South...	Leon N., Lewin S., Mathews C.	2013	Implementation Science	8	1	10.1186/1748-5908-8-97	Health Systems Research Unit (HSRU), Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), P.O. Box 190...	Leon, N., Health Systems Research Unit (HSRU), Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), P....	Background: Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) increases HIV testing rates in ...	Normalisation process model; Process evaluation; Qualitative method; Routine 'opt-out' HIV testin...	article; counseling; evaluation study; health care personnel; human; Human immunodeficiency virus...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77249152799	The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually t...	Leon N., Naidoo P., Mathews C., Lewin S., Lombard C.	2010	Implementation Science	5	1	10.1186/1748-5908-5-8	Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), Cape Town, South Af...	Leon, N., Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), Cape Town...	Background: The effectiveness of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) for patient...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84925459895	First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmissi...	Goga A.E., Dinh T.-H., Jackson D.J., Lombard C., Delaney K.P., Puren A., Sherman G., Woldesenbet ...	2015	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	69	3	10.1136/jech-2014-204535	Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Pa...	Goga, A.E., Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, Depa...	Background: There is a paucity of data on the national population-level effectiveness of preventi...	None	blood; breastfeeding; disease prevalence; disease transmission; human immunodeficiency virus; nat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84872674698	"it's important to take your medication everyday okay?" An evaluation of counselling by lay couns...	Dewing S., Mathews C., Schaay N., Cloete A., Louw J., Simbayi L.	2013	AIDS and Behavior	17	1	10.1007/s10461-012-0211-4	Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P. O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, Cape Town 750...	Dewing, S., Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P. O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, C...	There is growing interest in standard care programmes for antiretroviral (ARV) adherence support....	Antiretroviral adherence support; Counselling; Egan's skilled helper model; Standard care	anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; article; directive counseling; evaluation; female; human...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77954539961	Selective oxidation of p-cymene catalyzed by VPO catalyst: Process performance and kinetics studies	Makgwane P.R., Harmse N.I., Ferg E.E., Zeelie B.	2010	Chemical Engineering Journal	162	1	10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.016	InnoVenton: NMMU Institute of Chemical Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. B...	Makgwane, P.R., InnoVenton: NMMU Institute of Chemical Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Un...	The catalyzed liquid phase oxidation process of p-cymene to tertiary cymene hydroperoxide (TCHP) ...	Kinetics; Liquid phase oxidation; P-cymene; Tertiary cymene hydroperoxide; Vanadium phosphate	Hydroperoxides; Liquid-phase oxidation; p-Cymene; Vanadium phosphate; Vanadium phosphates; Batch ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-40149106819	Traditional circumcision during manhood initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: A p...	Peltzer K., Nqeketo A., Petros G., Kanta X.	2008	BMC Public Health	8	None	10.1186/1471-2458-8-64	Health Systems Research Unit, Social Aspect of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Counc...	Peltzer, K., Health Systems Research Unit, Social Aspect of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences R...	Background. Circumcisions undertaken in non-clinical settings can have significant risks of serio...	None	adolescent; adult; article; circumcision; controlled study; demography; health behavior; health p...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899582010	Association between health systems performance and treatment outcomes in patients co-infected wit...	Loveday M., Padayatchi N., Wallengren K., Roberts J., Brust J.C.M., Ngozo J., Master I., Voce A.	2014	PLoS ONE	9	4	10.1371/journal.pone.0094016	Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Ce...	Loveday, M., Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Sou...	Objective: To improve the treatment of MDR-TB and HIV co-infected patients, we investigated the r...	None	article; case study; clinical handover; comparative study; controlled study; data collection meth...	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; K23AI083088, NIAID, National Institute of ...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938553397	Improving treatment adherence for blood pressure lowering via mobile phone SMS-messages in South ...	Leon N., Surender R., Bobrow K., Muller J., Farmer A.	2015	BMC Family Practice	16	1	10.1186/s12875-015-0289-7	Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Fransie Van Zyl Drive P.O. ...	Leon, N., Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Fransie Van Zyl D...	Background: Effective use of proven treatments for high blood pressure, a preventable health risk...	Adherence; Blood pressure treatment; Hypertension; low-and middle-income countries primary-care; ...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84866166515	The Long-Term Fertility Impact of the Navrongo Project in Northern Ghana	Phillips J.F., Jackson E.F., Bawah A.A., Macleod B., Adongo P., Baynes C., Williams J.	2012	Studies in Family Planning	43	3	10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00316.x	Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia U...	Phillips, J.F., Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public He...	This study assesses the long-term fertility impact of the Community Health and Family Planning Pr...	None	demographic transition; family planning; fertility; adolescent; adult; article; attitude to healt...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-41949114832	China & India as Africa's new donors: The impact of aid on development	McCormick D.	2008	Review of African Political Economy	35	1	10.1080/03056240802011501	Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya	McCormick, D., Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya	Using a two-analytical framework and drawing on a wide range of secondary data, this article atte...	None	aid dependency; aid flow; analytical framework; conditionality; development aid; international ai...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930034731	Determining need for hospitalisation: Evaluation of the utility of the CRB-65 score in patients w...	Kabundji D.M., Musekiwa A., Mukansi M., Feldman C.	2014	South African Medical Journal	104	11	10.7196/SAMJ.8150	Helen Joseph Hospital and Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Universi...	Kabundji, D.M., Helen Joseph Hospital and Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Me...	Background. The CRB-65 severity of illness score, used for assessing patients with community-acqu...	None	adult; aged; Article; community acquired pneumonia; CRB 65 score; emergency ward; female; hospita...	None	View
WoS	WOS:000260974800015	Evaluating a school-based trachoma curriculum in Tanzania	Courtright, Paul,Geneau, Robert,Lewallen, Susan,MacArthur, Chad,Massae, Patrick,Somba, Margareth,...	2008	HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH	23	6	10.1093/her/cym097	Helen Keller Int, Tumaini Univ KCMC	None	Trachoma remains a public health problem in a number of sub-Saharan Africa countries; behavioral ...	,"ACTIVE TRACHOMA","BLINDING TRACHOMA",IMPACT,STRATEGY,VIETNAM	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84871659598	Impact of short-term antiretroviral therapy (START) on some fibrinolytic markers in HIV-infected ...	Jeremiah Z.A., Obazee Y., Okogun G.R., Adias T.C., Mgbere O., Essien E.J.	2012	HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care	4	None	10.2147/HIV.S29027	Hematology and Blood Transfusion Science Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College...	Jeremiah, Z.A., Hematology and Blood Transfusion Science Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory S...	Background: Derangement in fibrinolytic markers can result in thrombosis and cardiovascular probl...	D-dimer; Fibrinolytic markers; PAI-1; START study; t-PA	antiretrovirus agent; D dimer; plasminogen activator inhibitor 1; tissue plasminogen activator; a...	None	View

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