Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting
- Kaswa, Ramprakash, Govender, Indiran, Rangiah, Selvandran, Nzaumvila, Doudou
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash , Govender, Indiran , Rangiah, Selvandran , Nzaumvila, Doudou
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Obesity Malnutrition Dietary supplements Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7260 , vital:53106 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337"
- Description: In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa. Keywords: obesity; severe acute malnutrition; individual factors; community level factors; dietary intervention.
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- Date Issued: 2021
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash , Govender, Indiran , Rangiah, Selvandran , Nzaumvila, Doudou
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Obesity Malnutrition Dietary supplements Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7260 , vital:53106 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337"
- Description: In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa. Keywords: obesity; severe acute malnutrition; individual factors; community level factors; dietary intervention.
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- Date Issued: 2021
Primary healthcare approach to substance abuse management
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Substance abuse Diseases Primary health care Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7259 , vital:53104 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5307"
- Description: Substance abuse is common amongst patients attending primary healthcare settings. Despite the substantial impact on one’s health, substance abuse is often underdiagnosed by primary care providers owing to a lack of training and time for screening. Self-reported screening tools are easy to administer and efficient to make a substance abuse diagnosis in primary care settings. Comorbid mental illness and intimate partner violence are common amongst patients presenting with substance abuse in primary care. An early diagnosis and a brief behavioural change counselling are effective in managing substance abuse before it develops into dependency. A brief motivational communication rather than a confrontation during substance abuse screening, counselling and treatment is important to achieve optimum patient outcomes. Keywords: substance abuse; primary healthcare setting; screening tools; brief behavioural change counselling; co-morbidity
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- Date Issued: 2021
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Substance abuse Diseases Primary health care Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7259 , vital:53104 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5307"
- Description: Substance abuse is common amongst patients attending primary healthcare settings. Despite the substantial impact on one’s health, substance abuse is often underdiagnosed by primary care providers owing to a lack of training and time for screening. Self-reported screening tools are easy to administer and efficient to make a substance abuse diagnosis in primary care settings. Comorbid mental illness and intimate partner violence are common amongst patients presenting with substance abuse in primary care. An early diagnosis and a brief behavioural change counselling are effective in managing substance abuse before it develops into dependency. A brief motivational communication rather than a confrontation during substance abuse screening, counselling and treatment is important to achieve optimum patient outcomes. Keywords: substance abuse; primary healthcare setting; screening tools; brief behavioural change counselling; co-morbidity
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- Date Issued: 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing HIV care: A case report
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- HIV (Viruses) Diseases Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7291 , vital:53107 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5344"
- Description: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an enormous impact on the provision of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services amongst people living with HIV. Many people have adopted different health-seeking behaviour in alignment with the lockdown provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These lockdown regulations have had a huge impact on healthcare access for people on chronic medication. The disruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has a profound effect on HIV-associated morbidity and mortality. The impact on HIV programmes as a result of the interruption in ART could be bigger than the HIV pandemic alone. Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; HIV; ART; lockdown; morbidity and mortality.
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- Date Issued: 2021
- Authors: Kaswa, Ramprakash
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- HIV (Viruses) Diseases Article
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7291 , vital:53107 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5344"
- Description: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an enormous impact on the provision of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services amongst people living with HIV. Many people have adopted different health-seeking behaviour in alignment with the lockdown provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These lockdown regulations have had a huge impact on healthcare access for people on chronic medication. The disruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has a profound effect on HIV-associated morbidity and mortality. The impact on HIV programmes as a result of the interruption in ART could be bigger than the HIV pandemic alone. Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; HIV; ART; lockdown; morbidity and mortality.
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- Date Issued: 2021
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