• Body-image perception and dissatisfaction: acknowledging the sociocultural factors of obesity in South Africa 

  Mchiza, Z.J.; Labadarios, D.; Parker, W.; Bikitsha, N. (2016-09-28)
• Exclusive breastfeeding and cognition, executive function, and behavioural disorders in primary school-aged children in rural South Africa: a cohort analysis 

  Rochat, T.J.; Houle, B.; Stein, A.; Coovadia, H.; Coutsoudis, A.; Desmond, C.; Newell, M-L.; Bland, R.M. (2016-09-06)

  Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is associated with early child health; its longer-term benefits for child development remain inconclusive. We examine the associations between EBF, HIV exposure, and other maternal/child factors ...
• The Amagugu intervention: a conceptual framework for increasing HIV disclosure and parent-led communication about health among HIV-infected parents with HIV-uninfected primary school-aged children 

  Rochat, T.J.; Mitchell, J.; Stein, A.; Mkwanazi, N.B.; Bland, R.M. (2016-09-06)

  Advances in access to HIV prevention and treatment have reduced vertical transmission of HIV, with most children born to HIV-infected parents being HIV-uninfected themselves. A major challenge that HIV-infected parents ...
• Intimate partner violence, HIV, and mental health: a triple epidemic of global proportions 

  Mitchell, J.; Wight, M.; Van Heerden, A.; Rochat, T.J. (2016-09-19)

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global health problem of epidemic proportions, affecting a third of women across the globe and as many as 60% in heavily affected regions of Africa. There is strong evidence that risk ...
• The role of traditional health practitioners in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific? 

  Zuma, T.; Wight, D.; Rochat, T.; Moshabela, M. (2016-09-19)

  Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent. However, many studies have challenged the role of THPs ...

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