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Corrigendum: Retention of service users on opioid substitution therapy in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary …
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Final-year medical students’ reflections on types of significant events in primary care
BACKGROUND: Adverse events are considered a universal challenge and a burden in the provision of healthcare. For that reason, significant …
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Self-care behaviours and practices of professional nurses working in primary health care clinics
BACKGROUND: Historically, the nursing profession focused on caring for patients, families and communities but neglected aspects of self-care. Self-care is …
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Validation of the Child-Oral-Health-Impact-Profile among adolescents in Johannesburg: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQol) is described as the effect of oral conditions on the overall functioning and …
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Acknowledgement to reviewers
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Availability, stock levels and usage of In-vitro diagnostics in the Bono region, Ghana: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests play essential roles in diagnosis, surveillance, and disease management in health settings. Nevertheless, implementation challenges …
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School-based healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa: When there’s a will, there’s a way
South African secondary schools do not deliver school-based healthcare services despite high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, sexually …
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Maladaptive behaviours of maternal orphans in high schools of Tshwane North of Gauteng, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Some orphaned adolescents find it difficult to cope and adjust to the loss of a mother. Studies to explore …
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Development of a pain self-management intervention framework for people with spinal cord injury
BACKGROUND: Pain is the most common reason for medical visits to primary health care practitioners. Pain self-management interventions are encouraged …
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Exploring the culturally sensitive sexual and reproductive health information communication skill needs of parents in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Parents play a vital role in the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents. Parents' communication with their adolescents …
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Healthcare workers’ perceptions of sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern Cape
BACKGROUND: The South African government implemented lockdown restrictions in order to prevent the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome …
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Are outpatient costs for hypertension and diabetes care affordable? Evidence from Western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Diabetes and hypertension pose a significant socio-economic burden in developing countries such as Kenya, where financial risk-protection mechanisms remain …
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The state of health and health services in Sudan as a result of the war
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Knowledge and attitudes of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among nurses in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown efficacy and effectiveness in populations who practise high-risk sexual activity. …
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Opportunities for primary health care in South Africa – Reflections from the USA
The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary …
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Epidemiology and demographics of head and neck cancer in Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: Low- to middle-income countries account for 70% of global cancer deaths. Evidence of the changing prevalence of head and …
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Antibiotic prescription among children with common cold at a district hospital in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Most childhood infections are of viral origin making antibiotics unnecessary. They are, however, the most frequently prescribed drugs dispensed …
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Book Review of South African Family Practice Manual: 4th edition
The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary …
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Primary health care providers’ views on managing substance use among people living with HIV
BACKGROUND: The growing culture of substance use among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) is a serious threat to …
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Daily living activities’ performance by male diabetics with sexual dysfunction in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction (SD) is a common complication among men living with diabetes (MLWD), which adds to stresses induced by …