Global Public Health Feasibility: Digital Dentistry in Geriatric Population by Saleh, Merna Amr

“…By integrating caregiver support, personalized behavioral reminders, educational videos, and proximity-based clinic guidance, the platform not only addresses traditional access barriers but also generates high-resolution oral–systemic health data, offering precision insights for research. …”
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Investigating the risky sexual behavioural patterns that put students at the risk of HIV Infection at Hifikepunye Pohamba Campus (HPC) of the University of Namibia (UNAM) by Chirimbana, Moses

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A multi-component theory-based behaviour change intervention to increase HIV self–testing uptake and linkage to HIV prevention, care and treatment among hard to reach adults in Nor... by Njau, Bernard Joseph

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Linking love and health: Social narratives of sex, intimacy, and love in the context of universal testing and treatment of HIV by Viljoen, Lario

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Effects of the evolving global tobacco product landscape on smokers' switching behaviors by Stokłosa, Michał Jerzy

“…Recently, tobacco product switching has become more common, especially with many new tobacco product types appearing on the market. The research on these switching behaviors is scarce. This thesis provides analysis in three aspects tobacco product switching: (1) price-driven between-product substitution, (2) switching to newly-introduced tobacco products and (3) switching to products on which no domestic tax has been paid. …”
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An exploration of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and risky sexual behaviour of first-year psychology students at the University of the Western Cape by Fennie, Thelma

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The impact of mHealth on adolescent global health outcomes: A scoping review of mHealth initiatives by Patientia, Ramonde Fiona

“…Negative health behaviour during the period of adolescence contributes to the global burden of mortality, chronic disease, and preventable disability from physical injury. …”
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Health systems and social values: the case of the South African health system by Whyle, Eleanor

“…In this way, health systems serve to shape social values – by changing the way people think about what is just with respect to healthcare, their health rights and entitlements, and the appropriate role of the state in providing healthcare and regulating the behaviour of other health system actors.…”
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Gender-based violence: strengthening the role and scope of prehospital emergency care by promoting theory, policy and clinical praxis by Naidoo, Navindhra

“…This elevation of the emergency care discourse is likely to benefit the victim and emergency medicine community. Research is warranted in the evolving epidemiology of domestic violence, the acute/clinical needs of victims/perpetrators and the role of emergency medical systems and surveillance, in promoting health and preventing the associated morbidity/mortality, both as a forensic emergency care burden and as a social determinant of health.…”
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The Impact of Violent Content Media Exposure on Behavioral Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Media Engagement by Eskander, Melissia Emad

“…The study calls for collaboration among educators, regulators, and mental health professionals, and encourages further research into how cultural context and emotional engagement shape media effects across different age groups in non-Western societies.…”
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Fatigue Behaviour of CFRP Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beams by James, Valontino Ruwhellon

“…At the time when this researched was proposed, the effect of increasing damage extent on fatigue behaviour of over-reinforced RC beams was not clear and merited further investigation. …”
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Investigating Exposure to Community Violence and Associated Internalizing and Externalising Behaviours in a Sample of South African Male Youth by Goolam Nabi, Zayaan

“…Community violence refers to incidents of violence which take place within an individual's community or outside an individual's home. Research exploring the behavioural and emotional outcomes of exposure to community violence has suggested that youth with high levels of exposure to community violence may exhibit adverse emotional and behavioural outcomes. …”
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Global Health Governance and Its Role in Health Equity: The Case of Covid-19 by Abu El Kheir-Mataria, Wafa

“…This thesis is focuses on health equity at a global level. The main research questions addressed are: Is health equity present at an intercountry /global level? …”
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The implications of Setswana hare folktales contemporary for South African children

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The role of reference groups as credible sources in African women’s natural hair care consumption behaviour

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Willingness to participate (WTP) in a future HIV vaccine trial in a high risk sample : perceived barriers and facilitators to participation by Parker, Fatima Bibi

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“There is a human being there”: A critical pedagogic approach to shift perceptions of patient worthiness in South Africa by Jacobson, Sara Ilyse

“…Socially marginalized individuals in South Africa may be deemed unworthy of scarce resources to promote health and treat illness. Perceptions of patients' relative worthiness impacts health seeking behaviour and outcomes: those deemed unworthy may receive inferior care or be denied health services altogether. …”
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The role of health promotional leadership for employee health and work engagement in South Africa by Glenny, Bernice

“…To understand better how employers could support employee health, the study presented in this dissertation tested if employee's direct supervisors could do so when they show health promotional leadership behaviours. …”
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