Browsing Research articles (Dept of Family Medicine & Public Health) by Author "Masupe, Tiny"

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  • Addressing the challenge of p-value and sample size when the significance is borderline: the test of random duplication of participants as a new approach 

    Tshikuka, Jose-Gaby; Magafu, Mgaywa G.M.D.; Masupe, Tiny; Matchaba-Hove, Reginald B.; Mbongwe, Bontle; Tapera, Roy (Lifescience Global, https://www.lifescienceglobal.com/, 2016)
    The issue of borderline p-value seems to divide health scientists into two schools of thought. One school of thought argues that when the p-value is greater than or equal to the statistical significance cut-off level of ...

  • Assessment of the household availability of oral rehydration salt in rural Botswana 

    Jammalamadugu, Swetha Bindu; Mosime, Botsang; Masupe, Tiny; Habte, Dereje (PAMJ-Center for Public Health Research and Information, http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2013)
    Introduction: Diarrhea contributed for 17.6% of under-five deaths in Botswana. Oral rehydration salt (ORS) therapy has been the cornerstone in the control of morbidity and mortality secondary to diarrheal diseases. The ...

  • A continuous mathematical model for Shigella outbreaks 

    Chaturvedi, Ojaswita; Masupe, Tiny; Masupe, Shedden (Scientific & Academic Publishing, http://www.sapub.org/, 2014)
    A continuous mathematical model of shigella diarrhea is introduced in this paper. According to the pathogenesis of shigella, the model had been designed as an SIRS system comprising of a non-constant population. The ...

  • The Impact of China’s lockdown policy on the incidence of COVID-19: an interrupted time series analysis 

    Molefi, Mooketsi; Tlhakanelo, John T.; Phologolo, Thabo; Hamda, Shimeles G.; Masupe, Tiny; Tsima, Billy; Setlhare, Vincent; Mashalla, Yohana; Wiebe, Douglas J. (Hindawi, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/, 2021-10-28)
    Background. Policy changes are often necessary to contain the detrimental impact of epidemics such as those brought about by coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In the earlier phases of the emergence of COVID-19, China was the ...

  • SIRS model for the dynamics of non-typhoidal salmonella epidemics 

    Chaturvedi, Ojaswita; Masupe, Shedden; Masupe, Tiny (IJCER Online Publication Inc., http://www.ijceronline.com/, 2013-10)
    A continuous mathematical model of salmonella diarrhea is introduced in this paper. According to the pathogenesis of salmonella, the model had been designed as an SIRS system comprising of a non-constant population. The ...

  • University of Botswana Public Health Medicine Unit contributions to the national COVID-19 response 

    Siamisang, Keatlaretse; Kebadiretse, Dineo; Masupe, Tiny (Pan African Medical Journal, https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2021-05-27)
    COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. Botswana reported its first case on 30th March 2020 and as of 31st January 2021 had 21,293 cases ...