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

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  • Association between depression in carers and malnutrition in children aged 6 months to 5 years 

    Motlhatlhedi, Keneilwe; Ganiyu, Adewale B.; Firth, Jachauline A.; Setlhare, Vincent (Aosis, http://www.aosis.org, 2017-01-30)
    Background: Childhood malnutrition is an important risk factor for child mortality and underlies close to 50% of child deaths worldwide. Previous studies have found an association between maternal depression ...

  • The experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS in Gaborone, Botswana: stigma, its consequences and coping mechanisms 

    Setlhare, Vincent; Wright, Anne; Couper, Ian (Aosis,https://aosis.co.za/, 2014)
    Background: This study was carried out in Bontleng, Extension 14 and Old Naledi, which are low-income residential areas of Gaborone, Botswana. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of people living with human ...

  • 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 ...

  • A novel and fatal method of copper sulphate poisoning 

    Motlhatlhedi, Keneilwe; Firth, Jaccqueline A.; Setlhare, Vincent; Kaguamba, Jackson K.; Mmolaatshepe, Mmapula (Elsevier, https://www.elsevier.com/, 2014-04)
    Introduction: Copper sulphate is widely used around the world as a pesticide and seed fungicide. Many cases of accidental intoxication with this substance have been reported among farm workers who have absorbed large amounts ...

  • Patient-centredness: meaning and propriety in the Botswana, African and non-Western contexts 

    Setlhare, Vincent; Couper, Ian; Wright, Anne (Aosis, https://aosis.co.za/, 2014-02-20)
    Patient-centredness is a key principle in Family Medicine. It is covered in a Family Medicine textbook by McWhinney and textbooks edited by Goh et al., Rakel and Rakel3 and Mash and Blitz-Lindeque, to name but a few. ...

  • Reflections on primary health care and family medicine in Botswana 

    Setlhare, Vincent (Aosis, https://aosis.co.za/, 2014-08-14)
    Primary Care should be the ‘central function and main focus of a country’s health system‘.The Ouagadougu Declaration similarly states that the vehicle for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and addressing the health ...