African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Adolescent girls' perception about their ability to safely offer HIV self-test kits to sexual partners: a feasibility study in Siaya County, Kenya.
Adolescent girls (AG) in sub-Saharan Africa are at elevated risk of acquiring HIV, yet few know the HIV status of their sexual partners. Interventions to promote testing among partners are urgently needed. ⋯ AG believe they can safely distribute self-tests to their partners, and most partners would self-test, expanding utility of HIV self-tests to include partners of AG.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Social support as a correlate of depression among people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.
Depression is a highly prevalent mental disorder among PLHIV, whilst social support is important in disease prevention, health promotion, therapeutic measure especially for PLHIV. ⋯ PLHIV have satisfactory social support, especially from family not residing in the same household and emotional social support from friends. Analyses identified knowledge gaps in the community regarding the social support received by PLHIV and their depression symptoms.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Association of eNOS (G894T, rs1799983) and KCNJ11 (E23K, rs5219) gene polymorphism with coronary artery disease in North Indian population.
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 11 (KCNJ11) could be the candidate genes for coronary artery disease (CAD). This study investigated the relationship of the eNOS (rs1799983) and KCNJ11 (rs5219) polymorphisms with the presence and severity of CAD in the North Indian population. ⋯ These results illustrate the probability of associations between SNPs and CAD although specific genetic polymorphisms affecting ion channel function and expression have still to be clarified by further investigations involving larger cohorts.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Disability management in a public-private health care facility in South Africa: an organisational perspective.
Job retention, long-term absenteeism and medical boarding pay-outs are significant concerns for employers within the public health care sector of South Africa. ⋯ Despite South Africa having many policies on recruitment and reasonable accommodations, there is a lack of implementation of these policies. An integrated disability management policy and programme encompassing health prevention, early return to work strategies, vocational rehabilitation and the implementation of reasonable accommodation is required to ensure that employees who have acquired disabilities or ill health are successful in the workplace.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialInflammatory cytokines and sleep parameters response to life style intervention in subjects with obese chronic insomnia syndrome.
Chronic primary insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder that is associated with adverse effects on health outcomes. Sleep disturbance is usually associated with abnormal level of systemic inflammation biomarkers. ⋯ Life style intervention modulates systemic inflammatory parameters and sleep quality among subjects with chronic primary insomnia.