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Perceptions of clients regarding family planning service delivery in a clinic of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
Published 2010-09-01“…The purpose of this study was to describe guidelines to meet the expectations of clients accessing family planning services provided by a clinic in Region F, Area 28 of the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan council. This quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and comparative study measured the gaps between the expectations of participants on service delivery and the extent to which these expectations were met. …”
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An exploration of guesthouse fresh produce purchasing behaviour and supply chains in Johannesburg
Published 2021-07-01“…Method: A quantitative survey was conducted in the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area amongst guesthouses in close proximity to the urban farmers in and around Soweto. …”
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Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer among Post-menopausal Women in South Africa
Published 2019-08-01“…Here, in this study we tried to explore the relation between factors causing increased blood oestrogen levels, like, contraceptive pills, early menarche and delayed menopause (increases the length of menstruation), nulliparity and overweight by more than 25kg and endometrial cancer among black female population of Greater Johannesburg. In this present study, we also studied how non-sex hormone related factors like hypertension, diabetes, family history, obesity and smoking habits are affecting the occurrence of endometrial cancer in Greater Johannesburg females. …”
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Network diversity structure, closeness and innovation of South African micro-entrepreneurs
Published 2014-05-01“…This study qualitatively explores the embeddedness of the innovation process of South African microbusinesses by investigating how small local entrepreneurs in the Greater Johannesburg area utilise their social networks to source entrepreneurial value. …”
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Selfstandige ontwikkeling van Gereformeerde Kerke binne agtergeblewe gemeenskappe sedert 1994
Published 2001-08-01“…Self-reliant development of the Reformed Churches in disadvantaged communities since 1994 This article attempts to apply the development strategy of selfreliance to the Reformed Churches in disadvantaged communities within the greater Johannesburg area. The timeframe spans the 1994 transformation date to the middle of June 1999. …”
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Budgeting in small manufacturing firms in South Africa
Published 1989-06-01“…The study was undertaken using 18 semi-formal interviews and 175 questionnaires addressed to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of small manufacturing firms in six industry sectors in the greater Johannesburg region. The 63 usable responses (a response rate of 36%) were analysed using the SAS statistical package. …”
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The association of 25 hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with metabolic syndrome in two ethnic groups in South Africa.
Published 2013-01-01“…The aims of this study were to evaluate if there was an association of 25(OH)D or PTH with Met S in non-Caucasian populations in South Africa, and whether these molecules explained ethnic differences in the prevalence of Met S and its individual components.We measured anthropometry, serum 25(OH)D and PTH levels and the components of Met S, plus related metabolic variables, in 374 African and 350 Asian Indian healthy adults from the greater Johannesburg metropolitan area.Met S was diagnosed in 29% of the African and 46% of the Asian Indian subjects (p<0.0001). …”
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Nearmiss maternal morbidity from severe haemorrhage at caesarean section: A process and structure audit of system deficiencies in South Africa
Published 2017-11-01“…A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted in greater Johannesburg, SA. Data of women who had near-miss-related BDACS were collected by means of ongoing surveillance at 13 public hospitals. …”
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Linking the global positioning system (GPS) to a personal digital assistant (PDA) to support tuberculosis control in South Africa: a pilot study
Published 2006-08-01“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The study took place in two communities in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa: Wheillers Farm, a relatively sparsely populated informal settlement, and a portion of Alexandra, an urban township with densely populated informal settlements. …”
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Risk factors for oesophageal, lung, oral and laryngeal cancers in black South Africans.
Published 2002“…The authors used data collected from 1995 to 1999, from an on-going cancer case-control study in greater Johannesburg, to estimate the importance of tobacco and alcohol consumption and other suspected risk factors with respect to cancer of the oesophagus (267 men and 138 women), lung (105 men and 41 women), oral cavity (87 men and 37 women), and larynx (51 men). …”
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The association of vitamin D binding protein levels and genotypes with type 1 diabetes in the black South African population
Published 2022-07-01“…Methods Participants with type 1 diabetes and controls were recruited from the greater Johannesburg area, South Africa. Participants were genotyped for rs4588 and rs7041 using PCR-RFLP and serum VDBP levels were determined by ELISA. …”
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The prevalence of malnutrition and growth percentiles for urban South African children
Published 2019-05-01“…A total of 3273 children born between April and June 1990 in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan area were included in the cohort. …”
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Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) autoantibody prevalence in black South African participants with type 1 diabetes
Published 2021-07-01“…Methods Participants with type 1 diabetes and controls were recruited from the greater Johannesburg area, South Africa. Positivity for ZnT8, GAD65 and IA2 autoantibodies was determined by ELISA. …”
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