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Item 7th Annual Congress: Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences(University of the Western Cape, 1986-05-09) Van der Merwe, P.RItem A Game Changer for Research? GDPR and Health Data" and "Data sharing & biobanks"(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Loideain, Nora NiItem "A Game Changer for Research? GDPR and Health Data" and "Data sharing & biobanks"(Universty of the Western Cape, 2018) Loideain, Nora Ni; Staunton, CiaraItem A health informatics model for user-centred design using a positive deviance approach: A case for diabetes self-management(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Petersen, Fazlyn; Pather, Shaun; Tucker, William D.Over the past twenty years there have been substantive efforts across the African continent to ensure penetration and reach of mobile technology to the citizenry. However there continues to be a debate on precisely how developmental outcomes may be forged through this escalating penetration of communications technologies. This paper responds to the question of how development outcomes in the area of health, and specifically that of diabetes mellitus, can be achieved through the effective application of ICTs in the context of mobile applications. Diabetes Mellitus is a leading cause of morbidity in low-income and middle-income countries, with the number of patients projected to increase globally to 205 million by 2035. The increased number of patients in countries with limited resources requires innovative approaches to support a regime of patient self-management. In pursuance of this, and given the increasing pervasiveness of communications infrastructure amongst communities in South Africa, the role of Information and communications technology (ICT) in addressing the problem requires investigation. In particular, issues in relation to the adoption and effective use of ICTs, especially amongst previously disadvantaged and underserved communities, warrants exploration. The paper thus assesses the role of m-health at primary care level and posits a user-centred design approach to involve patients in designing an m-health intervention which meets their needs.Item A health informatics model for user-centred design using a positive deviance approach: a case for diabetes self-management(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Petersen, FazlynOver the past twenty years there have been substantive efforts across the African continent to ensure penetration and reach of mobile technology to the citizenry. However there continues to be a debate on precisely how developmental outcomes may be forged through this escalating penetration of communications technologies. This paper responds to the question of how development outcomes in the area of health, and specifically that of diabetes mellitus, can be achieved through the effective application of ICTs in the context of mobile applications. Diabetes Mellitus is a leading cause of morbidity in low-income and middle-income countries, with the number of patients projected to increase globally to 205 million by 2035. The increased number of patients in countries with limited resources requires innovative approaches to support a regime of patient self-management. In pursuance of this, and given the increasing pervasiveness of communications infrastructure amongst communities in South Africa, the role of Information and communications technology (ICT) in addressing the problem requires investigation. In particular, issues in relation to the adoption and effective use of ICTs, especially amongst previously disadvantaged and underserved communities, warrants exploration. The paper thus assesses the role of m-health at primary care level and posits a user-centred design approach to involve patients in designing an m-health intervention which meets their needs.Item A thousand genomes in a Galaxy server far, far away...(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Hefer, CharlesItem African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO): A disciplinary open archive(2009-10-14T08:44:54Z) Mohamed, Shehaamah; Fullard, AllisonAfrican Higher Education Research Online (AHERO) is an international disciplinary repository for research texts that focus on the practice and development of higher education in Africa. Distributed researchers upload their documents to AHERO through a semi-automated process. Launched in January 2007, AHERO now holds 435 full text research texts relating to African higher education. The paper will outline the project’s objectives and present the results of findings emerging from the two year experience of liaison with researchers and publishers as we attempted to recruit papers for the disciplinary archive.Item Airborne transmission: How much do we actually know about Covid-19?(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.Item Item Anxiety in Brief: Assessment of the Five-Item Trait Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in South Africa(University of the Western Cape, 2024) Tyrone PretoriusBackground: The current study examined the psychometric properties of a short form of the trait scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory anxiety. Participants consisted of a convenience sample of students (N = 322) who completed the the five-item version of the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the nine-item version of the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the 10-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist. We used classical test theory and item response theory (Rasch and Mokken analyses) to examine the psychometric properties of a previously proposed five-tem version of this scale. These approaches confirmed that the five-item measure of anxiety had satisfactory reliability and validity, and also confirmed that the five-items comprised a unidimensional scale.Item Athlone in mind(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Grunebaum, Heidi; Campbell, Kurt; Lalu, PremeshItem Audit report: University of the Western Cape Research Output 2014(2015) University of the Western CapeThis audited list documents the accredited research output published by researchers at the University of the Western Cape for the year 2014. The list is provided by the Research Office at the University.Item Back from Dakar(University of the Western Cape, 1987) Uinversity of the Western CapeBackground: The recent meeting between the African National Congress and a group of Afrikaners was an overwhelming experience for many. Constantly subjected to propaganda against the ANC, many delegates were not quite expecting to meet people of the highest calibre. They did not expect such openness and a preparedness to talk. They did not expect to find that the leader of the NAC delegation, Mr Thabo Mbeki would outstrip any politician that they had ever met in this country.Item Barely explained - National coronavirus lockdown: We speak with an expert(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.Item Behind the scenes: The editor's experience(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Snyders, MarkItem Building portable pipelines for reproducible scientific workflows: The H3ABionet Pipelines Project on E n(Universty of the Western Cape, 2018) Hazelhurst, ScottItem Circuit breakers the mini lockdown needed for hotspots(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.Item Class shortage eased(University of the Western Cape, 1985) University of the Western CapeBackground: The SRC is to convene a forum to discuss labour issues and to determine the nature of student support for the progressive trade union movement. In a statement, the SRC secretary, Mr Russel McGregor, said the SRC was recently approached by students concerned about the plight of workers and the workers’ struggle in general. ‘It is felt that a structure should be initiated which can propagate the fact that workers should lead the struggle, to assert progressive trade unions in the community and to launch a research project into labour issues.Item Combat-tb: an integrated environment for m tuberculosis data analysis(Universty of the Western Cape, 2018) Van Heusden, PeterItem Common characteristics of thesis repositories at 24 universities in South Africa(University of the Western Cape, 2021) Snyders, Mark