African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine


Editor:
Prof. Gboyega Ogunbanjo

The African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM) serves as a repository for cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research in all fields of primary health care and family medicine in a uniquely African context.

The journal is indispensable for primary health care practitioners, family medicine specialists and academics from both the developing and developed worlds, and offers an engaging insight into the growth of these disciplines from a distinctly African perspective.

Approved by the South African Department of Higher Education & Training, with effect 1 January 2010, for subsidy of research publications.


Vol 2, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Original Research

Business ethics of private general practitioners in KwaDuKuza, Kwazulu-Natal Abstract PDF (224 KB) HTML XML
     Indiran Govender, Gary Morris 4 pages
Knowledge and attitude of schoolgirls about illegal abortions in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract PDF (283 KB) HTML XML
     Lussy J. Paluku, Langalibalele H. Mabuza, Patrick M.H. Maduna, John V. Ndimande 5 pages
The willingness of private-sector doctors to manage public-sector HIV/AIDS patients in the eThekwini metropolitan region of KwaZulu-Natal Abstract PDF (284 KB) HTML XML
     Panjasaram Naidoo, Champaklal C. Jinabhai, Myra Taylor 5 pages
Malaria: Knowledge and prevention practices among school adolescents in a coastal community in Calabar, Nigeria Abstract PDF (354 KB) HTML XML
     Ndifreke E. Udonwa, Abraham N. Gyuse, Aniekan J. Etokidem 4 pages
Sociocultural factors influencing decision-making related to fertility among the Kanuri tribe of north-eastern Nigeria Abstract PDF (203 KB) HTML XML
     Abdulkarim G. Mairiga, Abubakar A. Kullima, Babagana Bako, Mustapha A. Kolo 4 pages
Social and health reasons for lime juice vaginal douching among female sex workers in Borno State, Nigeria Abstract PDF (278 KB) HTML XML
     Abdulkarim G. Mairiga, Abubakar A. Kullima, Mohammed B. Kawuwa 4 pages
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients attending a rural Kenyan hospital Abstract PDF (227 KB) HTML XML
     Masemiano P. Chege 5 pages
Impact of adverse events of antiretroviral treatment on regimen change and mortality in Ugandan children Abstract PDF (249 KB) HTML XML
     Ntambwe Malangu, Yvonne Karamagi 4 pages
The criteria used by private general practitioners in Bloemfontein for the diagnosis and referral of asthma patients aged 6–15 years Abstract PDF (224 KB) HTML XML
     Monia Balt, Caroline Joubert, Michelle Nel, Lincoln J. Solomon, Gina Joubert 3 pages
Epidemiological changes in oesophageal cancer at National Hospital, Bloemfontein: 1995, 2000 and 2005 Abstract PDF (252 KB) HTML XML
     Tian van der Merwe, Ruan van der Walt, Jován Esterhuizen, Stephani Botha, Louis Goedhals, Gina Joubert 5 pages
Sustainable poverty amelioration through early life education in a peri-urban community of Lagos, Nigeria Abstract PDF (261 KB) HTML XML
     Olayinka A. Abosede, Princess C. Campbell, Emmanuel I. Okechukwu, Ajibike O. Salako-Akande, Anthonia O. Onyenwenyi 7 pages
Health care seeking and financial behaviours of the elderly during wartime in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Abstract PDF (1 MB) HTML XML
     M. Prosper Lutala, Timothée M. Kwalya, Eric K. Kasagila, L. Hubert Watongoka, Bavon W. Mupenda 5 pages
Active management of third stage of labour, post–partum haemorrhage and maternal death rate in the Vanga Health Zone, Province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Abstract PDF (235 KB) HTML
     Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Jean-Robert Musiti Ngolo, Lucie Zikudieka Maniati 3 pages

Scientific Letters

The prevalence and effects of urinary incontinence in women working in the Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein Abstract PDF ( 218 KB) HTML XML
     Veronique C. Bailey, Meenakshi Bakaya, Siyabulela H. Jada, Kekeletso E. Khalanyane, Wilhelm J. Steinberg, Gina Joubert, Almereau Prollius 2 pages

Review Articles

‘Why don’t you just use a condom?’: Understanding the motivational tensions in the minds of South African women Abstract PDF (229 KB) HTML XML
     Rachel Mash, Bob Mash, Pierre de Villiers 4 pages

Correspondence

Rural health and Family Medicine Abstract PDF (312 KB) HTML XML
     Bernhard M. Gaede 1 page

Book reviews

A practical approach to common hand problems PDF (589 KB) HTML
     Ian Couper 1 page
Avoid the fumble around poisonings PDF (279 KB) HTML
     Shabir Moosa 1 page
Comprehensive nursing practice in Primary Health Care PDF (277 KB) HTML
     Wilma Kotzé 1 page

Case studies

Breastfeeding and the mother–child relationship: A case study of Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki Abstract PDF (234 KB) HTML XML
     Uche M. Okeh 3 pages

Conference Report

Statement of consensus on Family Medicine in Africa Abstract PDF (230 KB) HTML XML
     Robert (Bob) Mash, Steve Reid 4 pages

Open Forum

Use of a CME workshop to introduc e and promote the specialty of Family Medicine in Ethiopia Abstract PDF (226 KB)
     Jane Philpott, Miliard Derbew 3 pages


 


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