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2. The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth

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Johnson, William, Nyati, Lukhanyo H., Ariff, Shabina, Ahmad, Tanvir, Byrne, Nuala M., Cheikh Ismail, Leila I., Costa, Caroline S., Demerath, Ellen W., Priscilla, Divya J., Hills, Andrew P., Kuriyan, Rebecca, Kurpad, Anura V., Loechl, Cornelia U., Lucas, M. Nishani, Santos, Ina S., Slater, Christine, Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha, Norris, Shane A., and Murphy-Alford, Alexia J.

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2024
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7. Body composition from birth to 2 years

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Hills, Andrew P., Norris, Shane A., Byrne, Nuala M., Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Murphy-Alford, Alexia J., Loechl, Cornelia U., Ismail, Leila I. Cheikh, Kurpad, Anura V., Kuriyan, Rebecca, Nyati, Lukhanyo H., Santos, Ina S., Costa, Caroline S., Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha, Lucas, M. Nishani, Slater, Christine, Yameen, Ayesha, and Ariff, Shabina

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2024
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9. Consensus study on factors influencing the academic entrepreneur in a middle-income country’s university enterprise

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Farrell, Alfred Austin, Ashton, James, Mapanga, Witness, Joffe, Maureen, Chitha, Nombulelo, Beksinska, Mags, Chitha, Wezile, Coovadia, Ashraf, Cutland, Clare L., Drennan, Robin L., Kahn, Kathleen, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Micklesfield, Lisa K., Miot, Jacqui, Naidoo, Julian, Papathanasopoulos, Maria, Sive, Warrick, Smit, Jenni, Tollman, Stephen M., Veller, Martin G., Ware, Lisa J., Wing, Jeffrey, and Norris, Shane A.

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2024
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16. Psychological legacies of intergenerational trauma under South African apartheid: Prenatal stress predicts greater vulnerability to the psychological impacts of future stress exposure during late adolescence and early adulthood in Soweto, South Africa

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Kim, Andrew Wooyoung, Mohamed, Rihlat Said, Norris, Shane A, Richter, Linda M, and Kuzawa, Christopher W

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Psychology, Clinical and Health Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Pediatric, Violence Research, Youth Violence, Behavioral and Social Science, Serious Mental Illness, Pediatric Research Initiative, Mental Health, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Brain Disorders, Clinical Research, 2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors, Aetiology, Reproductive health and childbirth, Mental health, Good Health and Well Being, Young Adult, Adolescent, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Adult, Apartheid, South Africa, Historical Trauma, Cohort Studies, Stress, Psychological, Prenatal stress, psychiatric morbidity, stress sensitization, late adolescence, young adulthood, Clinical Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, Developmental & Child Psychology, Clinical sciences, Applied and developmental psychology, Clinical and health psychology
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BackgroundSouth Africa's rates of psychiatric morbidity are among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa and are foregrounded by the country's long history of political violence during apartheid. Growing evidence suggests that in utero stress exposure is a potent developmental risk factor for future mental illness risk, yet the extent to which the psychiatric effects of prenatal stress impact the next generation are unknown. We evaluate the intergenerational effects of prenatal stress experienced during apartheid on psychiatric morbidity among children at ages 17-18 and also assess the moderating effects of maternal age, social support, and past household adversity.MethodsParticipants come from Birth-to-Twenty, a longitudinal birth cohort study in Soweto-Johannesburg, South Africa's largest peri-urban township which was the epicentre of violent repression and resistance during the final years of the apartheid regime. Pregnant women were prospectively enrolled in 1990 and completed questionnaires assessing social experiences, and their children's psychiatric morbidity were assessed at ages 17-18.ResultsFull data were available from 304 mother-child pairs in 2007-8. Maternal prenatal stress in 1990 was not directly associated greater psychiatric morbidity during at ages 17-18. Maternal age and past household adversity moderated the intergenerational mental health effects of prenatal stress such that children born to younger mothers and late adolescent/young adult children experiencing greater household adversity exhibited worse psychiatric morbidity at ages 17-18. Social support did not buffer against the long-term psychiatric impacts of prenatal stress.ConclusionsGreater prenatal stress from apartheid predicted adverse psychiatric outcomes among children born to younger mothers and adolescents/young adults who experienced greater concurrent stress. Our findings suggest that prenatal stress may affect adolescent mental health, have stress-sensitising effects, and represent possible intergenerational effects of trauma experienced under apartheid in this sample.

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2023

18. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of blood pressure traits and hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: an AWI-Gen study

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Singh, Surina, Choudhury, Ananyo, Hazelhurst, Scott, Crowther, Nigel J., Boua, Palwendé R., Sorgho, Hermann, Agongo, Godfred, Nonterah, Engelbert A., Micklesfield, Lisa K., Norris, Shane A., Kisiangani, Isaac, Mohamed, Shukri, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc X., Tollman, Stephen M., Choma, Solomon, Brandenburg, J-T., and Ramsay, Michèle

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2023
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22. Correction: Multimorbidity and overall survival among women with breast cancer: results from the South African Breast Cancer and HIV Outcomes Study

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Ayeni, Oluwatosin A., Jofe, Maureen, Mapanga, Witness, Chen, Wenlong Carl, O’Neil, Daniel S., Phakathi, Boitumelo, Nietz, Sarah, Buccimazza, Ines, Čačala, Sharon, Stopforth, Laura W., Jacobson, Judith S., Crew, Katherine D., Neugut, Alfred I., Ramiah, Duvern, Ruf, Paul, Cubasch, Herbert, Chirwa, Tobias, McCormack, Valerie, Micklesfeld, Lisa K., and Norris, Shane A.

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2023
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24. Machine learning for accurate estimation of fetal gestational age based on ultrasound images

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Lee, Lok Hin, Bradburn, Elizabeth, Craik, Rachel, Yaqub, Mohammad, Norris, Shane A., Ismail, Leila Cheikh, Ohuma, Eric O., Barros, Fernando C., Lambert, Ann, Carvalho, Maria, Jaffer, Yasmin A., Gravett, Michael, Purwar, Manorama, Wu, Qingqing, Bertino, Enrico, Munim, Shama, Min, Aung Myat, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Villar, Jose, Kennedy, Stephen H., Noble, J. Alison, and Papageorghiou, Aris T.

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2023
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28. Multimorbidity and overall survival among women with breast cancer: results from the South African Breast Cancer and HIV Outcomes Study

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Ayeni, Oluwatosin A., Joffe, Maureen, Mapanga, Witness, Chen, Wenlong Carl, O’Neil, Daniel S., Phakathi, Boitumelo, Nietz, Sarah, Buccimazza, Ines, Čačala, Sharon, Stopforth, Laura W., Jacobson, Judith S., Crew, Katherine D., Neugut, Alfred I., Ramiah, Duvern, Ruff, Paul, Cubasch, Herbert, Chirwa, Tobias, McCormack, Valerie, Micklesfield, Lisa K., and Norris, Shane A.

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2023
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30. A mixed-methods, population-based study of a syndemic in Soweto, South Africa

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Mendenhall, Emily, Kim, Andrew Wooyoung, Panasci, Anthony, Cele, Lindile, Mpondo, Feziwe, Bosire, Edna N, Norris, Shane A, and Tsai, Alexander C

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Health Services and Systems, Health Sciences, Behavioral and Social Science, Health Services, Clinical Research, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Generic health relevance, Good Health and Well Being, Adult, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Middle Aged, Multimorbidity, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Social Cohesion, South Africa, Stress, Psychological, Syndemic, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences, Psychology
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A syndemic has been theorized as a cluster of epidemics driven by harmful social and structural conditions wherein the interactions between the constitutive epidemics drive excess morbidity and mortality. We conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate a syndemic in Soweto, South Africa, consisting of a population-based quantitative survey (N = 783) and in-depth, qualitative interviews (N = 88). We used ethnographic methods to design a locally relevant measure of stress. Here we show that multimorbidity and stress interacted with each other to reduce quality of life. The paired qualitative analysis further explored how the quality-of-life impacts of multimorbidity were conditioned by study participants' illness experiences. Together, these findings underscore the importance of recognizing the social and structural drivers of stress and how they affect the experience of chronic illness and well-being.

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2022

32. Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban South African young women: the healthy life trajectories initiative (HeLTI) study

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Ware, Lisa J, Kim, Andrew W, Prioreschi, Alessandra, Nyati, Lukhanyo H, Taljaard, Wihan, Draper, Catherine E, Lye, Stephen J, and Norris, Shane A

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Development Studies, Human Society, Pediatric, Prevention, Clinical Research, Behavioral and Social Science, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Good Health and Well Being, Zero Hunger, Female, Food Insecurity, Health Promotion, Humans, Parity, Pregnancy, Socioeconomic Factors, South Africa, Urban Health, Urban Population, Vulnerable Populations, Young Adult, Disaster planning, Social Protection, Urban health, Vulnerable populations, Women, Young adult, Policy and Administration, Public Health, Public health, Policy and administration
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Social vulnerability indices (SVI) can predict communities' vulnerability and resilience to public health threats such as drought, food insecurity or infectious diseases. Parity has yet to be investigated as an indicator of social vulnerability in young women. We adapted an SVI score, previously used by the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and calculated SVI for young urban South African women (n = 1584; median age 21.6, IQR 3.6 years). Social vulnerability was more frequently observed in women with children and increased as parity increased. Furthermore, young women classified as socially vulnerable were 2.84 times (95% CI 2.10-3.70; p

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2021

33. Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis

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Villar, Jose, McGready, Rose, Barros, Fernando C., Victora, Cesar G., Munim, Shama, Papageorgh, Aris T., Ochieng, Roseline, Craik, Rachel, Barososio, Hellen C., Berkley, James A., Carvalho, Maria, Ismail, Leila Cheikh, Lambert, Ann, Norris, Shane A., Tshivuila-Matela, Chrystelle OO., Nosten, Francois, Uauy, Ricardo, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Kennedy, Stephen, Monangi, Nagendra K., Xu, Huan, Fan, Yue-Mei, Khanam, Rasheeda, Khan, Waqasuddin, Deb, Saikat, Pervin, Jesmin, Price, Joan T., Kaur, Lovejeet, Al Mahmud, Abdullah, Thanh, Le Quang, Care, Angharad, Landero, Julio A., Combs, Gerald F., Belling, Elizabeth, Chappell, Joanne, Chen, Jing, Kong, Fansheng, Lacher, Craig, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Chowdhury, Nabidul Haque, Rahman, Sayedur, Kabir, Furqan, Nisar, Imran, Hotwani, Aneeta, Mehmood, Usma, Nizar, Ambreen, Khalid, Javairia, Dhingra, Usha, Dutta, Arup, Ali, Said Mohamed, Aftab, Fahad, Juma, Mohammed Hamad, Rahman, Monjur, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Islam, M Munirul, Vwalika, Bellington, Musonda, Patrick, Ashorn, Ulla, Maleta, Kenneth, Hallman, Mikko, Goodfellow, Laura, Gupta, Juhi K., Alfirevic, Ana, Murphy, Susan K., Rand, Larry, Ryckman, Kelli K., Murray, Jeffrey C., Bahl, Rajiv, Litch, James A., Baruch-Gravett, Courtney, Sopory, Shailaja, Chandra Mouli Natchu, Uma, Kumar, Pavitra V., Kumari, Neha, Thiruvengadam, Ramachandran, Singh, Atul Kumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Alfirevic, Zarko, Baqui, Abdullah H., Bhatnagar, Shinjini, Hirst, Jane E., Hoyo, Cathrine, Jehan, Fyezah, Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura, Rahman, Anisur, Roth, Daniel E., Sazawal, Sunil, Stringer, Jeffrey S.A., Ashorn, Per, Zhang, Ge, and Muglia, Louis J.

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2024
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35. Fetal cranial growth trajectories are associated with growth and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age: INTERBIO-21st Fetal Study

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Villar, José, Gunier, Robert B, Tshivuila-Matala, Chrystelle OO, Rauch, Stephen A, Nosten, Francois, Ochieng, Roseline, Restrepo-Méndez, María C, McGready, Rose, Barros, Fernando C, Fernandes, Michelle, Carrara, Verena I, Victora, Cesar G, Munim, Shama, Craik, Rachel, Barsosio, Hellen C, Carvalho, Maria, Berkley, James A, Cheikh Ismail, Leila, Norris, Shane A, Ohuma, Eric O, Stein, Alan, Lambert, Ann, Winsey, Adele, Uauy, Ricardo, Eskenazi, Brenda, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Papageorghiou, Aris T, and Kennedy, Stephen H

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Paediatrics, Reproductive Medicine, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, Prevention, Conditions Affecting the Embryonic and Fetal Periods, Clinical Research, Pediatric, Neurosciences, Reproductive health and childbirth, Good Health and Well Being, Cephalometry, Child Development, Female, Fetus, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Morbidity, Pregnancy, Skull, Medical and Health Sciences, Immunology, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
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Many observational studies and some randomized trials demonstrate how fetal growth can be influenced by environmental insults (for example, maternal infections)1 and preventive interventions (for example, multiple-micronutrient supplementation)2 that can have a long-lasting effect on health, growth, neurodevelopment and even educational attainment and income in adulthood3. In a cohort of pregnant women (n = 3,598), followed-up between 2012 and 2019 at six sites worldwide4, we studied the associations between ultrasound-derived fetal cranial growth trajectories, measured longitudinally from

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2021

36. Growth in Infancy and Childhood and Age at Menarche in Five Low- or Middle-Income Countries: Consortium of Health Orientated Research in Transitional Societies (COHORTS)

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Lima, Natalia P., Goncalves, Helen, Goncalves C da Silva, Bruna, de Oliveira, Paula D., Murray, Joseph, Naicker, Sara, Bhargava, Santosh K., Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy, Sinha, Sikha, Singh, Bhaskar, Ramirez-Zea, Manuel, Kroker-Lobos, Maria F., Bas, Isabelita, Bechayda, Sonny Agustin, Carba, Delia, Perez, Tita Lorna, Nyati, Lukhanyo H., Norris, Shane A., Micklesfield, Lisa K., Adair, Linda S., Fall, Caroline, Lee, Nanette R., Martorell, Reynaldo, Osmond, Clive, Richter, Linda M., Sachdev, Harshpal S., Horta, Bernardo, and Stein, Aryeh D.

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2023
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37. Association between maternal haemoglobin concentrations and maternal and neonatal outcomes: the prospective, observational, multinational, INTERBIO-21st fetal study

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Kennedy, Stephen H, Victora, Cesar G, Craik, Rachel, Ash, Stephen, Barros, Fernando C, Barsosio, Hellen C, Berkley, James A, Carvalho, Maria, Fernandes, Michelle, Cheikh Ismail, Leila, Lambert, Ann, Lindgren, Cecilia M, McGready, Rose, Munim, Shama, Nellåker, Christoffer, Noble, Julia A, Norris, Shane A, Nosten, Francois, Ohuma, Eric, Papageorghiou, Aris T, Stein, Alan, Stones, William, Tshivuila-Matala, Chrystelle O O, Staines Urias, Eleonora, Vatish, Manu, Wulff, Katharina, Zainab, Ghulam, Zondervan, Krina T, Uauy, Ricardo, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Villar, José, Ohuma, Eric O, Jabin, Nusrat, Young, Melissa F, Epie, Terrence, Martorell, Reynaldo, Peña-Rosas, Juan Pablo, Garcia-Casal, Maria Nieves, and Villar, Jose

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2023
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38. Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa

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Kim, Andrew W, Burgess, Raquel, Chiwandire, Nicola, Kwinda, Zwannda, Tsai, Alexander C, Norris, Shane A, and Mendenhall, Emily

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Prevention, Behavioral and Social Science, Clinical Research, Aetiology, Management of diseases and conditions, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, 7.1 Individual care needs, Infection, Good Health and Well Being, COVID-19, perceptions, risk, knowledge, South Africa, Psychiatry, Clinical sciences
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BackgroundHow people perceive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and understand their risk can influence their health, behaviours and overall livelihood. The disease's novelty and severity have elicited a range of attitudes and perspectives countrywide, which consequently influence the public's adherence to public health prevention and treatment guidelines.AimTo investigate perceptions, experiences and knowledge on COVID-19 in a community-based cohort study.SettingAdults living in Soweto in South Africa's Gauteng province during the first six weeks of the national lockdown regulations (i.e. Alert Level 5 lockdown from end of March to beginning of May 2020).MethodsParticipants completed a series of surveys and answered open-ended questions through telephonic interviews (n = 391). We queried their perceptions of the origins of COVID-19, understandings of the disease, personal and communal risks and its relations with the existing disease burden.ResultsFindings from our sample of 391 adults show that perceptions and knowledge of COVID-19 vary across several demographic characteristics. We report moderate levels of understanding about COVID-19, prevention methods and risk, as well as exposure to major physical, psychosocial and financial stressors. Depressive symptoms, perceived infection risk and concern about COVID-19 significantly predicted COVID-19 prevention knowledge.ConclusionPublic health communication campaigns should focus on continuing to improve knowledge and reduce misinformation associated with the virus. Policymakers should consider the mental health- and non-health-related impact of the pandemic on their citizens in order to curb the pandemic in a manner that maximises well-being.

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2021

40. Describing Correlates of Early Childhood Screen Time and Outdoor Time in Soweto, South Africa

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Prioreschi, Alessandra and Norris, Shane A.

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Background: Contextual factors are likely to influence whether young children are able to adhere to recommended health behaviours. This study aimed to: (1) describe the social and environmental characteristics of children under five living in Soweto, South Africa; and (2) determine factors associated with screen time and outdoor play in this population. Methods: Household surveys were conducted in Soweto to collect data on children's screen time and access to outdoor space, as well as information about the household. A multilevel regression analysis was conducted for each outcome. Results: Data on 2309 children aged five or under were included in this analysis. Children used screens for an average of one and a half hours per day during the week, and nearly 2 hours per day on weekends. Almost all (92%) children had a safe space to play inside, while just over a third (34%) had a safe space to play outside. A higher socioeconomic status was associated with less time spent playing outside and more screen time. Conclusion: Interventions promoting outdoor play and restricting screen time are essential for improving health trajectories, but need to address structural barriers that exist, in order to protect the safety of children while promoting health behaviours.

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2022
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44. Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study

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Murphy-Alford, Alexia J., Johnson, William, Nyati, Lukhanyo H., Santos, Ina S., Hills, Andrew P., Ariff, Shabina, Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha, Kuriyan, Rebecca, Lucas, M.Nishani, Costa, Caroline S., Slater, Christine, Ahmad, Tanvir, Byrne, Nuala M., Divya, Priscilla J., Kurpad, Anura V., Cheikh Ismail, Leila I., Loechl, Cornelia U., and Norris, Shane A.

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2023
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46. Health system experiences of breast cancer survivors in urban South Africa

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Lambert, Madeleine, Mendenhall, Emily, Kim, Andrew Wooyoung, Cubasch, Herbert, Joffe, Maureen, and Norris, Shane A

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Health Services and Systems, Nursing, Health Sciences, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer, Prevention, Cancer, Behavioral and Social Science, Management of diseases and conditions, 7.1 Individual care needs, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Black People, Breast Neoplasms, Cancer Survivors, Comorbidity, Delayed Diagnosis, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Mastectomy, Middle Aged, Social Support, South Africa, Stress, Psychological, breast cancer, chemotherapy, comorbidity, mastectomy, Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Public Health and Health Services, Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive medicine, Public health
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BackgroundBreast cancer is the most common cancer globally and among South African women. Women from socioeconomically disadvantaged South African communities more often present later and receive total mastectomy compared to those from more affluent communities who have more breast conserving surgery (which is less invasive but requires mandatory radiation treatment post-operatively). Standard chemotherapy and total mastectomy treatments are known to cause traumatizing side effects and emotional suffering among South African women; moreover, many women face limited communication with physicians and psychological support.ObjectiveThis article investigates the experiences of women seeking breast cancer treatment at the largest public hospital in South Africa.MethodsWe interviewed 50 Black women enrolled in the South African Breast Cancer Study to learn more about their health system experiences with detection, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for breast cancer. Each interview was between 2-3 hours, addressing perceptions, experiences, and concerns associated with breast cancer and comorbidities such as HIV and hypertension.ResultsWe found most women feared diagnosis, in part, because of the experience of chemotherapy and physical mutilation related to mastectomy. The importance of social support from family, religion, and clinical staff was fundamental for women coping with their condition and adhering to treatment and medication.ConclusionsThese findings exemplify how interventions might promote early detection of breast cancer and better adherence to treatment. Addressing community perceptions of breast cancer, patient needs and desires for treatment, structural barriers to intensive therapies, and the burden of invasive treatments are imperative next steps for delivering better breast cancer care in Soweto and other resource-constrained settings.

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2020

49. Early-life stature, preschool cognitive development, schooling attainment, and cognitive functioning in adulthood: a prospective study in four birth cohorts

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Kowalski, Alysse, DiGirolamo, Ann, Scerif, Gaia, Mpondo, Feziwe, Belleza, Delia, Nyati, Lukhanyo, Osmond, Clive, Borja, Judith Rafaelita, Carba, Delia, Perez, Tita Lorna, Bechavda, Sonny Agustin, Kroker-Lobos, Maria F, Varghese, Jithin S, Barros, Fernando C, Hartwig, Fernando P, Horta, Bernardo L, Wehrmeister, Fernando C, Stein, Aryeh D, Adair, Linda S, Donati, Georgina, Wray, Charlotte, Richter, Linda M, Norris, Shane A, Stein, Alan, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramirez-Zea, Manuel, Menezes, Ana M B, Murray, Joseph, Victora, Cesar, Lee, Nanette, and Bas, Isabelita

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2023
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50. A psychometric evaluation of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale in ethnically and culturally heterogeneous South African samples

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May, Andrew K., Norris, Shane A., Richter, Linda M., and Pitman, Michael M.

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Personality -- Analysis -- Psychological aspects, Bashfulness -- Analysis -- Psychological aspects, Avoidance (Psychology) -- Analysis -- Psychological aspects, Psychology and mental health
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Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) is a personality trait that describes highly neurosensitive individuals who, for better and for worse, are permeable to their environmental context. Recently, these individuals have been noted for their amenability to positive intervention efforts - an observation that may have important psychosocial value. SPS is currently assessed through the 27-item Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS). However, this instrument has not been adequately scrutinised in cross-cultural samples, and has generated varied factor solutions that lack consistent support. We assessed the HSPS in South African university student samples which were ethno-culturally diverse, across four academic years (n = 750). The HSPS demonstrated strong reliability across samples ([alpha] > .84). Factor analysis revealed a novel five-factor solution (Negative Affect, Neural Sensitivity, Propensity to Overwhelm, Careful Processing and Aesthetic Sensitivity). As per previous reports, latent class analysis suggested a three class solution. We validated these findings in a general population sample that was part of the longitudinal Birth to Twenty Plus cohort (n = 1400). In conclusion, we found the HSPS to be reliable in culturally diverse samples. The instrument remains a robust tool for identifying sensitive individuals and may be an important addition to psychosocial studies in low-to-middle income countries., Author(s): Andrew K. May [sup.1] , Shane A. Norris [sup.2] [sup.3] , Linda M. Richter [sup.3] , Michael M. Pitman [sup.4] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.11951.3d, 0000 0004 1937 1135, Division [...]

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2022
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