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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Structured literature review"”.
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Mental Health Services for Asian Youths in the United States: A Structured Literature Review
<p>This study is a structured review summarizing findings of the existing literature on mental health service use among Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) youth. The project aims to answer the following questions: (1) What type of services do API youths access to address their mental health needs? …
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"She is my teacher and if it was not for her I would be dead" : exploration of rural South African Community Health Worker's informational and mediating roles in the home
This thesis seeks to fill the gap in the literature by exploring CHW IEC roles through: a protocol for the Health Information in the Home (HIH) study of the quality of IEC services by Community Care Workers; a structured literature review of the current state of the evidence and a journal …
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Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy and factors associated with non-completion in an antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-infected cohort in Cape Town by Tolu Oni.
… township in Cape Town. Prior to data analysis, a structured literature review was conducted to assess available evidence particularly from high-burden settings on IPT completion rates and factors associated with loss to follow up.
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Economic evaluation of cash "plus" interventions for risky sexual behaviour among adolescent girls & young women in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
… effective fixes. The premise of this systematic review is to examine theeconomic evaluations of these "cash plus" programs and their effect on reducing risky sexual behaviours among AGYW in LMICs. Methods: The thesis first implemented a structured literature review. The structured literature …
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Narcolepsy associated with Pandemrix influenza vaccine: A systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic review and meta-analysis forms the mini-dissertation part of the primarily coursework degree of Master of Public Health at the University of Cape Town. The review is divided into three separate parts. The first part constitutes the research protocol which outlines the proposed …
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Blood stream infections in oncology patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town
… (RCWMCH) in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Structured literature review: From 1 April 2016 to 31 May 2016 a PubMed search was undertaken on BSI in Paediatric Oncology. The search string used was (bacteraemia OR blood stream infection) AND (paediatric OR pediatric) AND (oncology). Studies …
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Characterizing Building Digital Twins for Facilities Management
… FM functions often resembling DT. This study has reviewed existing literature on digital twins in facilities management using a structured literature review and characterized similar characteristics and definitions by different authors. Additionally, DT implementation in different FM application …
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Reframing Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence Through a Maternal and Child Health Lens: Implications for Integrated Prevention, Policy, and Practice
… approaches can strengthen prevention efforts. A structured literature review and systematic synthesis of peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2026 were conducted, alongside analysis of relevant policy and surveillance frameworks. The review focused on behavioral health factors, …
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Short-term treatment outcomes of children starting ART in the ICU, general medical wards and outpatient HIV clinics at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH): a retrospective cohort study
… HIV clinics (OHCs) at RCWMCH. Methods: Structured Literature Review A Pubmed search looking at outcomes of treatment naïve HIV-infected children and adolescents up to 19 years of age living in South Africa commenced on 1st line ART regimens in accordance to the national guidelines …
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Centering the Disabled User Experience of Health Information in a World Driven by Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed Methods Investigation
… in finding health information online: a structured literature review, a cross-sectional survey, and a concurrent think-aloud study. The literature review shows that, across 11 articles, disabled people were often not considered in public health messaging surrounding COVID-19. We then …
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Health System Analysis of Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Services in Nigeria – The Case of Akwa Ibom State
… hospitals in Akwa Ibom State. Concurrently, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants to investigate and analyse the situation of DM and DR services in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Part B is a structured literature review of published articles, online reports, and summaries …
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The deployment of dynamic managerial capabilities in practice
… level is developed from the findings of a structured literature review and a methodology comprising participative data collection methods and qualitatively oriented mixed analysis methods is proposed. Empirical investigation conducted over 18 months concurrently in two manufacturing …
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Zukunftsfähigkeit unabhängiger Vermögensverwalter in der Schweiz – Handlungsempfehlungen zum Umgang mit Digitalisierung, der Next Generation und regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen
… and evolving client expectations. A critical review of the existing literature highlights the underexplored dynamics of this relatively young industry, particularly in response to new regulatory frameworks such as FINSA and FINIA, as well as emerging trends like artificial intelligence, …
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Studies in graduateness and compassion: analysing their relationship, influence and development in nursing and social work
… RPL could be awarded.<br/><br/>The compulsory structured literature review, therefore, is the first element in this thesis. I chose to undertake a systematised review, exploring the concept of graduateness, with a focus on United Kingdom (UK) nursing. This review has within it an additional …
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Factors facilitating pest infestation in two low-income urban areas of Cape Town, South Africa : an urban health observation study
… used to collect and analyse the data. The structured literature review (Part B) describes the double health burden from pests and pesticide exposure faced by low-income urban residents. It also discusses the poverty-related factors that contribute to pest infestations in impoverished urban …
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Lung Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-rays for Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children
… test for pneumonia in children by performing a structured literature review and metaanalysis summarizing the current evidence comparing diagnostic performance of LUS and CXR, and by reporting previously unpublished data from the Drakenstein Child Health Study comparing diagnostic performance of …
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Parental intentions to provide healthy diets for pre‐school children
… was conducted in three phases. First, a two-part structured literature review was carried out. The review explored the influences on family and children’s diet using an ecological model. The second part reviewed the behavioural and psychological theories employed in studies related to parental …
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Magnitude and determinants of the ratio between prevalences of low vision and blindness in rapid assessment of avoidable blindness surveys
… per capita income. Part B contains the structured literature review. PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOHOST (Africa wide and MEDLINE) and Web of science databases were used to look for literature using the following key words: rapid assessment, blindness, age-related cataract, uncorrected refractive …
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Integrated Thinking: Concept, Measurement and Economic Benefits
… evidence on Integrated Thinking using a structured literature review. The findings are synthesised and developed into a conceptual framework highlighting four hallmarks of Integrated Thinking found in companies experiencing benefits from its adoption. These hallmarks are developed into a …
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Seasonal patterns of mortality in medical admissions at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town: 2002-2009
… It begins with a summary of key aspects of the literature review. The aim, hypotheses and objectives of the study are then described, followed by a detailed account of the study methodology, ethical issues, plans for communication of the study findings and logistics. The protocol was approved by …
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