Moral distress is experienced when clinicians feel constrained to provide care they believe is not in a patient’s interests. It is recognised as a significant issue within acute care settings. No studies have longitudinally ...

The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum strains resistant to first-line antimalarial treatments the artemisinins in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) instigated the goal of total malaria elimination for the entire region. ...

Background: Hospital admission rates due to cardiovascular disease are rising. Consequently, evidence-based, secondary prevention programs that enable people to self-manage their condition(s) within the community are ...

Since implementation in 1974, the South African Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has had considerable impact on vaccine-preventable-diseases (VPDs). However, as in many low and middle-income countries, optimal ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) occurs due to repetitive partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep and may lead to generalised hypoxia and/or arousals from sleep. OSA has both direct and indirect health and ...

Globally, there is good evidence that people in prison are distinguished by their poor health profile and by entrenched socio-economic disadvantage. Mental disorders, especially severe mental illness, are overrepresented ...

Good lung function is essential for general health and longevity. The lungs are responsible for providing oxygen to meet the metabolic demands of the body and expelling waste products of cellular respiration. They also ...

Twin studies enable powerful approaches for untangling the roles of genes and the environment on human traits and conditions. Twin registries have been established across the globe since the 1950’s to facilitate twin studies ...

Background. This thesis reports on a study to identify the experiences of children at school and to develop a school model that promotes children’s wellbeing in Indonesia. This study is significant for two important reasons. ...

Data is the primary asset of biomedical researchers and the engine for both discovery and translation. The challenge is to facilitate the discovery of new medical knowledge, supported by advanced computing technologies ...