Susan Goldstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3930916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Goldstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Goldstein |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDSTEIN S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for chronic health conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in rural northeast South Africa
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the provision and utilisation of health care services with varying magnitude across settings due to spatial temporal variation in the burden of COVID-19 cases and the roll-out of local COVID-19 response policies. This study assesses changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for three major chronic health conditions (HIV/AIDS, hypertension, and diabetes) over the pre-COVID-19 an…
Alcohol industry involvement in the delayed South Africa Draft Liquor Amendment Bill 2016
BACKGROUND: South Africa is reported to have one of the highest per capita rates of alcohol consumption among drinkers globally, with alcohol harms exacerbating socio-economic inequalities in the country. The Draft Liquor Amendment Bill 2016 proposed new restrictions on alcohol advertising, availability, and liability of retailers and manufacturers for harm related to any contravention of the regulations. To date, the Bill has not progressed thro…
Indirect effects of Covid-19 on maternal and child health in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The unfinished burden of poor maternal and child health contributes to the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa with the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic yet to be fully documented. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in different geographical regions and relative wealth quintiles. METHODS: We estimated the effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health f…
Stakeholder arguments during the adoption of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in South Africa and their influence
BACKGROUND: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are recognised as an effective intervention to prevent obesity. More countries are adopting SSB taxes, but the process of the adoption is politically complex. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyse how public participation processes influenced the South African tax. METHODS: We conducted a content analysis of documents associated with the process of adopting the tax. Records were identified utilisi…
The passage and implementation of a Health Promotion Levy in South Africa as a case study of fair financing procedures
Procedural fairness is an accepted requirement for health decision-making. Fair procedures promote the acceptability and quality of health decisions while simultaneously advancing broader goals of participatory democracy. We conducted a case study of the Sugary Beverage Tax in South Africa known as the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), which was legislated in 2018. The case study examines the process around the adoption of the HPL from the perspective…
What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa
Our study demonstrates how public engagement can facilitate the incorporation of community values and programmatic preferences into nutrition priority setting, enabling a responsive approach to local community needs, especially in resource constrained contexts. Findings could guide policy makers to facilitate more appropriate decisions and to improve nutrition in the first 1000 days of life
Double-duty solutions for optimising maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa
Objective: To obtain a community perspective on key nutrition-specific problems and solutions for mothers and children. Design: A qualitative study comprising nine focus group discussions (FGD) following a semi-structured interview guide. Setting: The township of Soweto in South Africa with a rising prevalence of double burden of malnutrition. Participants: Men and women aged ≥18 years ( n 66). Three FGD held with men, six with women. Results: De…
Cross-Cultural Explorations
It is only in recent decades that psychology as an academic discipline has begun to recognize the importance of a cultural perspective. From cross-cultural psychology through to psychological anthropology, psychologists have taken a number of approaches to studying the role of culture in human behavior. This comprehensive workbook is designed to facilitate students’ understanding and application of major concepts and principles of culture and psy…
Cross-Cultural Explorations
This activities workbook is designed to facilitate students' understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology. The 90 activities in this workbook feature a wide range of engaging case studies, self-administered scales, mini-experiments, and library research projects, addressing topics such as culture, race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and social class. Background mate…
A South African university-practitioner partnership to strengthen capacity in social and behaviour change communication
Globally, communication plays an integral role in public health strategies, from infectious diseases to diseases related to lifestyles. The evolution of the field of social and behaviour change communication (SBCC), combined with the need for evidence based practice and multi-level interventions to promote health, and human resource gaps in sub-Saharan Africa have led to the imperative to standardise and formalise the field. Moreover, current pra…
Achieving social change on gender-based violence
Achieving social change on gender-based violence
A South African university-practitioner partnership to strengthen capacity in social and behaviour change communication
Globally, communication plays an integral role in public health strategies, from infectious diseases to diseases related to lifestyles. The evolution of the field of social and behaviour change communication (SBCC), combined with the need for evidence based practice and multi-level interventions to promote health, and human resource gaps in sub-Saharan Africa have led to the imperative to standardise and formalise the field. Moreover, current pra…
Cross-Cultural Explorations
This activities workbook is designed to facilitate students' understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology. The 90 activities in this workbook feature a wide range of engaging case studies, self-administered scales, mini-experiments, and library research projects, addressing topics such as culture, race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and social class. Background mate…
Cross-Cultural Explorations
It is only in recent decades that psychology as an academic discipline has begun to recognize the importance of a cultural perspective. From cross-cultural psychology through to psychological anthropology, psychologists have taken a number of approaches to studying the role of culture in human behavior. This comprehensive workbook is designed to facilitate students’ understanding and application of major concepts and principles of culture and psy…
Double-duty solutions for optimising maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa
Objective: To obtain a community perspective on key nutrition-specific problems and solutions for mothers and children. Design: A qualitative study comprising nine focus group discussions (FGD) following a semi-structured interview guide. Setting: The township of Soweto in South Africa with a rising prevalence of double burden of malnutrition. Participants: Men and women aged ≥18 years ( n 66). Three FGD held with men, six with women. Results: De…
Indirect effects of Covid-19 on maternal and child health in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The unfinished burden of poor maternal and child health contributes to the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa with the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic yet to be fully documented. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in different geographical regions and relative wealth quintiles. METHODS: We estimated the effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health f…
Stakeholder arguments during the adoption of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in South Africa and their influence
BACKGROUND: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are recognised as an effective intervention to prevent obesity. More countries are adopting SSB taxes, but the process of the adoption is politically complex. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyse how public participation processes influenced the South African tax. METHODS: We conducted a content analysis of documents associated with the process of adopting the tax. Records were identified utilisi…
The passage and implementation of a Health Promotion Levy in South Africa as a case study of fair financing procedures
Procedural fairness is an accepted requirement for health decision-making. Fair procedures promote the acceptability and quality of health decisions while simultaneously advancing broader goals of participatory democracy. We conducted a case study of the Sugary Beverage Tax in South Africa known as the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), which was legislated in 2018. The case study examines the process around the adoption of the HPL from the perspective…
What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa
Our study demonstrates how public engagement can facilitate the incorporation of community values and programmatic preferences into nutrition priority setting, enabling a responsive approach to local community needs, especially in resource constrained contexts. Findings could guide policy makers to facilitate more appropriate decisions and to improve nutrition in the first 1000 days of life
Changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for chronic health conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in rural northeast South Africa
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the provision and utilisation of health care services with varying magnitude across settings due to spatial temporal variation in the burden of COVID-19 cases and the roll-out of local COVID-19 response policies. This study assesses changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for three major chronic health conditions (HIV/AIDS, hypertension, and diabetes) over the pre-COVID-19 an…
Alcohol industry involvement in the delayed South Africa Draft Liquor Amendment Bill 2016
BACKGROUND: South Africa is reported to have one of the highest per capita rates of alcohol consumption among drinkers globally, with alcohol harms exacerbating socio-economic inequalities in the country. The Draft Liquor Amendment Bill 2016 proposed new restrictions on alcohol advertising, availability, and liability of retailers and manufacturers for harm related to any contravention of the regulations. To date, the Bill has not progressed thro…
Medicine (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works)