David Rees
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 198389 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David Rees |
| NOMBRES | David |
| APELLIDO | Rees |
| FIRMA | REES D |
| AFILIACIONES | National Health Laboratory Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2167-0375 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1941 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Applying the complementary knowledge bases of System Dynamics and Indigenous knowledge in public health research in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Systems Thinking is increasingly applied to address complex societal and public health issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand and has been proposed as a good fit with traditional wisdom and Mātauranga Māori (Indigenous knowledge) from Aotearoa, New Zealand. In this article, we delve into the theoretical underpinnings of Systems Thinking approaches used in Community-Based System Dynamics research and find parallels with Indigenous narratives and knowledg…
Community Co-Design of Regional Actions for Children’s Nutritional Health Combining Indigenous Knowledge and Systems Thinking
Children's nutrition is highly influenced by community-level deprivation and socioeconomic inequalities and the health outcomes associated, such as childhood obesity, continue to widen. Systems Thinking using community-based system dynamics (CBSD) approaches can build community capacity, develop new knowledge and increase commitments to health improvement at the community level. We applied the formal structure and resources of a Group Model Build…
Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of Occupational Lung Disease
CAD systems have the potential to come close to expert readers in the identification of TB and silicosis in this population. The findings underscore the need for CAD systems to be developed and validated in specific use-case settings
Can the South African Milestones for Reducing Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Silicosis be Achieved and Reliably Monitored
Silicosis and other respirable crystalline silica-associated diseases, most notably tuberculosis, have long been substantial causes of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. For the mining and non-mining industries, silicosis elimination programmes have been developed with milestones regarding reduction of levels of exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and targets regarding the date of eradication. The present paper explores the feas…
Community Group Model Building as a Method for Engaging Participants and Mobilising Action in Public Health
Group model building (GMB) is a qualitative method aimed at engaging stakeholders to collectively consider the causes of complex problems. Tackling inequities in community nutrition is one such complex problem, as the causes are driven by a variety of interactions between individual factors, social structures, local environments and the global food system. This methods paper describes a GMB process that utilises three system mapping tools in a st…
Respiratory Health in a Community Living in Close Proximity to Gold Mine Waste Dumps, Johannesburg, South Africa
The effects on respiratory health in populations living close to silica-rich gold mine dumps are unknown. This pilot study related respiratory health and exposure to mine dump dust using two measures of exposure: exposure group, based on distance lived from the mine dump-high ( n = 93) (home n = 133) (500-1.5 km), and low ( n = 84) (>15 km, control group); and cumulative exposure index (CEI) derived from exposure group and number of years of resi…
Systems Thinking and indigenous systems
Much has been written about the impact of chronic conditions on post-colonial indigenous populations. Much less, however, has been written about indigenous knowledge and how it may help tackle poor health statistics among indigenous populations. This article describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both of which challenge the “person-centred” approach so prevalent in Western approache…
Environmental Silica Dust Exposure and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa
We found no association between PTB and environmental exposure to gold mine tailing dust. However, workplace silica dust exposure is a significant risk factor for PTB in South Africa, and PTB patients of working age should be screened for silica exposure
Systemic Barriers and Equitable Interventions to Improve Vegetable and Fruit Intake in Children
Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is declining in New Zealand, and over half of New Zealand's children do not meet the recommendation of two serves of fruit and three serves of vegetables daily (with even lower adherence among children in high-deprivation neighbourhoods). The aim of this study was to map the potential causal pathways explaining this decline and possible actions to reverse it. Semi-structured interviews were held in April-May 2018 w…
Tuberculosis Mortality by Occupation in South Africa, 2011–2015
Work-related tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. The use of vital registration data for monitoring TB deaths by occupation has been unexplored in South Africa. Using underlying cause of death and occupation data for 2011 to 2015 from Statistics South Africa, age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) were calculated for all persons of working age (15 to 64 years) by the direct method using the Worl…
Exploring stability and change in transport systems
The energy cultures framework
Telecare - An innovative model
The challenge: Hampshire County Council (HCC) serves a population of 1.3 million, 237,000 of whom are over 65. With a budget for adult social care of 324m, the council faces a challenge in providing services to a growing demographic with increased complexity of need. It identified assistive technology as part of the solution
“Even if I were to consent, my family will never agree”
CONTEXT: In the South African mining sector, cardiorespiratory-specific autopsies are conducted under the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA) on deceased mineworkers to determine eligibility for compensation. However, low levels of autopsy utilisation undermine the value of the service. OBJECTIVE: To explore enablers and barriers to consent that impact on ODMWA autopsy utilisation for posthumous monetary compensation. METHODS: In…
Alternative remittance systems in Australia
In order to transfer money, people in Western societies have, for many years, relied on conventional banks and other financial institutions. In addition to ordinary banking, however, money and other forms of value can be transferred through the use of so-called remittance services which have operated for hundreds of years in non-Western societies. Until recently, these alternative systems have been largely unregulated with users and providers of …
Ethnicity Questions and Antenatal Screening for Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia [Equans] in England
A category-based ethnicity screening question was more effective than a binary plus open-ended question. Using the more effective question, 5.74% (CI 2.34-11.46%) of significant haemoglobinopathies will be missed in a selective screening programme, and 4.33% (CI 2.63-6.68%) of replies to an ethnicity screening question will be unreliable when compared to information given upon re-interview. In specific carefully circumscribed situations, namely, …
From EFL learning theories to EFL teaching practice
Language teachers are natural observers of the learning environment. Action research proposes progressing from observer to researcher, whereby the teacher-actor follows a methodological research procedure which results in change within the learning environment or institution. Action research is cyclical, each experiment leading to new avenues of research. An example is taken of action research at INH (Institut National d'Horticulture) where the c…
The Defeat of Japan
Farm Labour in South Africa
Review of: Farm Labour in South Africa. F. Wilson, A. Kooy, D. Hendrie (eds.). Cape Town: David Philip, pp. 226, R12
Plastics Technology
Industrial Archaeology of Wales
Harry Dexter White
Mines, Mills and Furnaces
The Age of Containment
The Age of Containment
The energy cultures framework
Ethnicity Questions and Antenatal Screening for Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia [Equans] in England
A category-based ethnicity screening question was more effective than a binary plus open-ended question. Using the more effective question, 5.74% (CI 2.34-11.46%) of significant haemoglobinopathies will be missed in a selective screening programme, and 4.33% (CI 2.63-6.68%) of replies to an ethnicity screening question will be unreliable when compared to information given upon re-interview. In specific carefully circumscribed situations, namely, …
Harry Dexter White
Latey's Law and Practice in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
Latey's Law and Practice in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
The Age of Containment
The Age of Containment
Mines, Mills and Furnaces
Harry Dexter White
Plastics Technology
Industrial Archaeology of Wales
Farm Labour in South Africa
Review of: Farm Labour in South Africa. F. Wilson, A. Kooy, D. Hendrie (eds.). Cape Town: David Philip, pp. 226, R12
The Defeat of Japan
From EFL learning theories to EFL teaching practice
Language teachers are natural observers of the learning environment. Action research proposes progressing from observer to researcher, whereby the teacher-actor follows a methodological research procedure which results in change within the learning environment or institution. Action research is cyclical, each experiment leading to new avenues of research. An example is taken of action research at INH (Institut National d'Horticulture) where the c…
Ethnicity Questions and Antenatal Screening for Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia [Equans] in England
A category-based ethnicity screening question was more effective than a binary plus open-ended question. Using the more effective question, 5.74% (CI 2.34-11.46%) of significant haemoglobinopathies will be missed in a selective screening programme, and 4.33% (CI 2.63-6.68%) of replies to an ethnicity screening question will be unreliable when compared to information given upon re-interview. In specific carefully circumscribed situations, namely, …
Alternative remittance systems in Australia
In order to transfer money, people in Western societies have, for many years, relied on conventional banks and other financial institutions. In addition to ordinary banking, however, money and other forms of value can be transferred through the use of so-called remittance services which have operated for hundreds of years in non-Western societies. Until recently, these alternative systems have been largely unregulated with users and providers of …
“Even if I were to consent, my family will never agree”
CONTEXT: In the South African mining sector, cardiorespiratory-specific autopsies are conducted under the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA) on deceased mineworkers to determine eligibility for compensation. However, low levels of autopsy utilisation undermine the value of the service. OBJECTIVE: To explore enablers and barriers to consent that impact on ODMWA autopsy utilisation for posthumous monetary compensation. METHODS: In…
Telecare - An innovative model
The challenge: Hampshire County Council (HCC) serves a population of 1.3 million, 237,000 of whom are over 65. With a budget for adult social care of 324m, the council faces a challenge in providing services to a growing demographic with increased complexity of need. It identified assistive technology as part of the solution
The energy cultures framework
Exploring stability and change in transport systems
Tuberculosis Mortality by Occupation in South Africa, 2011–2015
Work-related tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. The use of vital registration data for monitoring TB deaths by occupation has been unexplored in South Africa. Using underlying cause of death and occupation data for 2011 to 2015 from Statistics South Africa, age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) were calculated for all persons of working age (15 to 64 years) by the direct method using the Worl…
Systems Thinking and indigenous systems
Much has been written about the impact of chronic conditions on post-colonial indigenous populations. Much less, however, has been written about indigenous knowledge and how it may help tackle poor health statistics among indigenous populations. This article describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both of which challenge the “person-centred” approach so prevalent in Western approache…
Environmental Silica Dust Exposure and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa
We found no association between PTB and environmental exposure to gold mine tailing dust. However, workplace silica dust exposure is a significant risk factor for PTB in South Africa, and PTB patients of working age should be screened for silica exposure
Systemic Barriers and Equitable Interventions to Improve Vegetable and Fruit Intake in Children
Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is declining in New Zealand, and over half of New Zealand's children do not meet the recommendation of two serves of fruit and three serves of vegetables daily (with even lower adherence among children in high-deprivation neighbourhoods). The aim of this study was to map the potential causal pathways explaining this decline and possible actions to reverse it. Semi-structured interviews were held in April-May 2018 w…
Can the South African Milestones for Reducing Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Silicosis be Achieved and Reliably Monitored
Silicosis and other respirable crystalline silica-associated diseases, most notably tuberculosis, have long been substantial causes of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. For the mining and non-mining industries, silicosis elimination programmes have been developed with milestones regarding reduction of levels of exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and targets regarding the date of eradication. The present paper explores the feas…
Community Group Model Building as a Method for Engaging Participants and Mobilising Action in Public Health
Group model building (GMB) is a qualitative method aimed at engaging stakeholders to collectively consider the causes of complex problems. Tackling inequities in community nutrition is one such complex problem, as the causes are driven by a variety of interactions between individual factors, social structures, local environments and the global food system. This methods paper describes a GMB process that utilises three system mapping tools in a st…
Respiratory Health in a Community Living in Close Proximity to Gold Mine Waste Dumps, Johannesburg, South Africa
The effects on respiratory health in populations living close to silica-rich gold mine dumps are unknown. This pilot study related respiratory health and exposure to mine dump dust using two measures of exposure: exposure group, based on distance lived from the mine dump-high ( n = 93) (home n = 133) (500-1.5 km), and low ( n = 84) (>15 km, control group); and cumulative exposure index (CEI) derived from exposure group and number of years of resi…
Applying the complementary knowledge bases of System Dynamics and Indigenous knowledge in public health research in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Systems Thinking is increasingly applied to address complex societal and public health issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand and has been proposed as a good fit with traditional wisdom and Mātauranga Māori (Indigenous knowledge) from Aotearoa, New Zealand. In this article, we delve into the theoretical underpinnings of Systems Thinking approaches used in Community-Based System Dynamics research and find parallels with Indigenous narratives and knowledg…
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