Goldstein

Biographic Data

ID2381
NAMEGoldstein
FAMILY NAMEGoldstein
SIGNATUREGOLDSTEIN
AFFILIATIONSSouth African Medical Research Council
ORCID0000-0002-3424-5319
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS47
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1955
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Commercial interests in health policy dialogues

    Open AccessDarshen Naidoo, Nosiphiwo Nzimande et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2026

    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising rapidly in South Africa, prompting the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in 2018 to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However, the levy remains below the rate recommended by the World Health Organization. One of the central institutions involved in the policy process leading up to and following the introduction of the HPL was the National Economic Development and Labour …

  • What unhealthy food and beverage advertisements appeal to- and promote obesity amongst- adolescent children in urban South Africa

    Open AccessMichelle R Brear, Bontle Mamabolo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    Unhealthy food and beverage marketing is harmful to all children because it generates preferences for foods associated with obesity. Our aim was to expand knowledge about the appeal of food advertising to urban-dwelling South African teenage children. We asked 49 boys and girls aged 14-16-years-old, from three Johannesburg high schools, about food advertisements that appealed to them and their peers in six same-gender focus group discussions. We …

  • The economic cost of outpatient primary care of adults with multimorbidity (HIV, diabetes, and hypertension) in rural South Africa

    Open AccessCeleste Claire Holden, Winfrida Mdewa et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2026References: 34

    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is experiencing an epidemiological transition where non-communicable diseases are becoming the leading cause of disability and mortality alongside infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Multimorbidity, the coexistence of two or more long-term conditions, is increasing in SSA. However, the cost of managing multimorbidity is largely unknown. This study aimed to estimate the economic cost of public outpatient primary care for…

  • Changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for chronic health conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic in rural northeast South Africa

    Open AccessChodziwadziwa Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    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

    Open AccessGemma Mitchell, Pfumelani Siwela et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2025

    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…

  • Bundling of unhealthy food products in Johannesburg, South Africa

    Open AccessRenay Weiner, Darshen Naidoo et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    South Africa has high levels of obesity and overweight, which contribute to non-communicable diseases and are associated with poor diets high in ultra-processed foods. Bundling occurs when two or more products are packaged and sold together, often at a discount and is a marketing strategy for unhealthy foods. Given the paucity of data on bundling of unhealthy foods, this exploratory study sought to document how unhealthy foods are bundled togethe…

  • Unhealthy food outlets and outdoor advertisements in urban South African primary school students’ food environments

    Open AccessMichelle R Brear, Agnes Erzse et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    Children’s exposure to outlets selling, and outdoor advertisements marketing, unhealthy foods is an important risk factor for obesity. Yet few policies address the food retail and/or outdoor advertising environment, and research about children’s perceptions is limited, especially in low- and middle-income countries. We used a participatory, multimodal visual/verbal approach to explore urban-dwelling South African primary school students’ percepti…

  • A cost-effectiveness analysis of a South African pregnancy support grant

    Open AccessAisha Moolla, Winfrida Mdewa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Poverty among expectant mothers often results in sub-optimal maternal nutrition and inadequate antenatal care, with negative consequences on child health outcomes. South Africa has a child support grant that is available from birth to those in need. This study aims to determine whether a pregnancy support grant, administered through the extension of the child support grant, would be cost-effective compared to the existing child support grant alon…

  • Indirect effects of Covid-19 on maternal and child health in South Africa

    Open AccessEvelyn Thsehla, Adam Balusik et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    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

    Open AccessSafura Abdool Karim, Petronell Kruger et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    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

    Open AccessPetronell Kruger, Goldstein et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    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…

  • Participatory prioritisation of interventions to improve primary school food environments in Gauteng, South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Safura Abdool Karim et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Prioritising evidence-based, feasible and important interventions underpinned by behaviour change theories is an important step towards enhanced policy making and resource allocation to tackle South Africa's childhood obesity epidemic effectively

  • Perceptions of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessTakana M Silubonde, Lucia Knight et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    With the existing mistrust of government, there is need for government to leverage existing trusted sources in communities to aid in the implementation of preventative measures. These findings support the development of context specific solutions to address challenges faced at different socioeconomic levels

  • What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Teurai Rwafa-Ponela et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    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

  • Essential health services delivery in South Africa during Covid-19

    Open AccessSamanta Tresha Lalla‐Edward, Samanta T Lalla-Edward et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: Between May 2020 and February 2022, South Africa's health system bore strain as it battled mitigating the coronavirus pandemic. The country's pandemic response was scrutinized. This period also brought into focus pre-existing shortcomings in the healthcare system and its governing bodies. Contextually, there is a paucity in literature on the experiences of healthcare providers and users. This study aimed to contribute information on C…

  • We Were Afraid”

    Open AccessTeurai Rwafa-Ponela, Jessica Price et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The impacts of pandemics are recognized to go beyond infection, physical suffering, and socio-economic disruptions. Other consequences include psychological responses. Using a mental wellbeing lens, we analyzed COVID-19-related stressors in healthcare workers (HCWs) and community members who provided and regularly accessed health services in South Africa, respectively. From February to September 2021, during the second COVID-19 wave we conducted …

  • Such conversations are not had in the families”

    Open AccessValens Mbarushimana, Daphney Nozizwe Conco et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Enabling access to SRHR information requires addressing multiple factors within the social-ecological environment of young adolescents. Addressing these factors may facilitate improved access to SRHR information for this age group

  • The roles of men and women in maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Goldstein et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Industrialization and urbanization processes have challenged deeply held traditional gender norms and facilitated the emergence of modern ideologies in South Africa. This paper seeks to explore the gendered roles of family members on maternal and child nutrition and investigate indications of perceived change in related practices. A qualitative secondary analysis was conducted of data from nine focus group discussions (FGDs) held with men (n = 3)…

  • Double-duty solutions for optimising maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Goldstein et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    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…

  • I’d say I’m fat, I’m not obese’

    Open AccessE N Bosire, Emmanuel Cohen et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: In the past decade, South Africa’s obesity epidemic has increased in both children and adults, and being overweight is becoming the norm. Several contributing factors lead to the normalisation of obesity. One of these is the culturally entrenched likeness of larger body sizes or shapes within a milieu of easily accessible unhealthy food and beverages. This qualitative study advances knowledge about the influence of socio-cultural norms…

  • A South African university-practitioner partnership to strengthen capacity in social and behaviour change communication

    Open AccessNicola Christofides, Nicola J Christofides et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    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…

  • Rapid assessment of injection practices in Cambodia, 2002

    Open AccessSirenda Vong, Joseph F Perz et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2005

    Our data suggest that Cambodia has one of the world's highest rates of overall injection usage, despite general awareness of associated infection risks. Although there was little evidence of reuse of needles and syringes, support is needed for interventions to address injection overuse, healthcare worker safety and appropriate waste disposal

  • Achieving social change on gender-based violence

    Open AccessShereen Usdin, Usdin et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2005Cited by: 19References: 7

  • Soul Buddyz

    Open AccessGoldstein, Aadielah Anderson et al.ARTICLEHealth and Human Rights2001Cited by: 1

  • Parental beliefs and values related to family risk, educational intervention, and child academic competence

    Open AccessFrances A Campbell, Goldstein et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly1991Cited by: 1References: 2