Richard Bland
Biographic Data
| ID | 247365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Bland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Bland |
| SIGNATURE | BLAND R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1675-9268 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Kaufman assessment battery in a sample of primary school-aged children in rural South Africa
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, measures cognitive processing, includes non-verbal sub-tests, and is increasingly used in low- and middle-income countries. While the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, has been validated in the United States, a psychometric evaluation has not been conducted in Southern Africa. This study aims to establish the reliability and validity of the Kaufman Assessment Batt…
The Amagugu intervention
The World Health Organization recommends disclosure of parental HIV to children aged 6-12 years. The maternal HIV-disclosure intervention (Amagugu), a lay counsellor-led, home-based intervention with six sessions, was implemented. The intervention included provision of disclosure tools, training and support for mothers, a family session and health promotion clinic visit for mothers and children. Amagugu demonstrated success as a maternal disclosu…
Communication about HIV and death
In sub-Saharan Africa, given exposure to death at young ages, meeting children's informational needs could increase their resilience
Shortcomings of adherence counselling provided to caregivers of children receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa
In order to achieve optimal benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART), caregivers of children receiving ART are required to attend routine clinic visits monthly and administer medication to the child as prescribed. Yet, the level of adherence to these behaviours varies considerably in many settings. As a way to achieve optimal adherence in rural KwaZulu-Natal, caregivers are required to attend routine counselling sessions at HIV treatment clinics …
Video observations of treatment administration to children on antiretroviral therapy in rural KwaZulu-Natal
For children younger than five years, caregivers are responsible for the measurement and administration of antiretroviral medication doses to children. Failure to adhere to the regimen as prescribed may lead to high viral loads (VLs), immune suppression and ultimately drug resistance. In the content of this study, adherence refers to adequate dosing of the medication by a caregiver. Acquired drug resistance to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is prev…
Barriers and facilitators to paediatric adherence to antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa
Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) contributes to the development of drug resistance. HIV-infected children, especially those 5 years and under, are dependent on a caregiver to adhere to ART. However, characteristics of the caregiver, child, regimen, clinic and social context affect clinic attendance and medication-taking, both of which constitute adherent behaviour. We conducted nine interviews and three focus groups to determine how…
Living with HIV, disclosure patterns and partnerships a decade after the introduction of HIV programmes in rural South Africa
Prevention of mother-to-child Transmission and HIV Treatment programmes were scaled-up in resource-constrained settings over a decade ago, but there is still much to be understood about women's experiences of living with HIV and their HIV disclosure patterns. This qualitative study explored women's experiences of living with HIV, 6-10 years after being diagnosed during pregnancy. The area has high HIV prevalence, and an established HIV treatment …
Maternal HIV disclosure to HIV-uninfected children in rural South Africa
As access to treatment increases, large numbers of HIV-positive parents are raising HIV-negative children. Maternal HIV disclosure has been shown to have benefits for mothers and children, however, disclosure rates remain low with between 30-45% of mothers reporting HIV disclosure to their children in both observational and intervention studies. Disclosure of HIV status by parent to an HIV-uninfected child is a complex and challenging psychologic…
Body fatness or anthropometry for assessment of unhealthy weight status? Comparison between methods in South African children and adolescents
Objective A variety of methods are available for defining undernutrition (thinness/underweight/under-fat) and overnutrition (overweight/obesity/over-fat). The extent to which these definitions agree is unclear. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess agreement between widely used methods of assessing nutritional status in children and adolescents, and to examine the benefit of body composition estimates. Design The main objective of the…
Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study
Maternal recall performs well in identifying vaccinated children aged 12-23 months (both in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected mothers), with sensitivity similar to information extracted from vaccination cards. Information based on both maternal recall and vaccination cards should be used if the aim is to use surveillance data to identify children who received a vaccination
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life
Sociocultural influences on infant feeding decisions among HIV‐infected women in rural Kwa‐Zulu Natal, South Africa
The promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, followed by rapid transition to alternative food sources may be an important public health approach to the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breastmilk. The basic ethical principle of 'informed choice' requires that HIV positive women are provided with adequate information about their options. However, information is only one factor that affects their decisions. The obj…
E-mail for English teaching
Translation of Traugott Bromme's Handbook
Purity in Danger
Measuring 'Social Class
Social Mobility in the Petite Bourgeoisie
Social mobility In the petite bourgeoisie After many years of neglect the middle strata of advanced industrial societies are now the subject of a good deal of academic interest. Much of the new work is still concerned with the role of the small businessmen, self-employed artisans and white collar workers in Germany - either in the late nineteenth century Mittelstand associations or in the ranks of the national socialists in the nineteen thirties …
Comment on Wilson and Zurcher's “Status Inconsistency and Participation in Social Movements”
Wilson and Zurcher (1976) set out to discuss the relationships within a set of four variables—income, occupation, education, and pornactivity, that is, activity in relation to two anti-pornography crusades—and to proceed from this discussion to conclusions about status inconsistency as an explanatory framework for the analysis of social movements. We should like to comment on three levels. First we discuss the purely numerical aspects of their an…
Small Shopkeepers
Small Shopkeepers
Measuring 'Social Class
Social Mobility in the Petite Bourgeoisie
Social mobility In the petite bourgeoisie After many years of neglect the middle strata of advanced industrial societies are now the subject of a good deal of academic interest. Much of the new work is still concerned with the role of the small businessmen, self-employed artisans and white collar workers in Germany - either in the late nineteenth century Mittelstand associations or in the ranks of the national socialists in the nineteen thirties …
Purity in Danger
Communication about HIV and death
In sub-Saharan Africa, given exposure to death at young ages, meeting children's informational needs could increase their resilience
Small Shopkeepers
Comment on Wilson and Zurcher's “Status Inconsistency and Participation in Social Movements”
Wilson and Zurcher (1976) set out to discuss the relationships within a set of four variables—income, occupation, education, and pornactivity, that is, activity in relation to two anti-pornography crusades—and to proceed from this discussion to conclusions about status inconsistency as an explanatory framework for the analysis of social movements. We should like to comment on three levels. First we discuss the purely numerical aspects of their an…
Social Mobility in the Petite Bourgeoisie
Social mobility In the petite bourgeoisie After many years of neglect the middle strata of advanced industrial societies are now the subject of a good deal of academic interest. Much of the new work is still concerned with the role of the small businessmen, self-employed artisans and white collar workers in Germany - either in the late nineteenth century Mittelstand associations or in the ranks of the national socialists in the nineteen thirties …
Purity in Danger
Measuring 'Social Class
Translation of Traugott Bromme's Handbook
E-mail for English teaching
Sociocultural influences on infant feeding decisions among HIV‐infected women in rural Kwa‐Zulu Natal, South Africa
The promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, followed by rapid transition to alternative food sources may be an important public health approach to the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breastmilk. The basic ethical principle of 'informed choice' requires that HIV positive women are provided with adequate information about their options. However, information is only one factor that affects their decisions. The obj…
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life
Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study
Maternal recall performs well in identifying vaccinated children aged 12-23 months (both in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected mothers), with sensitivity similar to information extracted from vaccination cards. Information based on both maternal recall and vaccination cards should be used if the aim is to use surveillance data to identify children who received a vaccination
Maternal HIV disclosure to HIV-uninfected children in rural South Africa
As access to treatment increases, large numbers of HIV-positive parents are raising HIV-negative children. Maternal HIV disclosure has been shown to have benefits for mothers and children, however, disclosure rates remain low with between 30-45% of mothers reporting HIV disclosure to their children in both observational and intervention studies. Disclosure of HIV status by parent to an HIV-uninfected child is a complex and challenging psychologic…
Body fatness or anthropometry for assessment of unhealthy weight status? Comparison between methods in South African children and adolescents
Objective A variety of methods are available for defining undernutrition (thinness/underweight/under-fat) and overnutrition (overweight/obesity/over-fat). The extent to which these definitions agree is unclear. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess agreement between widely used methods of assessing nutritional status in children and adolescents, and to examine the benefit of body composition estimates. Design The main objective of the…
Barriers and facilitators to paediatric adherence to antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa
Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) contributes to the development of drug resistance. HIV-infected children, especially those 5 years and under, are dependent on a caregiver to adhere to ART. However, characteristics of the caregiver, child, regimen, clinic and social context affect clinic attendance and medication-taking, both of which constitute adherent behaviour. We conducted nine interviews and three focus groups to determine how…
Living with HIV, disclosure patterns and partnerships a decade after the introduction of HIV programmes in rural South Africa
Prevention of mother-to-child Transmission and HIV Treatment programmes were scaled-up in resource-constrained settings over a decade ago, but there is still much to be understood about women's experiences of living with HIV and their HIV disclosure patterns. This qualitative study explored women's experiences of living with HIV, 6-10 years after being diagnosed during pregnancy. The area has high HIV prevalence, and an established HIV treatment …
Shortcomings of adherence counselling provided to caregivers of children receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa
In order to achieve optimal benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART), caregivers of children receiving ART are required to attend routine clinic visits monthly and administer medication to the child as prescribed. Yet, the level of adherence to these behaviours varies considerably in many settings. As a way to achieve optimal adherence in rural KwaZulu-Natal, caregivers are required to attend routine counselling sessions at HIV treatment clinics …
Video observations of treatment administration to children on antiretroviral therapy in rural KwaZulu-Natal
For children younger than five years, caregivers are responsible for the measurement and administration of antiretroviral medication doses to children. Failure to adhere to the regimen as prescribed may lead to high viral loads (VLs), immune suppression and ultimately drug resistance. In the content of this study, adherence refers to adequate dosing of the medication by a caregiver. Acquired drug resistance to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is prev…
The Amagugu intervention
The World Health Organization recommends disclosure of parental HIV to children aged 6-12 years. The maternal HIV-disclosure intervention (Amagugu), a lay counsellor-led, home-based intervention with six sessions, was implemented. The intervention included provision of disclosure tools, training and support for mothers, a family session and health promotion clinic visit for mothers and children. Amagugu demonstrated success as a maternal disclosu…
Communication about HIV and death
In sub-Saharan Africa, given exposure to death at young ages, meeting children's informational needs could increase their resilience
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Kaufman assessment battery in a sample of primary school-aged children in rural South Africa
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, measures cognitive processing, includes non-verbal sub-tests, and is increasingly used in low- and middle-income countries. While the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition, has been validated in the United States, a psychometric evaluation has not been conducted in Southern Africa. This study aims to establish the reliability and validity of the Kaufman Assessment Batt…
Medicine (11 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (9 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demography (4 works)