Petronell Kruger

Biographic Data

ID4275181
NAMEPetronell Kruger
GIVEN NAMESPetronell
FAMILY NAMEKruger
SIGNATUREKRUGER P
AFFILIATIONSSouth African Medical Research Council
ORCID0000-0003-0624-2847
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The impact of Covid-19 on food aid systems in South Africa

    Open AccessSafura Abdool Karim, Petronell Kruger et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    Covid-19 and South Africa’s response to Covid-19 resulted in increased food insecurity and reliance on food aid. This study aimed to describe the functioning of the food aid system during South Africa’s Covid-19 response. We conducted a mixed-methods study from August 2020 to January 2021 in South Africa. Data collection comprised of a desk-based review of private actor activities related to food aid during Covid-19; key informant interviews with…

  • Civil society perspectives on commercial determinants of stunting

    Angelika Grimbeek, Eunice Motha et al.ARTICLEDevelopment Southern Africa2025

    Twenty-nine per cent of children in South Africa are stunted, influenced by inadequate dietary diversity and low breastfeeding rates. Despite existing regulations, commercial milk formula companies continue to influence infant feeding practices. This study applies a Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) model to a case analysis of the Nestlé Stokvel webinar and the Not Today Nestlé campaign. Document review and expert reflections revealed that…

  • 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

  • A human rights-based approach to coercive public health interventions

    Open AccessPetronell Kruger, Safura Abdool KarimARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2022

    The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and its impact on countries across the globe has been unprecedented. The lack of pharmaceutical interventions to prevent or treat infection have left States with limited avenues to control the spread of the virus. Many countries have introduced stringent lockdowns along with regulatory regimes that give governments new powers to compel compliance with these regulations and to punish non-compliance. This article investigate…

  • Barriers to, and facilitators of, the adoption of a sugar sweetened beverage tax to prevent non-communicable diseases in Namibia

    Open AccessHans Justus Amukugo, Safura Abdool Karim et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    The Government of Namibia has taken positive steps and the policy environment is friendly towards an SSB tax. The proximity of trade and the competitive nature of the Namibian drinks industry with South Africa suggest that a regional perspective to advocacy would be of value

  • Unsavoury

    Open AccessSafura Abdool Karim, Petronell KrugerARTICLESouth African Journal on Human…2021

    The right to food in South African jurisprudence has remained underdeveloped and the right to food is often vindicated through other means and the protection of other, related rights. The modern development of class actions in South Africa is implicitly intertwined with the infringement of citizens’ right to access sufficient food. The first class actions initiated in South Africa involved the food industry and affordability of the most staple fo…

  • Industry strategies in the parliamentary process of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in South Africa

    Open AccessSafura Abdool Karim, Petronell Kruger et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2020

    BACKGROUND: In 2016, the South African government became the first in the African region to announce the introduction of an SSB tax based on sugar content as a public health measure to reduce obesity. This tax was introduced against the backdrop of South Africa having a large sugar production and SSB manufacturing industry, as well as very high unemployment rates. The introduction of fiscal measures, such as a SSB tax, has been met with well-coor…