J A Laubscher

Biographic Data

ID8933498
NAMEJ A Laubscher
GIVEN NAMESJ A
FAMILY NAMELaubscher
SIGNATURELAUBSCHER J A
AFFILIATIONSSouth African Medical Research Council
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX0

  • The targeting of nutritionally at-risk children attending a primary health care facility in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

    Open AccessSE Schoeman, Michael Hendricks et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    Problems identified in the practices of PHC nurses must be addressed in targeting children at nutritional risk so that appropriate intervention and support can be provided. More attention must be given to socio-economic criteria in identifying children who are nutritionally at-risk to ensure their access to adequate social security networks

  • The targeting of nutritionally at-risk children attending a primary health care facility in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

    Open AccessSE Schoeman, Michael Hendricks et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    Aim The aim of this study was to determine the practices of primary health care (PHC) nurses in targeting nutritionally at-risk infants and children for intervention at a PHC facility in a peri-urban area of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Methodology Nutritional risk status of infants and children Results One hundred and thirty-four children were enrolled in the study. The mean age of their caregivers was 29.5 (standard deviation 7.5)…

  • Iron status of South African women working in a fruit-packing factory

    Open AccessP Wolmarans, MA Dhansay et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2003

    Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the iron status, and the risk factors for iron deficiency (ID) and iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA), of non-pregnant adult women working in a fruit-packing factory. Design: A cross-sectional analytical study was done on 338 women, 18 to 55 years of age. Information on demographic data, risk factors for ID, smoking, and the consumption of red meat, chicken and fish was collected by questionnaire. Heig…

  • An evaluation of an education programme on HIV infection using puppetry and street theatre

    D Skinner, C A Metcalf et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care1991

    'Puppets Against AIDS' is a novel educational medium being used to try to reduce the spread of HIV infection in South Africa. It involves the use of street theatre employing two-metre-high puppets who act out a story of how one person, who is infected with HIV, passes it onto a series of other people until he eventually dies. The puppet show was evaluated in two phases. The first involved a content analysis of a video recording of the show by a m…