Mpumalanga Health Policy and Systems Research
Learning Platform
Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR):
Expanding the knowledge base through partnerships for action on health equity
Postgraduate Teaching and Research
We have a sustained commitment to contribute to communities of practice for collaborative research through postgraduate teaching and training.
2019/20
Matilla P (2020). Burden of disease attributable to community nominated health priorities In rural South Africa: a secondary analysis of Verbal Autopsy data. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen, Birmingham and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Birmingham/Johannesburg.
Ojewola T (2020). Promoting community empowerment in the district health system through participatory action research in rural South Africa [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2018/19
Oladeinde O (2019). Community perspectives on alcohol and other drug abuse in rural South Africa: a participatory action research study. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Tembo K (2019). Situated practices of participatory water governance in South Africa: a literature review. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Oladeinde O (2019). Understanding alcohol and other drug abuse in rural communities in South Africa: policies and community perspectives [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Tembo K (2019). Understanding community participatory approaches in water services and resources management in rural communities of South Africa. [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2017/18
Hove J (2018). The role of community participation in improving health in a rural area of northeast South Africa. Protocol for doctoral degree in Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, School of Public Health, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ugwoke P (2018). Family and child health policy and strategy in South Africa: a systematic mapping of policy norms and support. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Ugwoke P (2018). What is the burden of avoidable mortality owing to lack of clean safe water in rural South Africa? A literature review. [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Savella MS (2018). What is the burden of avoidable mortality owing to lack of clean safe water in rural South Africa? A literature review. [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2016/17
Cowan E (2018). Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining Health surveillance with community based research in rural South Africa [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Cowan E (2017). Mortality classification and surveillance systems internationally and in South Africa: a literature review. [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2015/16
Brooks C (2016). Community perspectives on HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa: a qualitative thematic analysis and Photovoice study [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Wariri O (2016). Bridging the gap: using health policy and systems research to connect health system’s stakeholders and rural communities in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Wariri O (2016). Community perspectives on the cause of under-5 mortality in Agincourt: a preliminary qualitative analysis [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2014/15
Forkuo A (2015). Examining social and health system factors, end of life care in cases of epilepsy mortality in a rural district in South Africa. [Masters Placement]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
Forkuo A (2015). A mixed method study of routine health surveillance and community perspectives on mortality owing to stroke and epilepsy in rural South Africa. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.
2013/14
Hullur N (2014). “Poverty is one of the main causes when it comes to the disease”: A qualitative study of community perspectives on HIV, violence and health surveillance in rural South Africa [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen and the Witwatersrand, Aberdeen/Johannesburg.