POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH

Exceptional Achievements

We work extensively in postgraduate teaching and research. Since 2013/14 we have hosted students from India, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, UK, Germany, Norway and Palestine. We also continue to work with many of our graduates as they extend their professional roles, often in connected research and practice settings. We also deliver a postgraduate taught course in health policy and systems research (HPSR), participatory methods and verbal autopsy at Universities of the Witwatersrand and Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen HPSR Course

HPSR Teaching Database

Teaching: Projects

2021/22

Ghneim, M (2022). Institutionalizing evidence-based decision-making in health care in LMIC settings: a comparative study developing strategy and implementation in South Africa and Gaza. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen, and the Witwatersrand, Mpumalanga Department of Health

2020/21

Akua Abruquah N (2021). Community Health Worker perspectives on changing roles in COVID-19: a secondary analysis of narratives on an action learning intervention. [Masters Dissertation]. Universities of Aberdeen, and the Witwatersrand,

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.

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