Decentralising NCD management in rural southern Africa: evaluation of a pilot implementation study.

Background: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases, and associated morbidity and mortality, is increasing rapidly in low and middle-income countries where health systems often have limited access and lower quality of care. The intervention was to decentralise uncomplicated non-communicable disease (NCD) care from a hospital to nurse practitioners in health centres in a poor rural district in Eswatini, southern Africa. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility and impact of decentralised care for NCDs within nurse-led clinics in order improve access and inform healthcare planning in Eswatini and similar settings.

Food serving size knowledge in African American women and the relationship with body mass index.

Objective: To examine serving size knowledge in African Americans and how it is related to body mass index (BMI).

Design: Serving size knowledge of food commonly consumed by African Americans was assessed by asking the subjects to select the amount of food considered to be a single serving size by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. Seventeen food items were tested, and the amounts selected were weighed.

Fulbright Scholar opportunities for global health and women's health care in HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

This article addresses global health opportunities related to HIV/AIDS and women's health care in sub-Saharan Africa through Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Student Awards. Although many universities offer a gateway to the J. William Fulbright awards, some disciplines and areas of specialization, including nursing and women's health, have had fewer scholars or students as recipients of these awards.

Interexaminer reliability of activator methods' relative leg-length evaluation in the prone extended position.

Objective: To investigate the interexaminer reliability of the prone extended relative leg-length check as described by Activator Methods, Inc.

Subjects: Thirty-four subjects were selected from a pool of 52 consecutive patients visiting a private chiropractic office.

Methods: Exclusion criteria included congenital or acquired conditions known to affect lower extremity length and inability to lie prone for a 10-minute period.