Publications by authors named "Sulaiman Salau"
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- South Africa has high rates of violence, and analyzing police data can improve understanding of robbery-related violence as part of violence prevention efforts.
- A study of over 1.8 million police reports from 2003-2014 revealed that while robbery is common, severe violence rarely occurs, with certain factors like timing and victim demographics increasing the likelihood of violence during robberies.
- Utilizing police data provides insights into the situational aspects of violence, which can help develop targeted strategies for violence prevention in South Africa.
The need to address the growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases through changing the lifestyle behaviours that contribute to them has become a global priority. Settings-based health promotion strategies such as workplace health promotion programmes are growing in an attempt to start meeting this need. In order for settings-based health promotion programmes to be successful, they need to be based on the specific risk profiles of the population for whom they are designed.
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