Cardiovascular risk among community members in three communities in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape.

Background:  Cardiovascular diseases pose a risk to population health in South Africa and are responsible for almost one in six deaths (17.3%).

Aim:  To determine the cardiovascular risk among community members who attended a community outreach programme.

Information-seeking in first visit pregnant women in Khayelitsha, South Africa.

Background: The quality of the decisions made by women during pregnancy, especially their first visit, depends on their health needs, their health-seeking behaviour and the type of information available to them.

Aim: This study describes the health education needs, information barriers and health information-seeking behaviour of pregnant women on their first visit to antenatal clinics in a low-income setting in the Western Cape.

Setting: The setting was two antenatal facilities in Khayelitsha Health District facilities in South Africa.