2024 LIFESTYLE DISEASES PUBLICATIONS

• Adejare, A. & Useh, U. 2024. Effectiveness of interprofessional care on hypertension in low-and medium-income countries of Africa. African Journal of Biomedical Research.

 https://doi.org/10.4314/ajbr.v27i1.1

• Mabasa, S.M.K., Matsipane, M.J. & Useh, U. 2024. Utilisation of partogram at a district in the North West Province, South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid.

 https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag. v29i0.2175

• Muhammad, M., Loong, S.K., Khor, C.S., Mohd-Azami, S.N.I., Kafle, A., Useh, U., Bello, B., AbuBakar, S. 2024. Sunlight exposure might account for the relatively low COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in tropical countries. Tropical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.41.1.010
• Fawole, H.O., Idowu, O.A., Osadiaye, O.A., Akinrolie, O., Ibekaku, M., Ojo, M., Kolawole, F.O., Adandom, I., Oyeyemi, A.L., Useh, U. & Riskowski, J. 2024. A systematic review on the effects of non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue among people with upper and/or lower limb osteoarthritis. Rheumatology Advances in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae050
• Keikabile, T., Matlakala, F.K. & Mapaling C. 2024. A scoping review on the psychosocial effects of sexual abuse on the girl child in Sub-Saharan Africa. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. https://noyam.org/journals/ehass/
• Chilwalo, N., Rantho, K., Hasheela, M. & Matlakala, K.F. 2024. Being there: A scoping review on psychosocial challenges faced by adolescents during bereavement in the Southern African Development Community. Environment and Social Psychology.
• Ngcobo, S.J., Makhado, L. & Sehularo, L.A. Managerial factors influencing the implementation of NIMART services in the mobile health clinics of eThekwini municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100667
•  Gause, G., Sehularo, L.A. & Matsipane, M.J. 2024. Coping strategies used by undergraduate first-year nursing students during transition from basic to higher education: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01938-5
• Ngcobo, S.J., Makhado, L. & Sehularo, L.A. Registered nurses’ experiences regarding operational factors influencing the implementation of HIV care services in the mobile health clinics of eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu Natal. BMC Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01764-9
• Shophi T. 2024. A narrative review on psychosocial factors associated with suicide amongst youth. EUREKA: Social and Humanities. https://doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2024.003352  
• Zhou, P.S. & Matlakala F.S. 2024. Challenges faced by caregivers raising children left by deported migrant parents in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cogent Social Sciences. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080/23311886.2024.2358152
• Gause, G., Sehularo, L.A. & Matsipane, M.J. 2024. Factors that influence resilience among first-year undergraduate nursing students: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Nursing Reports. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14020100  
• Molefe, L.L., Sehularo, L.A. & Koen, D. Support needed by workers providing care to children with cognitive disabilities: A systematic review. Journal for New Generation Sciences. https://orcid.org/000-0003-1456-5814
• Smith, B., Chukwuere, P.C. & Sehularo, L.A. 2024. Exploring presence practices: a study of unit managers in a selected Provincial Hospital in Free State Province. BMC Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02023-7
• Gause, G., Lebese, R.T., Mulaudzi, F.M., Matsipane, M.J., Moloko-Phiri, S.S. & Tshivhase, S. 2024. Communication of health messages using theatre: Appreciative inquiry from Ubuntu theatre group. Health SA Gesondheid. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2622  
• Chukwuere, P.C., Sehularo, L.A. & Manyedi, E. M. 2024. Conceptual framework for the psychosocial management of depression in adolescents in the North West Province, South Africa. The Open Public Health Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0118749445274233240603053624
• Mary Ojong-Alasia1, Seepaneng  Moloko-Phiri1 Molekodi Matsipane, Ushotanefe Useh 2024. Midwifery educators’ knowledge of antenatal exercises in selected Nigerian midwifery schools. Curationis. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2495
• Molefe, L.L., Sehularo, L.A. & Koen, M.P. 2024. Perspectives of practitioners on support for caregivers of children with intellectual disability. Curationis. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2559
• Moganedi, M.J. & Mohlatlole, N.E. 2024. Care for the Caregivers: Psychosocial Risk Factors Among gender-based violence Victim Support, Social Workers in South Africa. International Journal of Sustainable Development.
• Mosete, M.M.M., Mokgaola, I.O., Sehularo, L.A. & Moagi, M.M. 2024. Nurses’ perceptions regarding the establishment of clinical education and training units in public hospitals in the North-West Province: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02449-z
• Masoudi, A., Chemane, N., Useh, U., Bello, B., Magida, N. 2024. Effectiveness of Self-Management Programs Among Athletes With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols. https://doi.org/10.2196/58340
• Molefe, L.L., Sehularo, L.A. & Koen, M.P. 2024. The experiences of secondary caregivers of children diagnosed with intellectual disabilities. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100806
• Gaolaolwe, W., Moagi, M.M., Kovane, G.P. & Sehularo, L.A. 2024. Exploration of effective substance use relapse prevention programmes for the youth: An integrative literature review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13144
• Botlhoko, K.P., Zenani, N.E. & Sehularo, L.A. Experiences of nurse educators regarding the R171 nursing curriculum in North-West Province, South Africa. SAGE Open Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241293700 
• Mpheng, O.I., Sehularo, L.A., Moagi, M.M. & Kovane, G.P. Mental health review members’ understanding of the policy guideline on 72-hour assessment. Curationis. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2662
• Ushotanefe Useh, Abdullahi Adejare, Mukadas Akindele, Sammy Bett. 2024. Mapping and spatial analysis of hypertension and diabetes prevalence in selected rural South African communities. Gulhane Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2024.37267
• Lekganyane, G.M. 2024. The South African Social Work Policy and the Role of Green Social Work: COVID-19 and beyond. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100412  

2025 LIFESTYLE DISEASES PUBLICATIONS

• Masoudi, A., Chemane, N., Magida, N., Useh, U. & Bello, B. 2025. Effectiveness of self-management programmes for athletes with patellofemoral pain syndrome: A systematic review. South African Sports Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2025/v37i1a18648
• Useh, U., Adejare, A., Akindele, M. & Bett, S. 2025. Mapping and spatial analysis of hypertension and diabetes prevalence in selected rural South African communities. Gulhane Medical Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2024.37267 
•  Olonisakin, T.T. & Useh, U. 2025. Non-communicable diseases: Laws, legislation, and reforms as pathways towards managing non-communicable diseases in Africa. World Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106992
• Gause, G., Sehularo, L.A. & Matsipane, M.J. 2025. A Conceptual Framework to Improve Resilience Among Undergraduate First-Year Nursing Students: A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of mental Health Nursing.  https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13492
• Mpheng, I.O., Sehularo, L.A., Moagi, M.M. & Kovane, P. 2025. Mental health care practitioners’ understanding of the policy guideline on 72-hour assessment. Curationis. a2660. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v48i1.2660
• Moganedi, M.J. & Mohlatlole, E. 2025. The Burden of Bearing Daughters: Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Towards Women Birthing Only Girl Children Within Rural South African Marriages. International Journal of Sustainable Development. https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/oida-intl-journal-sustainable-dev/