Dentistry Latest Research Output: 2022

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• Hoque M and Tshutsha N. Exploring Factors Affecting the Attraction and Retention of Academic Employees at the Durban University of Technology. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 2022; 13 (1): 1-12
• Louwagie, G., Kanaan, M., Morojele, N. K., Van Zyl, A., Moriarty, A. S., Li, J., Siddiqi, K., Turner, A., Mdege, N. D., Omole, O. B., Tumbo, J., Bachmann, M., Parrott, S., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2022). Effect of a brief motivational interview and text message intervention targeting tobacco smoking, alcohol use and medication adherence to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in adult patients with tuberculosis: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of the ProLife programme in South Africa. BMJ Open, 12(2), [e056496].
• Gomwe, H., Seekoe, E., Lyoka, P., Marange, C. S., & Mafa, D. (2022). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour of primary school learners in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 64(1), 10.4102/safp.v64i1.5381
• Showstark, M., Sappio, E. M., Schweickerdt, L., & Nyoni, C. N. (2022). AFRI-VIPE: Simulated patients (SPs) role in virtual interprofessional education (VIPE). Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 26, [100492]. 10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100492
• Mphateng, T. N., Mapossa, A. B., Wesley-Smith, J., Ramjee, S., & Focke, W. W.  Cellulose acetate/organoclay nanocomposites as controlled release matrices for pest control applications. Cellulose. 
• Gomwe, H., Seekoe, E., Lyoka, P., & Marange, C. S. (2022). Blood pressure profile of primary school children in Eastern Cape province, South Africa: prevalence and risk factors. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1), [207]. 
• Saccaggi, D. L., Maboeei, P., Powell, C., Ngubane-Ndhlovu, N. P., Allsopp, E., Wesley-Smith, J., & van Asch, B. (2022). Towards Solving the “Colomerus vitis Conundrum”: Genetic Evidence Reveals a Complex of Highly Diverged Groups with Little Morphological Differentiation. Diversity, 14(5), [342]. 
• Agaku, I., Nkosi, L., Gwar, J., & Tsafa, T. (2022). Gender norms, HIV risk, and attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis and other HIV preventive interventions among South African adolescents. Pan African Medical Journal, 41, [136]. 
• Agaku, I., Nkosi, L., Gwar, J. N., & Tsafa, T. (2022). A cross-sectional analysis of U=U as a potential educative Intervention to mitigate HIV stigma among youth living with HIV in South Africa. Pan African Medical Journal, 41, [248]. 
• Agaku, I. T., Nkosi, L., Agaku, Q. D., Gwar, J., & Tsafa, T. (2022). A Rapid Evaluation of the US Federal Tobacco 21 (T21) Law and Lessons From Statewide T21 Policies: Findings From Population-Level Surveys. Preventing chronic disease, 19, [E29]. 
• Louwagie, G. M., Morojele, N., Siddiqi, K., Mdege, N. D., Tumbo, J., Omole, O., Pitso, L., Bachmann, M. O., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A. (2022). Erratum: Addressing tobacco smoking and drinking to improve TB treatment outcomes, in South Africa: A feasibility study of the ProLife program (Translational Behavioral Medicine DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz100). Translational Behavioral Medicine, 12(5), 721.
• Agaku, I., Egbe, C. O., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. (2022). Associations between electronic cigarette use and quitting behaviours among South African adult smokers. Tobacco Control, 31(3), 464-472. 
• Njuguna, C., Francis, J. M., Ayo-Yusuf, O., Reji, E., Akii, A. J., Ubabukoh, S., Musonda, J. M., Musonda, J. S., Ndimande, J., Mabuza, L. H., & Omole, O. (2022). Tobacco use among a population of women attending cervical cancer screening programs in primary health care clinics in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal, 43, [14]. 
• Gomwe, H., Seekoe, E., Lyoka, P., Marange, C., & Mafa, D. (2022). Relationship between body composition and physical fitness of primary school learners from a predominantly rural province in South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 14(1), [a3517]. 
• Agaku, I., Nkosi, L., Agaku, Q. D., Gwar, J., & Tsafa, T. (2022). Factors related to adherence to public COVID-19 prevention behaviors, United States, April–July 2021. Population Medicine, 4(September), [27]. 
• Nyashanu, M., & Lekalakala-Mokgele, E. (2022). Exploring the impacts of and reactions to HIV diagnosis in older adults: narratives from Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research, 21(3), 213-220. 
• Oosthuizen, H., du Toit, E. L., Loots, M. T., Atanasova, M., Wesley-Smith, J., Crous, S., Weldhagen, M., & Focke, W. W. (2022). A novel cost-effective choline chloride/ionic liquid solvent for all-cellulose composite production. Cellulose. 10.1007/s10570-022-04907-w
• Bouvard, V., Nethan, S. T., Singh, D., Warnakulasuriya, S., Mehrotra, R., Chaturvedi, A. K., Chen, T. H. H., Ayo-Yusuf, O. A., Gupta, P. C., Kerr, A. R., Tilakaratne, W. M., Anantharaman, D., Conway, D. I., Gillenwater, A., Johnson, N. W., Kowalski, L. P., Leon, M. E., Mandrik, O., Nagao, T., … Lauby-Secretan, B. (2022). IARC Perspective on Oral Cancer Prevention. New England Journal of Medicine, 387(21), 1999-2005. 10.1056/NEJMsr2210097
• Matsha TE. for the COVID-19 Research Response Collaboration. (2022). The association between acid–base status and clinical outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit with an emphasis on high anion gap metabolic acidosis. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 
• Ayo-Yusuf, O., Nkosi, L., & Agaku, I. (2022). E-cigarette Use and Regulation in South Africa: a Synthesis of Evidence in Response to Industry Efforts to Undermine Product Regulation. Current Addiction Reports, 9(4), 363-372. 
• Agaku, I. T., Nkosi, L., Azua, G. K., Tsafa, T. N., Agaku, Q. D., & Vardavas, C. (2022). Examining the level of preparedness of the nursing profession in the US to combat COVID-19 and lessons learned for public health programs, practice, and policy. Population Medicine, 4(May), 1-13. 10.18332/popmed/149307
• Olatunji OA & Lekalakala-Mokgele E. (2022). Gender and neonatal mortality in ekiti state in Nigeria: evidence from healthcare institutions. Gender & Behaviour, 20(2), 19560-19564
• Ojakorotu V; Olatunji OA & Lekalakala-Mokgele E. (2022). A critical look at the Nigerian Legislative Act and Development of the Nigerian Child. African Journal of Development Studies, 12(3), 27-43
• Ayo‑Yusuf OA, et al. IARC Perspective on Oral Cancer Prevention. New England Journal of Medicine. (2022), 1-8
• Nkosi, L, Agaku, IT & Ayo-Yusuf, O 2022, ‘Prevalence and correlates of roll-your-own cigarette smoking among South African adults during 2010–2011 and 2017–2018’, Tobacco Induced Diseases, vol. 20, no. November, 94.
• Lekalakala-Mokgele E & Goosen S. (2022). Bullying Amongst Nurses Working for a Private Hospital Group in Eight Provinces of South Africa. Gender & Behaviour, 20(3),
• Lekalakala-Mokgele E & Morake DH. Experiences of in -patient violence by psychiatric nurse working night duty in a Gauteng Psychiatric Institution. Gender & Behaviour, 20(3)