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  1. A narrative review of the implementation and monitoring of the food-based dietary guidelines within the healthcare sector in South Africa

    Article • Discover Public Health, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  2. Association between second-hand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms among teenagers attending school in Soshanguve, South Africa

    Article • Discover Public Health, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  3. The Burden of Early-Childhood Atopic Disease: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Allergic Rhinitis in an Informal Settlement in South Africa

    Article • Children, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  4. Factors Influencing Asthma in Children at Early Childhood Development Centres in a Densely Populated Urban Informal Township in Gauteng Province, South Africa

    Article • Children, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  5. Indoor and outdoor air pollutants concentrations at preschools in Melusi informal settlement, Pretoria, South Africa

    Article • Discover Public Health, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  6. Exploring Effects of Household Air Pollution on Pregnant Mothers and Their Offspring in Africa: A Scoping Review

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  7. Uncovering the Ergonomic Risks Threatening the Health of Underground Female Coal Mineworkers

    Article • Safety, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  8. Occupational Ergonomic Risks Among Women in Underground Coal Mining, South Africa

    Article • Safety, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  9. Health Risks of Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 ) and Its Trace Elements in Mabopane, South Africa

    Article • Environmental Quality Management, September 2025, Wiley

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  10. A Study Protocol to Assess the Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Asthma and Other Respiratory Health Outcomes Amongst Children Below 5 Years of Age in Alexandra Township’s Early Childhood Development Centers, Johannesburg

    Article • Methods and Protocols, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  11. Men’s Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Cultural Beliefs, and Perceived Risk and Susceptibility Regarding Prostate Cancer in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  12. Dietary Patterns in Relation to Asthma and Wheeze Among Adolescents in a South African Rural Community

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  13. The Prevalence of Childhood Asthma, Respiratory Symptoms and Associated Air Pollution Sources Among Adolescent Learners in Selected Schools in Vhembe District, South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  14. Health Equity Research Outcomes and Improvement Consortium Prostate Cancer Health Precision Africa1K: Closing the Health Equity Gap Through Rural Community Inclusion

    Article • Journal of Urologic Oncology, July 2024, Korean Urological Oncology Society

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  15. Respiratory conditions and health symptoms associated with air pollution amongst children aged six years and below in Melusi Informal Settlement, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Public Health, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  16. Corrigendum: Access to healthcare by undocumented Zimbabwean migrants in post-apartheid South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, May 2024, AOSIS Open Journals

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  17. Indoor and outdoor NO2 and SO2 levels in 13 randomly selected preschools from 7 districts in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

    Article • Public Health Challenges, May 2024, Wiley

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  18. Prevalence of Wheezing and Its Association with Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Rural and Urban Preschool Children in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  19. Association between Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Sources and Atopic Eczema among Preschool Children in South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  20. Is There an Association between Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Wheezing among Rural and Urban Preschool Children in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa?

    Article • March 2024, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  21. Access to healthcare by undocumented Zimbabwean migrants in post-apartheid South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, February 2024, AOSIS Open Journals

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  22. Interactions between people and places

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, January 2024, Frontiers

    Prof. Sean Mark Patrick, Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  23. Source Apportionment of PM 2.5 and PM 2.5 -Bound Trace Elements in Pretoria, South Africa

    Article • Environmental Forensics, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  24. Linking African ancestral substructure to prostate cancer health disparities

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  25. Case-crossover study for the association between increased hospital admissions for respiratory diseases and the increase in atmospheric PM 2.5 and PM 2.5 -bound trace elements in Pre...

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Health Research, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  26. Apparent Temperature Modifies the Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • Climate, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  27. Knowledge, attitude and practices on notifiable diseases among environmental health practitioners in the City of Johannesburg: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Health SA Gesondheid, December 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  28. Inhalation health risk assessment of ambient PM2.5 and associated trace elements in Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  29. Perceptions and attitudes of black men in a rural district of South Africa towards depression and its treatment

    Article • South African Family Practice, July 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  30. Temperature modifies the association between air pollution and respiratory disease mortality in Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Health Research, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  31. Perceptions and attitudes of black men in a rural district of South Africa towards depression and its treatment

    Article • March 2022, Research Square

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  32. Allergy and Household Living Conditions among Adolescents Living near Gold Mine Tailing Dumps in the Gauteng and North West Provinces of South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  33. High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Public Health in Practice, November 2021, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  34. Impact of future climate change on malaria in West Africa

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  35. Assessment of occupational health and safety practices at government mortuaries in Gauteng Province: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2021, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  36. Registered nurses' perspectives on barriers of cervical cancer screening in Swaziland: a qualitative study

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2021, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  37. Temperature modifies the association between air pollution and cardiovascular disease hospital admissions in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Priority Area, South Africa

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, October 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  38. Temperature modifies the association between air pollution and respiratory disease mortality in Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, October 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  39. A Study Protocol to Determine Heat-Related Health Impacts among Primary Schoolchildren in South Africa

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  40. Knowledge and practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Openzinzi Hciii, Adjumani District, Uganda

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, September 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  41. Burnout chez les professionnels soignants de l'Hôpital Central de Yaoundé

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, June 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  42. Assessing implementation modalities of mhealth intervention on pregnant women in Dschang health district, west region of Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  43. Assessing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women aged 25-65 years in Kumbo West Health District, Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  44. Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  45. Knowledge and practice of pregnant women and health care workers on hepatitis B prevention in the Limbe and Muyuka health districts of the south west region of Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  46. Prevalence of stillbirth at the Buea Regional Hospital, Fako Division south-west region, Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  47. Reasons for non-compliance to immunization among Fulani Children aged between 0-11 months in the Vekovi community in Cameroon

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2019, Pan African Medical Journal

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  48. Skin test reactivity to common allergens is associated with asthma symptoms among school children in an urban environment in a developing country

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, August 2016, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  49. Allergic rhinitis, rhinoconjunctivitis and hayfever symptoms among children are associated with frequency of truck traffic near residences: a cross sectional study

    Article • Environmental Health, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  50. Association Between Eczema Symptoms And Selected Air Pollution Sources Amongst Teenagers Living In An Air Pollution Priority Area.

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, August 2015, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  51. Environmental tobacco smoke and the risk of eczema symptoms among school children in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2015, BMJ

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  52. Association between Wheeze and Selected Air Pollution Sources in an Air Pollution Priority Area in South Africa: a Cross - Sectional Study

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, October 2014, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  53. NO2, SO2 and O3 Indoor-Outdoor Relationships at Schools in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng Province, South Africa

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, October 2014, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde

  54. Association between wheeze and selected air pollution sources in an air pollution priority area in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Environmental Health, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Joyce Shirinde