‘Fit to play’: Labour market behaviour in a cohort of public-sector antiretroviral treatment patients

Booysen, Frederik; Geldenhuys, J. N.

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2016.1203762

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“…Many studies have reported that ART leads to full employment recovery and productivity levels comparable to uninfected workers (Razzano, Hamilton, & Perloff, 2006;Morineau et al, 2009;Habyarimana et al, 2010;Rosen et al, 2010;Bor et al, 2012), but other studies record persistently lower employment despite recovery of work ability (Thirumurthy, Zivin, & Goldstein, 2008;Wagner, Ryan, Huynh, Kityo, & Mugyenyi, 2009;Booysen & Geldenhuys, 2016). This may be due to nonadherence to the treatment regimen (Coetzee, Kagee, & Vermeulen, 2011); the effects of HIV-related stigma on social support and mental health (Tsai et al, 2011) or household disruption due to the disease (Wagner, Ryan, Huynh, Kityo, & Mugyenyi, 2011).…”

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Early HIV treatment and labour outcomes: A case study of mining workers in South Africa

2018

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This study examines whether labour outcomes of HIV‐infected workers treated with antiretrovirals are associated with the stage of the disease when commencing therapy. We use data on employment separation and absenteeism from the workplace health programme of South Africa's largest coal mining company over the period of January 2009 to March 2017 in a Cox proportional hazards model. When treatment was initiated at a CD4+ T cell count above 350 cells/μl, the risk of separating from the company was 37% lower and the risk of absence was 20%t lower than initiating at a CD4 count below 200 cells/μl, and these differences persist over time. Also, we find that workers initiating antiretroviral therapy at CD4 ≥ 350 have an 8% lower risk of absence prior to treatment. Although many companies and the South African government have adopted universal test‐and‐treat policies aiming to initiate all HIV‐infected people as early as possible, most HIV patients still start treatment late in the disease course when their CD4 counts have fallen to low levels. Our results indicate early HIV detection and treatment could have large productivity gains.

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Early HIV treatment and labour outcomes: A case study of mining workers in South Africa

2018

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Measuring Household Food Security Using Food Intake Indicators in Rural Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Msaki

Hendriks

2014

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Estimation of micronutrients intake in food consumption surveys has generally been ignored. Focusing on similar households, a household food consumption survey (n = 200) was carried out in November 2004 (period of less) and March 2005 (period of plenty) in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Diet diversity, energy, protein and micronutrient intakes were proxies of household food security. Principal Component Analysis was used to estimate household food adequacy and strength of the variables (nutrients) in determining household intake variation amongst the community. On average, variation in household intake was contributed by energy (62.8%), iron (20.2%), protein (11.8%), vitamin E (3.8%), vitamin A (1.0%), and dietary diversity (0.3%). Linking food intake to household variables can generate plausible variables for measuring household food security.

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Do Food Quality and Food Quantity Talk the Same? Lesson From Household Food Security Study in Embo, South Africa

Msaki

Hendriks

2013

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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‘Fit to play’: Labour market behaviour in a cohort of public-sector antiretroviral treatment patients

Cited by 3 publications

References 67 publications

Early HIV treatment and labour outcomes: A case study of mining workers in South Africa

Early HIV treatment and labour outcomes: A case study of mining workers in South Africa

Measuring Household Food Security Using Food Intake Indicators in Rural Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Do Food Quality and Food Quantity Talk the Same? Lesson From Household Food Security Study in Embo, South Africa

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