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Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 76
Citations - 2669
Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 76 publications receiving 1909 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé include Philippine Institute for Development Studies & Umeå Centre for Global Health Research.
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Sleep problems: an emerging global epidemic? Findings from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study among more than 40,000 older adults from 8 countries across Africa and Asia.
Saverio Stranges,William W. Tigbe,Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Margaret Thorogood,Margaret Thorogood,Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala +5 more
TL;DR: This study corroborates the multifaceted nature of sleep problems, which is strongly linked to poorer general well-being and quality of life, and psychiatric comorbidities.
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Research into health, population and social transitions in rural South Africa: data and methods of the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
Kathleen Kahn,Stephen Tollman,Mark A. Collinson,Samuel J. Clark,Rhian Twine,Benjamin Clark,Mildred G Shabangu,Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Obed Mokoena,Michel Garenne +9 more
TL;DR: A major health and demographic transition was documented over a 12-year period with marked changes in population structure, escalating mortality, declining fertility, and high levels of temporary migration increasing particularly amongst women.
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Prevalence of HIV among those 15 and older in rural South Africa
Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Nicole Angotti,Brian Houle,Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula,Jane Menken,Jill Williams,Stephen Tollman,Samuel J. Clark +8 more
TL;DR: The high prevalence among older adults suggests likely HIV infection at older ages, and prevention activities need to expand to older adults to reduce new infections.
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Mobile phone use among patients and health workers to enhance primary healthcare: A qualitative study in rural South Africa.
TL;DR: The bottom-up use of mobile phones has been evolving to fill the gaps to augment primary care services in South Africa; however, barriers to access remain, such as poor digital infrastructure and low digital literacy.
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Barriers to and facilitators of the provision of a youth-friendly health services programme in rural South Africa
Rebecca S Geary,Rebecca S Geary,Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Kathleen Kahn,Kathleen Kahn,Stephen Tollman,Stephen Tollman,Shane A. Norris +7 more
TL;DR: The first study investigating provision of the Youth Friendly Services program in South Africa since the national Department of Health took over its management in 2006 is presented in this paper, where the authors aimed to describe the characteristics of the publicly-funded primary healthcare facilities, investigate the proportion of facilities that provided the youth friendly services, and examine healthcare workers' perceived barriers to and facilitators of the provision of youth-friendly health services.