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| Leslie LondonSummaryAffiliation: University of Cape Town Country: South Africa Publications
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Health professionals should be speaking out about the victimisation of doctors in BahrainStuart Saunders
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
S Afr Med J 102:112. 2012..Doctors in Bahrain who treated people wounded during and after demonstrations have been arrested, tried by a military court and given sentences of up to 15 years' imprisonment...- Globalisation and health inequalities: can a human rights paradigm create space for civil society action?Leslie London
University of Cape Town, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Soc Sci Med 74:6-13. 2012.... - Training trainers in health and human rights: implementing curriculum change in South African health sciences institutionsElena G Ewert
Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
BMC Med Educ 11:47. 2011..This study followed up participants to determine the extent of curriculum implementation, support needed as well as barriers encountered in integrating human rights into health sciences teaching and learning... - Neurobehavioural methods, effects and prevention: workers' human rights are why the field matters for developing countriesL London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Neurotoxicology 30:1135-43. 2009.... - The ethics of human volunteer studies involving experimental exposure to pesticides: unanswered dilemmasLeslie London
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Environ Health 9:50. 2010.... - What is a human-rights based approach to health and does it matter?Leslie London
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Cape Town, South Africa
Health Hum Rights 10:65-80. 2008.... - A survey of trainee specialists experiences at the University of Cape Town (UCT): impacts of race and genderLeslie London
Health Sciences Faculty and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
BMC Med Educ 9:26. 2009..This study aimed to describe trends in race and gender profiles of postgraduate students in medical specialties (registrars) from 1999 to 2006 and to identify factors affecting recruitment and retention of black and female trainees... - Confinement for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: balancing protection of health systems, individual rights and the public's healthL London
Health and Human Rights Programme, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 13:1200-9. 2009.... - Human rights and health: opportunities to advance rural occupational healthLeslie London
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzia Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Int J Occup Environ Health 17:80-92. 2011..Human rights approaches may assist the prevention of work-related morbidity... - Human rights and health: challenges for training nurses in South AfricaL London
Health and Human Rights Programme, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Faculty, Cape Town, South Africa
Curationis 31:5-18. 2008..At a time when there are increasing demands on the nursing profession to assume greater responsibility and develop versatility in its scope of practice, key challenges are posed for teaching and realising human rights... - Employability and HIV infection: can the military claim to be an exception?Leslie London
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Occup Environ Health 17:352-60. 2011..HIV testing alone is poorly predictive of competencies required for military employment. Testing should be used to promote access to care. Use for exclusionary purposes is discriminatory... - The nervous system effects of occupational exposure on workers in a South African manganese smelterJonathan E Myers
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory 7925, South Africa
Neurotoxicology 24:885-94. 2003.... - Cost analysis of ELISA, solid-phase extraction, and solid-phase microextraction for the monitoring of pesticides in waterMohamed A Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Environ Res 98:143-50. 2005..The low cost of SPME is particularly important because of the sensitivity and reliability of this method and the faster output compared to SPE, and SPME is recommended for the long-term monitoring of pesticide pollution... - 'Issues of equity are also issues of rights': lessons from experiences in Southern AfricaLeslie London
Health and Human Rights Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Anzio Rd, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
BMC Public Health 7:14. 2007..The objective of this study was to identify how human rights approaches can promote health equity... - Ethical concerns in international occupational health and safetyLeslie London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Occup Med 17:587-600. 2002.... - Guillain-Barre syndrome in a rural farming district in South Africa: a possible relationship to environmental organophosphate exposureLeslie London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Arch Environ Health 59:575-80. 2004..The authors explored the hypothesis that aerial OP insecticide application was related to the raised incidence of GBS in this area and made suggestions for future research... - Pesticide exposure and blood endosulfan levels after first season spray amongst farm workers in the Western Cape, South AfricaMohamed Aqiel Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
J Environ Sci Health B 44:271-7. 2009..IPSE occurred in applicators and non-applicators and were higher in applicators. The validity of the JEM weightings and characterization of other routes of pesticide exposure require further investigation... - Disposal of unwanted pesticides in Stellenbosch, South AfricaMohamed Aqiel Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Sci Total Environ 361:8-17. 2006..This study followed-up a previous audit of unwanted and obsolete pesticides on farms in a rural district of South Africa six years after a National Retrieval Project (NPR) was undertaken... - Occupational Activities Associated with a Reported History of Malaria among Women Working in Small-Scale Agriculture in South AfricaSaloshni Naidoo
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella, Durban, South Africa Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Environmental Epidemiology Division, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:805-10. 2011..This study suggests that certain agricultural activities and types of crop production may increase the risk for malaria among women working in small-scale agriculture... - Change in the quantity and acute toxicity of pesticides sold in South African crop sectors, 1994-1999Mohamed A Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Environ Int 35:683-7. 2009.... - Urinary dialkyl phosphate levels before and after first season chlorpyrifos spraying amongst farm workers in the Western Cape, South AfricaMohamed Aqiel Dalvie
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
J Environ Sci Health B 46:163-72. 2011..5, p = 0.307, R² = 0.28). The high dialkyl phosphate levels call for an epidemiological investigation into the health effects of organophosphorous pesticides... - Child's play: exposure to household pesticide use among children in rural, urban and informal areas of South AfricaSandy Tolosana
Asbestos Relief Trust, UCT Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute, Observatory, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 99:180-4. 2009.... - The impact of aerial application of organophosphates on the cholinesterase levels of rural residents in the Vaalharts district, Northern Cape Province, South AfricaMohamed A Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa
Environ Res 102:326-32. 2006..Seasonal fluctuations in ambient temperature during the study may have influenced the results... - Dual loyalty among military health professionals: human rights and ethics in times of armed conflictLeslie London
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Camb Q Healthc Ethics 15:381-91. 2006 - Pesticide usage and health consequences for women in developing countries: out of sight, out of mind?Leslie London
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Occup Environ Health 8:46-59. 2002.... - Human rights, environmental justice, and the health of farm workers in South AfricaLeslie London
School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Anzio Road, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Occup Environ Health 9:59-68. 2003..A public health agenda must integrate into programs and policies to address the health of farm workers the recognition that violations of their rights underlie much of their burden of ill health... - The utilization of health care services by children with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in the Western Cape, South AfricaSarah Credé
Women s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Depend 115:175-82. 2011..004). These study results confirm the significant burden of FAS/PFAS on the Western Cape economy and the health care system which has significant implications for FAS prevention... - Challenges for improving surveillance for pesticide poisoning: policy implications for developing countriesL London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Anzio Rd, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Epidemiol 30:564-70. 2001..However, surveillance activities in developing countries are bedevilled by multiple problems, and inferences made from review of flawed data may lead to mistaken policy decisions... - Critical issues for agrichemical safety in South AfricaL London
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Am J Ind Med 27:1-14. 1995..Drawing on experiences of local initiatives, possible solutions are identified that address the public health context of the problem... - Utility of vibration sense testing for use in developing countries: comparison of extinction time on the tuning fork to vibration thresholds on the Vibratron IIL London
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Neurotoxicology 21:743-52. 2000..Further studies to explore its validity in relation to other well-recognised methods for detection of subtle neurotoxic impacts should be encouraged... - Alcohol consumption amongst South African farm workers: a challenge for post-apartheid health sector transformationL London
Department of Community Health, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town Medical School, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Depend 59:199-206. 2000..The pervasive effects of excessive alcohol consumption, and its relationship to past and current DOP practices pose substantial public health challenges to the transformation of health services currently underway in South Africa... - The 'dop' system, alcohol abuse and social control amongst farm workers in South Africa: a public health challengeL London
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town Medical School, Rondebosch, South Africa
Soc Sci Med 48:1407-14. 1999.... - Occupational epidemiology in agriculture: a case study in the southern African contextL London
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Occup Environ Health 4:245-56. 1998..More so than in order industrial settings, epidemiologists must move from research to practice, seeking to take action where interventions are needed, and to evaluate such actions... - Effects of long-term organophosphate exposures on neurological symptoms, vibration sense and tremor among South African farm workersL London
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa
Scand J Work Environ Health 24:18-29. 1998..This study assessed the relationship between long-term exposure to organophosphate insecticides and neurological symptoms, vibration sense, and motor tremor after control for the effect of past poisoning and acute exposure... - Suicide and exposure to organophosphate insecticides: cause or effect?L London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Am J Ind Med 47:308-21. 2005..Suicide using pesticides as agent is recognized as a major cause of pesticide poisoning... - Evaluation of the quality of informed consent in a vaccine field trial in a developing country settingDeon Minnies
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
BMC Med Ethics 9:15. 2008..The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of consent in the case control study, and to identify factors that may influence the quality of consent. Cross-sectional study conducted over a 4 month period... - Pesticide poisonings at a tertiary children's hospital in South Africa: an increasing problemKate H Balme
Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children s Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 48:928-34. 2010..Exposure of children to pesticides and overt poisoning are an increasingly important problem in South Africa... - Ethical oversight of public health research: can rules and IRBs make a difference in developing countries?Leslie London
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Am J Public Health 92:1079-84. 2002.... - Contamination of rural surface and ground water by endosulfan in farming areas of the Western Cape, South AfricaMohamed A Dalvie
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Environ Health 2:1. 2003..In South Africa there is little data on environmental pollution of rural water sources by agrochemicals... - Dual loyalties and the ethical and human rights obligations of occupational health professionalsLeslie London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Am J Ind Med 47:322-32. 2005..Underlying most ethical dilemmas in occupational health practice is the problem of Dual Loyalties where health professionals have simultaneous obligations, explicit or implicit, to a third party, usually a private employer... - Developing a competence framework and evaluation tool for primary care nursing in South AfricaSusan Strasser
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Educ Health (Abingdon) 18:133-44. 2005..Post-apartheid health legislation envisions the provision of comprehensive primary services at all public clinics, which implies the need for a cadre of primary care nurses able to render such services... - 'Even if you're positive, you still have rights because you are a person': human rights and the reproductive choice of HIV-positive personsLeslie London
Women s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Capetown, Anzio Rd, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Dev World Bioeth 8:11-22. 2008..We conclude by proposing strategies that are based upon a synergy between human rights and public health approaches to policy on reproductive health choices for persons with HIV/AIDS... - The utility of biological monitoring for manganese in ferroalloy smelter workers in South AfricaJonathan E Myers
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road Observatory, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa
Neurotoxicology 24:875-83. 2003..2 mg/m3. MnU has no utility as a measure of biological exposure nor does serum prolactin as a measure of biological effect... - Forty-five years apart--confronting the legacy of racial discrimination at the University of Cape TownG Perez
Transformation and Equity Portfolio, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town
S Afr Med J 94:764-70. 2004 - The Draft Charter of the Private and Public Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa: health for all, or profits for few?L Reynolds
School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
S Afr Med J 95:742-3. 2005 - Fluoridation shibbolethsL London
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town
S Afr Med J 92:872-3. 2002 - HIV testing and the Employment Equity Act--putting an end to the confusionL London
S Afr Med J 92:199-201. 2002 - Childhood pesticide poisoning--a clarion call for action on children's vulnerabilityL London
S Afr Med J 95:673-4. 2005 - Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisisD Ncayiyana
BMJ 337:a1286. 2008