BIRTH TO THIRTY

Post-graduate students

  • Wedi, C. (Ongoing). The analysis of epidemiological and immunological mechanisms underlying preterm delivery and intrauterine growth restriction in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Soweto, South Africa. (Doctoral), Oxford University, United Kingdom.

  • Naicker, S. (Ongoing). Adverse childhood experiences and social and health outcomes in later life. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Hanson, S. (2020). Trajectories of activity and sleep through adolescence and body composition at age 18 years: Birth to Twenty Plus (Doctoral), Emory University, Retrieved from https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/kp78gh35d?locale=en

  • Poopedi, M. A. (n.d.). Calcium absorption, homeostasis, vitamin D profiles and their impact on bone mass in South Africa. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Kowalski, A. (2020). Pubertal timing and tempo in urban South Africa – associations with health in adolescence and transitions to adulthood. (Doctoral), Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Retrieved from https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/1831ck97j?locale=en

  • McGowan, C. (2019). Associations of early life growth with health at age 22 years as measured by an allostatic load index: Birth to Twenty plus cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29509

  • Magan, A. (2018). Ethnic and gender related longitudinal changes in metacarpal dimensions through late childhood and adolescence, and their association with bone growth in a South African cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27898

  • Mistri, P. (2018). The relationship between weight stigma, body image, self-esteem, risk of disordered eating, and weight loss behaviours in adolescents from the Birth to Twenty cohort: Soweto-Johannesburg. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29122

  • Nyemba, D. C. (2018). Determinants of voluntary or coerced sexual debut among Soweto, South Africa: Findings from The Birth to Twenty Plus cohort study. (Masters), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28068

  • Slemming, W. (2018). Early life risks and child development (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25521

  • Sogunle, E. O. (2018). The association between mode of delivery and early adulthood overweight or obesity in an urban South African birth cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25358

  • Ngwepe, P. D. (2017). Relationship between social adversity in two-year-olds and C-reactive protein in eighteen-year-olds in the Birth to Twenty cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23295

  • Munthali, R. J. (2017). Longitudinal analysis of genetic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: The Birth to Twenty plus cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23491

  • Cele, R. L. (2017). The association between early child environment and children’s outcomes: evidence from the Birth to Twenty Plus study. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24904

  • Rule, J. K. (2017). Factors influencing early childhood neuro development: evidence from the Birth to Twenty cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24631

  • Snoyman, J. (2017). Infant feeding practices and growth at 2 years old in the Birth to Twenty cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24044

  • Poopedi, M. A. (2016). Dietary and lifestyle practices in rural and urban South African adolescents. (Doctoral), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21239

  • Sedibe, M. (2016). Dietry and lifestyle practices and their associations with cardiovascular risk factors in rural versus urban adolescent. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Schoenbuchner, S. (2016). Comparative studies of peripheral quantitative computed tomography between Gambian and South African children. (Doctoral), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

  • Ramsoomar, L. (2016). Risk and protection: alcohol use among urban youth within the Birth to Twenty (BT20) cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19636

  • Pillay, V. (2016). The identification of genetic markers of obesity risk in a South African black population. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22285

  • Paterson, F. (2016). Birth weight, childhood growth and menarche in South Africa. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22557

  • Kagura, J. (2016). Impact of early growth on blood pressure from childhood to adulthood: Birth-Twenty cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22513

  • Jaff, N. G. (2016). An investigation of the metabolic, hormonal and anthropometric characteristics of the menopausal transition in black urban South African women. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19631

  • Gradidge, P. J. (2016). Factors associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome in an ageing cohort of black women living in Soweto, Johannesburg (study of women in and entering endocrine transition [sweet]). (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22195

  • Eng, C. (2016). Influence of socioeconomic status and body composition on blood pressure in South African young adults: The Birth to Twenty Cohort. (Masters), Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Retrieved from https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/b8515n73v?locale=en

  • Chirwa, E. D. (2016). Modelling longitudinal child growth data in African settings. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19676

  • Chiseri, K. (2015). Early sexual debut and Conversations about Pregnancy Prevention (CAPP) among urban young adult Black South African females within the Birth to Twenty Cohort. (Masters), Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Retrieved from https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/r781wg14x?locale=en

  • Dlamini, S. N. (2015). The relationship between single mothering an adolescents’ sexual behaviour in black families in urban South Africa: a retrospective analysis of the Birth to Twenty cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18697

  • Pradeilles, R. (2015). Neighborhood and household socio-economic influences on diet and anthropometric status in urban South Africa adolescents. (Doctoral), Loughborough University, United Kingdom, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2134/19602

  • Lundeen, E. (2015). Child growth, puberty, adolescent, pregnancy and adult anthropometric outcomes. (Doctoral), Emory University, USA.

  • Gitau, T. M. (2015). Eating attitudes, body image satisfaction, and self-esteem of South African urban adolescents: the impact of acculturation. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/17460

  • Ibanez-Gonzalez, D. L. (2014). Perspectives on healthcare, chronic non-communicable disease and healthworlds in an urban and rural setting. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19515

  • Thandrayen, K. (2014). Fractures and bone mass in urban South African children of different ethnic backgrounds. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15246

  • Suh Yah, C. (2014). The association between dietry intake and risk of overweight among 17-year-old adolescents in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2007/2008. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Nyati, H. L. (2014). Racial differences in the growth of the axial and appendicular skeleton and bone mass in 11-year-old South African children. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net10539/14380

  • Meiring, R. (2014). A comparative study into the bone health of South African pre-pubertal children who participate in physical activities with various amounts of skeletal loading. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15244

  • George, J. A. (2014). Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in black African and Indian populations of South Africa. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Van Heerden, A. (2014). Pervasive computing and public health research in Africa: mobile phones in the collection, analysis and dissemination of health research. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net10539/13860

  • Naicker, N. (2013). Lead exposure and its impact on the health of adolescents: The Birth to Twenty cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25728

  • Hamill, M. (2013). Vitamin D: Implications for skeletal; and infectious diseases. (Doctoral), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

  • Geary, R. (2013). Young people’s experiences of primary healthcare in Soweto. (Doctoral), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

  • Fleetwood, S. A. (2013). The influence of household fluidity on the health and well-being of the child. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net10539/13714

  • Feeley, A. B. B. (2013). The impact of dietary habits and practices during adolescence on the risk of obesity: The Birth to Twenty cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12696

  • Van der Lingen, L. (2012). Bone size and bone mass in 10-year-old South African children. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12666

  • Quan, V. C. (2012). Narratives around sexual behaviour and decisions regarding treatment-seeking of adolescent females who contracted a sexually transmitted infection: Birth to Twenty cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net10539/13724

  • De Kadt, J. R. (2012). Learner mobility in Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa: dimensions and determinants. (Doctoral), University of Witwatersrand, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11394

  • Nkomo, P. M. (2011). Association between height at age 2 years and adolescence school performance: evidence from Birth to Twenty Cohort Study. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/9230

  • Kagura, J. (2011). Association between infant nutrition and later body composition. (Masters), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10420

  • Ginsburg, C. (2011). Residential mobility in greater Johannesburg: patterns, associations and educational outcomes amongst children in the Birth to Twenty cohort. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10842

  • Gitau, T. M. (2010). The association between post-weaning dietry patterns at age 1 and growth at age 2, from the Birth to Twenty cohort study, South Africa. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8052

  • Kimani, E. W. (2010). Exploring the paradox: double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  • Luxomo, V. G. (2010). Preschool year and improved school attainment: study of Birth to Twenty cohort. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7661

  • Mackay, C. A. (2010). Growth patterns in a cohort of very low birth weight infants in Johannesburg: a retrospective review. (Masters’s), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8537

  • Trusler, J. (2009). The relationship between birth weight, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in 7-year-old black children. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7213

  • McVeigh, J. A. (2009). The association of environmental and lifestyle factors with bone acquisition in South African children by sex, race and age. (Doctoral), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7072

  • Hawley, N. L. (2009). Skeletal maturation and its variation in South African children. (Doctoral), Loughborough University, United Kingdom, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34913

  • Zingoni, C. (2008). To what extent have urban South African adolescents experienced the nutrition transition? (Doctoral), Loughborough University, United Kingdom, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15746

  • Jones, L. L. (2008). Determinants of pubertal development in an urban South Africa cohort. (Doctoral), Loughborough University, United Kingdom.

  • Willey, B. (2007). Household socio-economic status, social support and infant and child growth in urban South Africa: a cohort study from 1990. (Doctoral), Loughborough University, United Kingdom, Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/2134/35399

  • Sabet, F. (2007). Low birth weight and subsequent emotional and behavioural outcomes in 12-year-old children in Soweto, South Africa: a test of the foetal origin hypothesis. (Masters), University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

  • Pedro, T. M. (2006). Comparison of individual food item intakes of a true longitude group of South African children at five interceptions between 1995 and 2003; The Birth to Twenty (BT-20) Study. (Masters), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Retrieved from

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