Investigating risk and protective factors to mainstream safety and peace at the University of South Africa

Given the high fatality rates resulting from both unintentional and intentional injuries in South Africa, the identification and prevention of risk factors resulting in injurious incidents as well as the promotion of  protective factors is central to the country’s research agenda. While social science and public health enquiries apply these objectives to various South African contexts, few studies investigate manifest risk and protective factors within South African universities. Accordingly, this study aims to develop the first record of both risk and protective factors at the University of South Africa (Unisa) Muckleneuk Campus as a means to inform future theoretical and practical initiatives in the area. Data was collected with photo-documentaries, unobtrusive field observations, and a peace and safety checklist. The collated data was subjected to a thematic content analysis, allowing for the emergence of four distinct peace and safety promotion themes. These themes include crime, fire injury and electrocution, road and traffic injury, in addition to unintentional injuries. These four themes are discussed, and recommendations are provided, with the intention of informing injury prevention and safety promotion initiatives at the level of both theory and practice in South African tertiary education contexts. This study provides a platform upon which further work in the field can be produced to ensure the safety of students attending tertiary education institutions in South Africa.Keywords: campus safety; crime; traffic; electrocution; injury; South Africa; Unis

What Can Guide on the Side Do For Your Library?

UVM is in their second year using this free software that can lead users through interactive tutorial experiences. Come learn about this software and the UVM Libraries’ experiences

Let\u27s Meet at Your Place: Integrating Library Content Into a Student Portal

For years, librarians have been encouraged to go where students are instead of waiting for them to come to the library. In the digital environment, where can libraries position themselves to meet the most users and provide the most timely assistance? For UVM students, one of the highest-traffic and highest-visibility locations is the “MyUVM” portal, their one-stop shop for many essential services, such as email, grades, and advising. In this presentation, you will learn how UVM librarians collaborated with Registrar’s Office Banner programmers to integrate point-of-need educational content into the portal and extend instruction services into a key student space

Our Library, Your Portal: Integrating Dynamic Library Content Into A Campus Portal

Learn about an innovative and collaborative project in which instruction librarians worked with their institution’s Registrar’s Office to integrate library resources and services into a campus-wide portal. Integration has been implemented in two phases: the development of a global library page for all campus-users, then customized date-specific content for targeted groups of students and employees based on characteristics including major and academic status

Low carbohydrate meals or a small dose of insulin normalises one-hour blood glucose in a woman with normal glucose tolerance and elevated one-hour postload glucose: A case report

Diabetes is diagnosed by 2-hour BGL ≥ 11.1 mmol/L on OGTT, fasting BGL ≥ 7.0 mmol/L or HbA1C ≥ 6.5%. IFG and IGT are similarly diagnosed by elevated fasting and 2-hour BGLs. Although-hour BGL is routinely measured, results are classified as NGT if fasting and 2-hour levels are normal, irrespective of elevation at 1 hour. It has, however, been shown that 1-hour postload BGL is a strong predictor of future risk for type 2 diabetes and vascular disease, even in those with NGT. Additionally Meisinger et al. identified 1-hour postload glycaemia as a long-term predictor for all-cause mortality in men without diabetes. There is no normal range for 1-hour glucose, but ≥ 8.6 mmol/L has been identified as a cut-off marking increased cardiovascular and diabetes risk. It has been suggested that recognition and management of those with NGT and 1-hour glucose ≥ 8.6mmol/L may reduce incidence of diabetes and vascular events