BIOSKETCH
Dr Ntombifikile Nkwanyana is a biostatistician and a lecturer in the Discipline of Public Health Medicine. She has had more than 15 years of experience in statistical consulting in the medical field. She is involved in teaching and supervising postgraduate students in the Discipline of Public Health Medicine. She is also involved in collaborative projects both provincially and nationally where she provides statistical input. Dr Nkwanyana has served on the National Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity Committee where she was responsible to analyze and report on national perinatal statistics.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Health system strengthening;
- Time series analysis
- Structural equation modelling
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
- Mabesa, T., Knight, S., & Nkwanyana, N. (2022). Completeness of the road-to-health card and factors affecting knowledge and practices of growth monitoring and promotion in caregivers of young children in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1-9.
- Mkhize‐Kwitshana, Z. L., Naidoo, P., Nkwanyana, N. M., & Mabaso, M. L. (2022). Concurrent allergy and helminthiasis in underprivileged urban South African adults previously residing in rural areas. Parasite Immunology, e12913.
- Ramnund, S., Baloyi, O. B., Nkwanyana, N. M., & Jarvis, M. A. (2021). Midwives’ acceptance of mHealth applications in the dissemination of maternal health education in primary healthcare clinics. Information Development, 02666669211049140.
- Pillay, L., Moodley, D., Emel, L. M., Nkwanyana, N. M., & Naidoo, K. (2021). Growth patterns and clinical outcomes in association with breastfeeding duration in HIV exposed and unexposed infants: a cohort study in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. BMC pediatrics, 21(1), 1-9.
- Mzimela, B. W., Nkwanyana, N. M., & Singh, R. (2021). Clinical outcome of neonates with Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections at the King Edward VIII Hospital’s neonatal unit, Durban, South Africa. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 36(1), 223.
- Nkwanyana, N. M., Voce, A. S., Mnqayi, S. O., Sartorius, B., & Schneider, H. (2019). A health system framework for perinatal care in South African district hospitals: a Delphi technique. BMC health services research, 19(1), 1-14.
- Nkwanyana, N. M., & Voce, A. S. (2019). Are there decision support tools that might strengthen the health system for perinatal care in South African district hospitals? A review of the literature. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 1-12.
- Paruk, I. M., Naidoo, V. G., Pirie, F. J., Maharaj, S., Nkwanyana, N. M., Dinnematin, H. L., … & Motala, A. A. (2019). Prevalence and characteristics of celiac disease in South African patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Results from the Durban Diabetes and Celiac Disease Study. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 34(4), 673-678.
- Paruk, I. M., Ganie, Y., Maharaj, S., Pirie, F. J., Naidoo, V. G., Nkwanyana, N. M., … & Motala, A. A. (2017). High prevalence of antithyroid peroxidase and antiparietal cell antibodies among patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary diabetes centre in South Africa. Postgraduate medical journal, 93(1100), 338-343.
- Majozi, N. P., Nkwanyana, N., Thula, S., & Coutsoudis, A. (2017). Association between HIV and proven viral lower respiratory tract infection in paediatric intensive care unit patients at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health, 11(4), 154-158.
