3. Lungi Tsolekile

Dr Lungiswa Tsolekile

BSc (Hons) (Dietetics), MPH (UWC), PhD (UWC)

Senior Lecturer
E: ltsolekile@uwc.ac.za

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ORCID

Lungiswa Tsolekile is a dietician who has been involved in research on chronic poverty.

Her main research interests are in the primary prevention and control chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity adults and children.. She has worked with community health workers (CHWs) in promoting healthy lifestyles for prevention of chronic NCDs, as well exploring the use of motivational interviewing by CHWs to change the eating behaviours of community members. She has also been involved in the global Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological study.  Lungi was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020.  

Projects

This project, funded by ICARS (International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions)  through a grant from Wellcome from February to December 2023, developed guidelines to facilitate Responsive Dialogues to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in LMIC settings.
Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance via Community-based Responsive Dialogues

This project, funded by ICARS (International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions)  through a grant from Wellcome from February to December 2023, developed guidelines to facilitate Responsive Dialogues to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in LMIC settings.

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The experiences of community health workers affected by COVID-19 during the outbreak in South Africa
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Supporting community health workers through interprofessional learning
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The overall purpose of the project is to adapt the Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) for delivery in a developing world setting and to evaluate its feasibility and effectiveness in an urban community in South Africa.
Sivile Senza: Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Programme for a developing world context
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