Mercy Manyema
University of the Witwatersrand
9 Papers
Mercy Manyema is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications.
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Stress begets stress: the association of adverse childhood experiences with psychological distress in the presence of adult life stress.
TL;DR: The prevalence of ACEs in this young adult population is high, similar to other studies in young adult populations, and a significant direct association exists between ACEs and psychological distress.
Adverse childhood experiences: prevalence and associated factors among South African young adults
Mercy Manyema,Linda Richter +1 more
TL;DR: Both household and community socio-economic status in childhood was associated with the experience of ACEs and the likelihood of experiencing multiple ACEs, and the attenuation of significance in adjusted models suggested that individual ACEs are correlated and may exert their effects through other ACEs.
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Cost of inaction on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: implications for obesity in South Africa.
Aviva Tugendhaft,Mercy Manyema,Lennert J. Veerman,Lumbwe Chola,Demetre Labadarios,Karen Hofman +5 more
TL;DR: In order to meet the South African target of reducing the number of people who are obese and/or overweight by 10 % by 2020, the country cannot afford to delay implementing effective population-wide interventions.
The potential impact of a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on obesity in South African adults: a mathematical model
Mercy Manyema,Lennert J. Veerman,Lumbwe Chola,Aviva Tugendhaft,Benn Sartorius,Demetre Labadarios,Karen Hofman +6 more
TL;DR: Taxing SSBs could impact the burden of obesity in South Africa particularly in young adults, as one component of a multi-faceted effort to prevent obesity.
The associations between interpersonal violence and psychological distress among rural and urban young women in South Africa
Mercy Manyema,Shane A. Norris,Rihlat Said-Mohamed,Stephen Tollman,Rhian Twine,Kathleen Kahn,Linda Richter +6 more
TL;DR: The relationship between violence and psychological distress differs between urban and rural‐residing young women in South Africa, and is influenced by individual, household and community (contextual) factors.