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Primary Health Care
Directorate
Director/Chair: Prof Steve Reid
Directorate Profile
Vision
A Health Science Faculty that promotes equity and quality
in health care, guided by the Primary Health Care Approach
Aim
To promote the primary health care approach in teaching,
research, policy, health services and community
engagement by the Faculty of Health Sciences
Objectives
• To integrate a Primary Health Care Approach into
the Faculty of Health Sciences undergraduate and
postgraduate curriculae
• To extend and develop the Faculty of Health Sciences
clinical teaching platform in rural and primary care sites
• To deepen community engagement within the health
service and the Faculty of Health Sciences curriculae
• To enhance the recruitment and support of students of
rural origin in the Faculty of Health Sciences
• To increase inter-disciplinary research in health
sciences
Mission
To promote equitable, comprehensive, compassionate and
quality care at all levels of the health system by means of:
• the recognition of diversity and culture
• evidence-based practice and policy
• active health promotion
• community-based education
• strategic partnerships
Directorate Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
1
Senior Lecturers
2
Lecturer
1
Assistant Lecturer
1
Honorary Lecturers
4
Junior Research Officer
1
Recruitment Officer: Rural Students
1
Site Facilitators
3
Site Coordinators
4
NGO Facilitators
2
Health Teaching Platform Coordinator
1
Facility Manager
1
Admin Staff
2
Total
24
Research Fields and Staff
Prof Steve Reid
Chair & Director: primary health care; collaboration for
health equity through education and research; compulsory
community service; family medicine; rural health; district
health systems; community oriented primary care;
population based approaches to health; community based
education; community-oriented primary care; service
learning
Mr James Irlam
Senior Lecturer: primary health care; evidence-based
practice; climate change and health
Dr Lauraine Vivian
Senior Lecturer: primary health care; medical anthropology;
culture, psyche and illness; medical education
Mrs Johannah Keikelame
Lecturer: primary health care; health promotion; community
needs assessment
Mrs Sarah Crawford-Browne
Assistant Lecturer: primary health care; culture, psyche
and illness; psychological trauma; community based
mental health programming
Mrs Claudia Naidu
Junior Research Officer: collaboration of health equity
through education and research; social accountability
Contact Details
Cha Johnston
Primary Health Care Directorate
Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital
E47-25, Observatory, 7925
Telephone: +27 21 406 6761/6031
Fax: +27 21 448 5653
E-mail: cha.johnston@uct.ac.za
www.primaryhealthcare.uct.ac.za
Research output
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
Fatti, G., Bock, P., Eley, B., Mothibi, E. and Grimwood,
A. 2011. Temporal trends in baseline characteristics
and treatment outcomes of children starting antiretroviral
treatment: An analysis in four provinces in South Africa,
2004-2009. Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes, 58(3): e60-e67.
Fatti, G.L., Bock, P., Grimwood, A. and Eley, B.S. 2010.
Increased vulnerability of rural children on antiretroviral
therapy attending public health facilities in South Africa: a