Dr Chantell Witten
Position
Affiliated Lecturer
Department
Office of the Dean: Health Sci
Address
Health Sciences Education
IB G43
UFS
Telephone
0514013738
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Short CV

Publications

 

Psychosocial barriers and enablers of exclusive breastfeeding: lived experiences of mothers in low-income townships, North West Province, South Africa. 

Witten, C., Claasen, N., Kruger, H.S. et al.  Int Breastfeed J 15, 76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-020-00320-w

 

Child health, infant formula funding and South African health professionals: Eliminating conflict of interest

Lake, L., Kroon, M., Sanders, D., Witten, C., Swart, R., Saloojee, H., Goga, A., Scott, C., Manyuha, M., & Doherty, T.

Ref.: SAMJ14336

 

Conflict of interest and the infant formula industry—a call to action

Doherty, T., Lake, L., Kroon, M., Witten, C., Rhode, N. & Sanders, D

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/10/03/conflict-of-interest-and-the-infant-formula-industry-a-call-to-action/

 

Local variations of exclusive breastfeeding rates in Africa

Reimers, P., Witten CB & Coutsoudis, A

Nat Med. 2019 Aug;25(8):1190-1191. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0532-1.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0532-1

 

South Africa is starting to accept public breastfeeding. But change is slow

The Conversation, July 20, 2018

https://theconversation.com/south-africa-is-starting-to-accept-public-breastfeeding-but-change-is-slow-80293

 

South Africa has made giant strides in breastfeeding. But it’s still taboo in public places

The Conversation, July 19, 2017

http://theconversation.com/south-africa-has-made-giant-strides-in-breastfeeding-but-its-still-taboo-in-public-places-80694

 

Community-based agricultural interventions in the context of food and nutrition security in South Africa

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition,  Vol 24 No 1 (2011) 

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