2023

Salameh, Ghaith, Marais, Debbi and Khoury, Rawan (2023) Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on emntal health among the population in Jordan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (14). p. 6382. doi:10.3390/ijerph20146382 ISSN 1660-4601.

Korir, E. C., Tuitoek, P. J. and Marais, Debbi (2023) Perception of proposed preliminary food-based dietary guidelines for Lake Victoria region of Kenya : findings from a qualitative study among adult community members. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 36 (2). pp. 70-75. doi:10.1080/16070658.2022.2079259 ISSN 1607-0658.

2022

Thepha, Thiwawan, Marais, Debbie, Bell , Jacqueline and Muangpin, Somjit (2022) Q-methodology identifies distinctive viewpoints of the facilitators and barriers to six-month exclusive breastfeeding in Northeast Thailand. Nutrition and Health, 28 (2). pp. 219-227. doi:10.1177/02601060211011823 ISSN 2047-945X.

2019

Alnasser, Aroub, Kyle, Janet, Aloumi, Najla, Al-Khalifa, Abdulrahman and Marais, Debbi (2019) The Twazon Arabic weight loss app : app-based intervention for Saudi women with obesity. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7 (5). doi:10.2196/10923 ISSN 2291-5222.

Thepha, Thiwawan, Marais, Debbie, Bell, Jacqueline and Muangpin, Somjit (2019) Concept mapping to reach consensus on a 6‐month exclusive breastfeeding strategy model to improve the rate in Northeast Thailand. Maternal & Child Nutrition . e12823. doi:10.1111/mcn.12823 ISSN 1740-8695.

2017

Blake, Tim, Marais, Debbi, Hassell, Andrew B., Stevenson, Kay and Paskins, Zoe (2017) Getting back to the dissecting room : an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training. Musculoskeletal Care, 15 (4). pp. 405-412. doi:10.1002/msc.1188 ISSN 1478-2189.

Carstairs, Sharon A., Marais, Debbi, Craig, Leone C. A. and Kiezebrink, Kirsty (2017) How important are the influencing factors to the decision on whether to provide seafood in infant and young child feeding? Appetite, 117 . pp. 224-233. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.034 ISSN 0195-6663.

Thepha, Thiwawan, Marais, Debbi, Bell , Jacqueline and Muangpin, Somjit (2017) Facilitators and barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in Thailand : a narrative review. Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing, 3 (1). 160. doi:10.4172/2471-9846.1000160 ISSN 2471-9846.

Carstairs, Sharon A., Craig, Leone C. A., Marais, Debbi and Kiezebrink, Kirsty (2017) Factors influencing mothers' decisions on whether to provide seafood during early years’ feeding : a qualitative study. Appetite, 108 . pp. 277-287. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.10.010 ISSN 0195-6663.

2016

Gaihre, Santosh, Kyle, Janet, Semple, Sean, Smith, Jo, Subedi, Madhu and Marais, Debbi (2016) Type and extent of trans-disciplinary co-operation to improve food security, health and household environment in low and middle income countries : systematic review. BMC Public Health, 16 (1). 1093. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3731-4 ISSN 1471-2458.

Carstairs, Sharon A., Marais, Debbi, Craig, Leone C. A. and Kiezebrink, Kirsty (2016) Seafood inclusion in commercial main meal early years' food products. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12 (4). pp. 860-868. doi:10.1111/mcn.12185 ISSN 1740-8695.

Onubi, Ojochenemi J., Marais, Debbi, Aucott, Lorna, Okonofua, Friday and Poobalan, Amudha S. (2016) Maternal obesity in Africa : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health, 38 (3). e218-e231. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv138 ISSN 1741-3842.

Carstairs, Sharon A., Craig, Leone C. A., Marais, Debbi, Bora, Ourania E. and Kiezebrink, Kirsty (2016) A comparison of preprepared commercial infant feeding meals with home-cooked recipes. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101 . pp. 1037-1042. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-310098 ISSN 0003-9888.

Still, Ruth, Marais, Debbi and Hollis, Jenna Louise (2016) Mothers' understanding of the term ‘exclusive breastfeeding’ : a systematic review. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 13 (3). e12336. doi:10.1111/mcn.12336 ISSN 1740-8695.

Alnasser, Aroub, Sathiaseelan, Arjuna, Al-Khalifa, Abdulrahman and Marais, Debbi (2016) Development of ‘Twazon’ : an Arabic app for weight loss. JMIR Research Protocols, 5 (2). e76. doi:10.2196/resprot.5497 ISSN 1929-0748.

Carstairs, Sharon A., Marais, Debbi, Craig, Leone C. A. and Kiezebrink, Kirsty (2016) Something fishy about home-cooked infant feeding recipes. Community practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association, 89 (4). pp. 36-41. ISSN 1462-2815.

2015

Alnasser, Aroub A., Amalraj, Raja E., Sathiaseelan, Arjuna, Al-Khalifa, Abdulrahman S. and Marais, Debbi (2015) Do Arabic weight-loss apps adhere to evidence-informed practices? Translational Behavioral Medicine . doi:10.1007/s13142-015-0347-7 ISSN 1869-6716.

Fielding, S., Poobalan, A., Prescott, G., Marais, Debbi and Aucott, L. (2015) Views of medical students : what, when and how do they want statistics taught? Scottish Medical Journal . doi:10.1177/0036933015608329 ISSN 0036-9330.

Onubi, Ojochenemi J., Poobalan, Amudha S., Dineen, Brendan, Marais, Debbi and McNeill, Geraldine (2015) Effects of probiotics on child growth : a systematic review. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 34 (8). pp. 1-15. doi:10.1186/s41043-015-0010-4 ISSN 2072-1315.

Alnasser, Aroub Abdulaziz, Alkhalifa, Abdulrahman Saleh, Sathiaseelan, Arjuna and Marais, Debbi (2015) What overweight women want from a weight loss app : a qualitative study on Arabic women. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 3 (2). e41. doi:10.2196/mhealth.4409 ISSN 2291-5222.

Nduna, T., Marais, Debbi and van Wyk, B. (2015) An explorative qualitative study of experiences and challenges to exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in rural Zimbabwe. ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 7 (2). pp. 69-76. doi:10.1177/1941406414568562 ISSN 1941-4064.

Onubi, O. J., Marais, Debbi, Aucott, L., Okonofua, F. and Poobalan, A. (2015) Maternal obesity in Africa : is it time to pay more attention? Annals of Global Health, 81 (1). pp. 99-100. doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.730 ISSN 2214-9996.

Marais, Debbi (2015) Employability skills for masters students. In: Kneale, Pauline E., (ed.) Masters level teaching, learning and assessment : issues in design and delivery. Palgrave teaching and learning . London ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137399366

Bell, Jacqueline S. and Marais, Debbi (2015) Participatory training in monitoring and evaluation for maternal and newborn health programmes. Global Journal of Health Science, 7 (2). doi:10.5539/gjhs.v7n2p192 ISSN 1916-9736.

Prasad Subedi, Yagya , Marais, Debbi and Newlands, David (2015) Where is Nepal in the nutrition transition? Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition . pp. 1-20. doi:10.6133/apjcn.112015.10 ISSN 1440-6047 .

2014

Shrestha, Sanu, Bell, Jacqueline S. and Marais, Debbi (2014) An analysis of factors linked to the decline in maternal mortality in Nepal. PLoS One, 9 (4). e93029. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093029 ISSN 1932-6203.

Aryal, Nirmal, Marais, Debbi and Simkhada, Padam (2014) Cardiovascular risk factors among people being treated for HIV in Nepal : a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Research in HIV AIDS and Prevention, 1 (4). pp. 22-36. doi:doi:10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-12-157 ISSN 2324-7339.

2013

Turner, Rachel, Hawkes, Corinna, Waage, Jeff, Ferguson, Elaine, Haseen, Farhana, Homans, Hilary, Hussein, Julia, Johnston, Deborah, Marais, Debbi, McNeill, Geraldine and Shankar, Bhavani (2013) Agriculture for improved nutrition : the current research landscape. Food & Nutrition Bulletin, 34 (4). pp. 369-377. ISSN 0379-5721.

Jones, G. T., Kyabaggu, R., Marais, Debbi and Macfarlane, G. J. (2013) Reproducibility of pain manikins : a comparison of paper versus online questionnaires. British Journal of Pain, 7 (3). pp. 130-137. doi:10.1177/2049463713487895 ISSN 2049-4637.

Scott, Neil W., Etta, Josephine A., Aaronson, Neil K., Bottomley, Andrew, Fayers, Peter M., Groenvold, Mogens, Koller, Michael, Kuliś, Dagmara, Marais, Debbi, Petersen, Morten A. and Sprangers, Mirjam A. G. (2013) An evaluation of the response category translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Quality of Life Research, 22 (6). pp. 1483-1490. doi:10.1007/s11136-012-0276-6 ISSN 0962-9343.

Marais, Debbi, Ejembi, C. L., Hussein, J. and Bello, Zaria (2013) Collaborative curriculum reform - Scotland & Nigeria. In: International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education, Glasgow, 11-13 Jun 2013 pp. 509-515.

Marais, Debbi (2013) Individualised self-assessment to enhance employability (I-SEE) in postgraduate students. In: International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education, Glasgow, 11-13 Jun 2013 pp. 651-658.

Waage, J., Hawkes, C., Turner, R., Ferguson, E., Johnston, D., Shankar, B., McNeill, G., Hussein, J., Homans, H., Marais, Debbi and Haseen, F. (2013) Current and planned research on agriculture for improved nutrition: A mapping and a gap analysis. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 72 (OCE5). doi:10.1017/S0029665113003509 ISSN 0029-6651.

Kirsten, Anna Petronella, Marais, Debbi and Schübl, Claudia (2013) The influence of socio-demographic factors on the nutritional status of children in the Stellenbosch area. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 26 (3). pp. 124-131. ISSN 1607-0658.

2012

Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Centre for Sustainable International Development, University of Aberdeen (Including: Hawkes, Corinna, Turner, Rachel and Waage, Jeff). (2012) Current and planned research on agriculture for improved nutrition : a mapping and a gap analysis. A report for DFID. Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH).

Iversen, P. O., Marais, Debbi, du Plessis, L. and Herselman, M. (2012) Assessing nutrition intervention programmes that addressed malnutrition among young children in South Africa between 1994-2010. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 12 (2). ISSN 1684-5358.

Adegbehingbe, Stella M., Paul-Ebhohimhen, Virginia and Marais, Debbi (2012) Development of an AFASS assessment and screening tool towards the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa - A Delphi survey. BMC Public Health, 12 (1). 402. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-402 ISSN 1471-2458.

Marais, Debbi and Perkins, Joy (2012) Enhancing employability through self-assessment. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46 . pp. 4356-4362. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.254 ISSN 1877-0428.

Visser, J., Mackenzie, A. and Marais, Debbi (2012) Job satisfaction of South African registered dietitians. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 25 (3). pp. 112-119. ISSN 1607-0658.

Marais, Debbi, Marais, Maritha, Visser, Janicke, Boome, Catherine and Taylor, David (2012) What do dietetics students think professionalism entails? African Journal of Health Professions Education, 4 (1). pp. 28-33. doi:10.7196/ajhpe.165 ISSN 2078-5127.

2011

Hoddinott, Pat, Seyara, Resifina and Marais, Debbi (2011) Global evidence synthesis and UK idiosyncrasy : why have recent UK trials had no significant effects on breastfeeding rates? Maternal & Child Nutrition, 7 (3). pp. 221-227. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00336.x ISSN 1740-8695.

Iversen, Per Ole, du Plessis, Lisanne, Marais, Debbi, Morseth, Marianne, Høisæther, Elisabeth Adolfsen and Herselman, Marietjie (2011) Nutritional health of young children in South Africa over the first 16 years of democracy. South African Journal of Child Health, 5 (3). pp. 72-77. ISSN 1994-3032.

2010

Marais, Debbi, Koornhof, H. E., du Plessis, M. L., Naude, C. E., Smit, K., Hertzog,, E., Treurnicht, R., Alexander, M., Cruywagen, L. and Kosaber, I. (2010) Breastfeeding policies and practices in health care facilities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 23 (1). pp. 40-45. ISSN 1607-0658.

2009

Scott, Lesley Dalene, Marais, Debbi and Bourne, Lesley (2009) Consumer testing of the preliminary paediatric food-based dietary guidelines for healthy children aged 1–7 years, among English- and Afrikaans-speaking mothers in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition, 12 (7). pp. 979-985. doi:10.1017/S136898000800339X ISSN 1368-9800.

Du Plessis, L. M., Labadarios, D., Marais, Debbi and Marais, A. (2009) Computer-based learning for the enhancement of breastfeeding training. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 22 (3). pp. 137-144. ISSN 1607-0658.

Sowden, M, Marais, Debbi and Marais, R. (2009) Factors influencing high socio-economic class mothers’ decision regarding formula-feeding practices in the Cape Metropole. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 22 (1). pp. 37-44. ISSN 1607-0658.

2008

Murray, S., Tredoux, S., Viljoen, L., Herselman, M. G. and Marais, Debbi (2008) Consumer testing of the preliminary Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (PFBDG) among mothers with infants younger than 6 months in selected urban and rural areas in the Western Cape. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21 (1). pp. 34-38. ISSN 1607-0658.

Martin, C., Labadarios, D., Marais, Debbi and Wentzel-Viljoen, E. (2008) Dietitians' perceptions of the Continuing Professional Development system in South Africa. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21 (2). pp. 27-33. ISSN 1607-0658.

2007

Bourne, Lesley T., Hendricks, Michael K., Marais, Debbi and Eley, Brian (2007) Addressing malnutrition in young children in South Africa. Setting the national context for paediatric food-based dietary guidelines. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 3 (4). pp. 230-238. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00108.x ISSN 1740-8695.

van der Merwe, Julanda, Kluyts, Megan, Bowley, Nadia and Marais, Debbi (2007) Optimizing the introduction of complementary foods in the infant's diet : a unique challenge in developing countries. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 3 (4). pp. 259-270. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00111.x ISSN 1740-8695.

Bourne, Lesley T., Marais, Debbi and Love, Penny (2007) The process followed in the development of the paediatric food-based dietary guidelines for South Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 3 (4). pp. 239-250. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00109.x ISSN 1740-8695.

Van der Merwe, J., Bourne, L. and Marais, Debbi (2007) An assessment of preliminary food-based dietary guidelines for infants 6–12 months of age in the Little Karoo area of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Public Health Nutrition, 10 (9). pp. 869-877. doi:10.1017/S1368980007249742 ISSN 1368-9800.

Marais, M. L., Marais, Debbi and Labadarios, D. (2007) Assessment of nutritional status of older people in homes for the aged in the Somerset West area. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 20 (3). pp. 102-108. ISSN 1607-0658.

Petrie, K. E., Schmidt, S. D., Schwarz, C. E., Koornhof, H. E. and Marais, Debbi (2007) Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women regarding the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme at the Vanguard Community Health Centre, Western Cape – a pilot Study. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 20 (2). pp. 71-75. ISSN 1607-0658.

Marais, Debbi, Marais, M. L. and Labadarios, D. (2007) The use of knee-height as a surrogate measure of height in older South Africans. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 20 (1). pp. 39-44. ISSN 1607-0658.

2006

Mash, Bob, Marais, Debbi, Van Der Walt, Stephanie, Van Deventer, Idilette, Steyn, Margot and Labadarios, Demetre (2006) Assessment of the quality of interaction in distance learning programmes utilizing the Internet or interactive television : perceptions of students and lecturers. Medical Teacher, 28 (1). e1-e9. doi:10.1080/01421590600568439 ISSN 0142-159X.

2005

Mash, R. J., Marais, Debbi, Van Der Walt, S., Van Deventer, I., Steyn, M. and Labadarios, D. (2005) Assessment of the quality of interaction in distance learning programmes utilising the Internet (WebCT) or interactive television (ITV). Medical Education, 39 (11). pp. 1093-1100. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02315.x ISSN 0308-0110.

Roberts, Teri, Herselman, M., Marais, Debbi and Labadarios, D. (2005) Served versus actual nutrient intake of hospitalised patients with tuberculosis as compared with energy and nutrient requirements. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 18 (2). pp. 78-88. ISSN 1607-0658.

2004

Grobbelaar, A., le Roux, M., Lindenberg, C., Marais, Debbi and Steyn, N. P. (2004) Evaluation of usual dietary intake of women working on farms in The Koue Bokkeveld District and the potential benefits of maize and wheat fortification. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology & Infection, 9 (1). pp. 12-17. ISSN 1015-8782.

2002

Steyn, N. P. and Marais, Debbi (2002) Children have a right to meals of good nutritional quality and quantity at state-subsidised creches! South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 5 (2).

2001

Venter, I., Marais, Debbi, de Muynk, R. and Shedden, A. (2001) Computer-aided learning in disadvantaged communities in the Southern Cape and Karoo - a nutrition education initiative. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 14 (3). pp. 106-111. ISSN 1607-0658.

2000

Marais, Debbi and Prins, A. (2000) Malnutrition and growth monitoring. Health and Hygiene, 11 (4).