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Social Sciences and Humanities
South Africa
2022

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
85
Citations
28180
World Ranking
271
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

David Sanders was affiliated with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Their research spanned multiple fields, including engineering and computer science, with significant contributions to mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, human-computer interaction, social psychology, and statistics, probability and uncertainty.

Their work covered a range of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Frequent coauthors included Malik Haddad, Giles Tewkesbury, Martin Langner, Mohamad Thabet, and Favour Ikwan.

The scientist published in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in Advanced Materials, the International Journal of Reliability Risk and Safety Theory and Application, and the International Journal of Management and Decision Making. Other venues included the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries and The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

Notable papers included:

  • Safety evaluation of leak in a storage tank using fault tree analysis and risk matrix analysis (2021), Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
  • The effect of cryogenic machining of S2 glass fibre composite on the hole form and dimensional tolerances (2021), The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Selecting a discrete multiple criteria decision making method for Boeing to rank four global market regions (2020), Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
  • Deep Learning Architecture to Assist With Steering a Powered Wheelchair (2020), IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • A Review of Recent Advances in Unidirectional Ultrasonic Guided Wave Techniques for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (2025), Sensors

David Sanders also contributed to book publications, with titles such as Proposed AASHTO Seismic Specifications for ABC Column Connections (2020) published by Transportation Research Board eBooks, and Advances in Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (2021) published by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

    Hoosen Coovadia;Rachel Jewkes;Peter Barron;David Sanders

  • Political Choice in Britain

    Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul Whiteley

  • Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Mahshid Dehghan;Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Xiaohe Zhang;Sumathi Swaminathan

  • Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers

    Andy Haines;David Sanders;David Sanders;Uta Lehmann;Alexander K Rowe

  • On Message: Communicating the Campaign

    H.A. Semetko;P. Norris;J. Curtice;D. Sanders

  • INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

    Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Shiriki Kumanyika

  • Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Victoria Miller;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan

  • Performance Politics and the British Voter

    Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul F. Whiteley

  • Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities

    Mickey. Chopra;Mickey. Chopra;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn;David. Sanders;Peter. Barron

  • Task shifting: the answer to the human resources crisis in Africa?

    Uta Lehmann;Wim Van Damme;Francoise Barten;David Sanders

  • Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index.

    Boyd Swinburn;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Vivica Kraak;Gary Sacks

  • The Political Integration of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

    Anthony F. Heath;Stephen D. Fisher;Gemma Rosenblatt;David Sanders

  • Does Mode Matter For Modeling Political Choice? Evidence From the 2005 British Election Study

    David Sanders;Harold D. Clarke;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul Whiteley

  • Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF) : a cluster-randomised trial

    Thorkild Tylleskär;Debra Jackson;Nicolas Meda;Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen

  • Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: British Foreign Policy Since 1945

    David Houghton;David Sanders

  • WHO guidelines for management of severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals: effect on case fatality and the influence of operational factors

    Ann Ashworth;Mickey Chopra;David McCoy;David Sanders

  • Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study.

    Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan;Matthew McQueen;Matthew McQueen

  • "Big food," the consumer food environment, health, and the policy response in South Africa.

    Ehimario U. Igumbor;David Sanders;Thandi R. Puoane;Lungiswa Tsolekile

  • The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

    Araya Abrha Medhanyie;Araya Abrha Medhanyie;Araya Abrha Medhanyie;Mark Spigt;Yohannes Kifle;Nikki Schaay

  • The real economy and the perceived economy in popularity functions: how much do voters need to know? A study of British data, 1974-97

    David Sanders

  • Implementation research is needed to achieve international health goals.

    David Sanders;Andy Haines

  • The Joint Action and learning initiative: towards a global agreement on national and global responsibilities for health.

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Eric A. Friedman;Gorik Ooms;Thomas Gebauer

  • Evaluating the clinical management of severely malnourished children--a study of two rural district hospitals.

    Thandi Puoane;David Sanders;Mickey Chopra;Ann Ashworth

  • Zimbabwe's hospital referral system: does it work?

    D Sanders;J Kravitz;S Lewin;M Mckee

  • Why do some hospitals achieve better care of severely malnourished children than others? Five-year follow-up of rural hospitals in Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Thandi Puoane;Katie Cuming;David Sanders;Ann Ashworth

  • Public health in Africa

    David Sanders;Ehi Igumbor;Uta Lehmann;Wilma Meeus

  • Improving the hospital management of malnourished children by participatory research

    Thandi Puoane;David Sanders;Ann Ashworth;Mickey Chopra

  • A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran

    Sara Javanparast;Fran Baum;Ronald Labonte;David Sanders

  • Implementation, effectiveness and political context of comprehensive primary health care: preliminary findings of a global literature review

    Ronald Labonte;David Sanders;Fran Baum;Nikki Schaay

  • Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review

    Bonaventure Amandi Egbujie;Peter Arthur Delobelle;Peter Arthur Delobelle;Naomi Levitt;Thandi Puoane

  • Low intake of commonly available fruits and vegetables in socio-economically disadvantaged communities of South Africa: influence of affordability and sugary drinks intake.

    Kufre Joseph Okop;Kululwa Ndayi;Lungiswa Tsolekile;David Sanders

  • Diabetes self-management in three different income settings: Cross-learning of barriers and opportunities.

    Jeroen De Man;Jeroen De Man;Juliet Aweko;Meena Daivadanam;Meena Daivadanam;Helle Mölsted Alvesson

  • Frontline health workers as brokers: provider perceptions, experiences and mitigating strategies to improve access to essential medicines in South Africa

    Bvudzai Priscilla Magadzire;Ashwin Budden;Kim Ward;Roger Jeffery

  • Questioning the solution : the politics of primary health care and child survival with an in-depth critique of oral rehydration therapy

    Werner D;Sanders D;Weston J;Babb S

  • What is needed for health promotion in Africa: band-aid, live aid or real change?

    David Sanders;Ruth Stern;Patricia Struthers;Thabale Jack Ngulube

  • What is the way forward for health in Zimbabwe

    Charles Todd;Sunanda Ray;Farai Madzimbamuto;David Sanders

  • Lay Health Worker Attrition: Important but Often ignored/Attrition Du Personnel Non Medical: Importante, Mais Souvent ignoree/Rotacion del Personal Sanitario No Cualificado: Una Cuestion Importante, Aunque Frecuentemente Ignorada

    Lungiswa Nkonki;Julie Cliff;David Sanders

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanya Doherty
Tanya Doherty South African Medical Research Council
Ronald Labonté
Ronald Labonté University of Ottawa
Fran Baum
Fran Baum University of Adelaide
Wendy Snowdon
Wendy Snowdon Deakin University
Sau Lan Wu
Sau Lan Wu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University

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