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Forced sexual experiences and sexual situation self-efficacy among South African youth
(Wiley, 2015)
Nearly 20% of South African youth experience forced or coerced sexual intercourse. Understanding the factors associated
with forced sex is important for informing prevention programs aimed at reducing sexual violence and ...
Validity and reliability of the South African health promoting schools monitoring questionnaire
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
Health promoting schools, as conceptualised by the World Health Organisation, have been developed
in many countries to facilitate the health-education link. In 1994, the concept of health promoting
schools was introduced ...
Parenting practice, leisure experience, and substance use among South African adolescents
(Routledge, 2019)
There is limited understanding of parents’ role in positive youth/adolescent
development through leisure in developing countries. Using
a sample of 6,626 eighth-grade students in South Africa, this study
examined the ...
The experiences of individuals with schizophrenia using The model of Occupational Self-Efficacy in enhancing work skills and returning to work in the open labour market in Western Cape, South Africa
(South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021)
Introduction: Evidence suggests that supported employment strategies improve the rates of employment for individuals with schizophrenia. The Model of Occupational Self-Efficacy (MOOSE) is such a strategy aimed at enhancing ...
Linking Life Skills and Norms with adolescent substance use and delinquency in South Africa
(National Institute of Health, 2013)
We examined factors targeted in two popular prevention approaches with adolescent drug use and
delinquency in South Africa. We hypothesized adolescent life skills to be inversely related, and
perceived norms to be directly ...
Doing a leisure activity because there is nothing else to do: Related outcomes and intervention effects for adolescents
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
This study examined whether a leisure-focused intervention, HealthWise, was related to reduced youth polysubstance use and delayed sexual debut via reducing how often youth did leisure activities because there was nothing ...
A service user perspective informing the role of occupational therapy in school transition practice for high school learners with TBI
(Wiley/Hindawi, 2019-08)
Background. In the South African context, there are no specific guidelines regarding how to prepare and support adolescents for the transition from a health care to a high school setting post TBI. This raises questions ...
A descriptive, qualitative study of the challenges that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience when transitioning from skills training programs into the open labor market in Cape Town, South Africa
(IOS Press, 2020)
BACKGROUND: There is limited existence of qualitative research on adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), who are transitioning between skills training programs and finding employment in the open labor market, in South ...
Leisure constraints for adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)
This study identified leisure constraints, constraints negotiation strategies, and their relative frequencies among 114 high school students from one under-resourced area of South Africa. Through focus group discussions, ...
Adolescent substance use: a prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents
(Informa Healthcare, 2009)
Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use ...