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Nurses' perceptions of adolescents accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
(Elsevier, 2019)
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive
healthcare is unsatisfactory. Consequently, rates of teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions among
adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Exploring the potential health risks faced by waste pickers on landfills in South Africa: a A socio-ecological perspective
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019)
Landfill and street waste pickers in South Africa are responsible for collecting substantial volumes of recyclable material, saving municipalities millions and contributing to a generally healthier and cleaner environment. ...
"Half a loaf is better than nothing": The risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
(Social Work (South Africa), 2019)
According to Worthington and Scherer (2004), resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other significant sources of stress. The concept of resilience draws upon previous ...
Family functioning and satisfaction: A comparative study between hookah users and non-users
(African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Although there has been an exponential growth in hookah use on a global scale, research within the context of South Africa is very limited. While hookah use is known internationally to be a health and addiction ...
James House BEST Proactive Parenting Programme: experiences of South African parents
(Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), 2019)
The parent-child relationship often becomes challenging during the period of adolescence and it is community-based organisations which take on the role of educating parents to improve the parent-adolescent relationship. ...
Predictors of student agency: the relationship between student agency, learning support and learning experiences in an interprofessional health science faculty.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study illustrates how student agency is formed based on the lecturer-student relationship, learning support and learning experiences in an interprofessional education
environment. This study assessed the association ...
Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa
(BMC, 2019)
School dropouts are at heightened risk of tobacco use compared to in-school learners. School
dropouts are described as those not currently enrolled in school for the academic year, have not completed their
schooling, and ...
The opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in South Africa’s recycling industry: A value chain analysis
(SAGE, 2019)
This paper investigates the entrepreneurial opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back
centres in the recycling industry. Using Porter’s firm-level value chain framework as theoretical
framework for this ...
Exploring the social function of congregations: Acommunity development approach to develop ‘hub-and-spill’ early childhood development centres
(AOSIS, 2019)
This article reflects on the findings of a research study that investigated a community development project by CARITAS, a welfare organisation of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). The said organisation, together with local ...
Social work services by non-profit organisations for adults with substance use disorders
(UNISA, 2019)
Social work services globally started as a result of society’s response to basic human needs, and thus facilitated alleviating, based on doing good, the plight of those in need. Since its inception as a professional ...