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Reasons for littering: Social constructions from lower income communities in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Littering has been defined as the careless and improper disposal of small amounts of waste that results in
unwanted and unnatural elements remaining in the environment. People tend to blame external factors for
their own ...
Do we need more research on the environmental impacts of plastics?
(IOP Publishing, 2022)
We question whether the rapid growth in research on the impacts of environmental plastics over
the last decade has substantially improved our understanding of these impacts. By the mid-1990s,
the major environmental and ...
The perceptions and experiences of families dealing with substance use disorders: implications for holistic employee wellness programmes
(Social Work (South Africa), 2022)
Neglecting the significant role played by family members in the post-rehabilitation trajectory of substance abusers can pose a significant challenge in supporting intervention programmes in the workplace. This paper reports ...
Parents and adolescents in the post-divorce period: The effects on adolescent psychosocial development
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)
Although the effects of divorce on younger children have been researched, the same cannot be said for adolescents and their future development. This study focused on participants’ experiences of divorce and the effects on ...
Categorisation and Minoritisation
(BMJ Global health, 2020)
The disproportionate mortality of COVID-19
and brutality of protective institutions has
shifted anti-racism
discourses into the mainstream.
1 Increased reckoning over categorisations
of people demonstrate that ...
Parents’ Perspectives on Children’s Independent Mobility in Selected Rural Towns in South Africa: A Human Capabilities Perspective
(MDPI, 2022)
A child’s independent mobility is essential to their social, emotional physical, and cognitive
development and provides children the opportunity to explore and experience their environment.
The freedom of free movement ...
Categorisation and minoritisation
(2020)
The disproportionate mortality of COVID-19 and brutality of protective institutions has shifted anti-racism
discourses into the mainstream. 1 Increased reckoning over categorisations of people demonstrate that racial
categories, ...
Social support networks for youths aging out of residential care to promote positive transition outcomes – A scoping review
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)
This scoping review provides the available evidence on support interventions and networks for youths
aging out of child and youth care centres (CYCCs), and makes recommendations for best practice to
alleviate the plight ...
Community development practitioner profiling for occupational professionalisation, skills development and continuous quality assurance
(University of Stellenbosch, 2022)
Regardless of the worldwide acknowledgement of the importance of community development,
the challenge of professional occupational recognition remains, intensified by the lack of
practitioner profile data. Raising practice ...
Associations between potential traumatic experience and mental health in adolescent refugee populations: A scoping review
(Springer, 2022)
This scoping review examines known associations between potential traumatic experiences and mental health outcomes
among adolescent refugees. Little is known about the type and severity of traumatic experiences among ...