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Factors influencing the infant feeding choices of HIV-positive mothers at a level two hospital in Cape Town
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2015)
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Following the decision by the South African
Department of Health in 2012 to withdraw the provision of free
infant formula milk to HIV-exposed infants, policy makers have
grappled with the need to develop ...
Experiences of adolescents who lost a parent to aids in the Western Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
BACKGROUND: AIDS related deaths of parents have resulted in large numbers of children being orphaned. Adolescence, a particularly vulnerable period in a child's developmental life is characterised by uncertainties, role ...
Political socialization of the youth: an examination of the family as an agency for youth citizenship in South Africa
(NOVA Science, 2015)
This study examined the role of the family in the political socialization of the youth. Two hundred and seventy-five (275) youth completed the self-administered questionnaire that was adapted from the Afrobarometer Round ...
A critical review of practices of inclusion and exclusion in the psychology curriculum in higher education
(Psychology in Society, 2015)
Much of South African psychology has pursued the national
imperative of critical engagement and reconstruction
since 1994, in spite of collusion with Apartheid ideologies
before 1994. Critical ...
Incidence and aetiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Cape Town, South Africa: a prospective, population-based study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, regional population-based study.
Objectives: To provide the incidence, aetiology and injury characteristics of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the City of Cape Town, South Africa.
SETTING: ...
“Without a mother”: caregivers and community members’ views about the impacts of maternal mortality on families in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality in South Africa is high and a cause for concern especially because the bulk of deaths from maternal causes are preventable. One of the proposed reasons for persistently high maternal mortality ...
Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
South Africa experiences socio-economic challenges with a high prevalence of poverty resulting in disability and non-communicable diseases affecting the health and welfare of communities. Health services are not always ...
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 ...
“If you are circumcised, you are the best”: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2015)
While the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is increasing,
South Africa has only attained 20% of its target to circumcise 80% of adult men by
2015. Understanding the factors influencing uptake is ...
Tracing shadows: How gendered power relations shape the impacts of maternal death on living children in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Elsevier, 2015)
Driven by the need to better understand the full and intergenerational toll of maternal mortality (MM), a mixed-methods study was conducted in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa to investigate the impacts of maternal ...