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Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a threewave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Teenage pregnancy still remains high in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), as well as in highincome
countries (HIC). It is a major contributor to maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Furthermore, ...
Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged
20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the
risk ...
The effects of biological fathers’ incarceration on adolescent children and the challenges of absentee biological fathers
(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA), 2017)
In western cultures, invested in a discourse of heteronormativity, biological fathers are the ‘breadwinners’ of families, and mothers, the ‘caregivers’. In societies with this dominant discourse, the traditional family ...
Adolescents’ perceptions of health and well-being: Influences of urban contemporary music
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2016)
The study aimed to explore adolescents’ perceptions of how urban contemporary music influences health and well-being among them. Data on health and well-being effects of music consumption were gathered from a convenience ...
Development of a cost effective three-dimensional posture analysis tool: validity and reliability
(BioMed Central, 2013)
BACKGROUND: The lack of clear understanding of the association between sitting posture and adolescent
musculoskeletal pain, might reflect invalid and/or unreliable posture measurement instruments. The psychometric
properties ...
Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(Biomed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged
20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the
risk ...
Opportunities for technology-based HIV prevention programming among high school students in Cape Town, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
One in three new cases of HIV in South Africa is among adolescents. Given that adolescents are particularly affected, scalable, and cost-effective prevention programs are urgently needed. This study aims to identify ...
Perceptions about body image and sizes among Black African girls living in Cape Town
(International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: To assess beliefs about body size (fatness and thinness) and body image in Black
girls aged 10–18 years living in Cape Town.
DESIGN: Exploratory using qualitative methods.
SETTING: Cape Town, South Africa.
METHOD: ...
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 ...
An exploration into the impact of exposure to community violence and hope on children's perceptions of well-being: a South African perspective
(Springer, 2013)
The study aims to explore the relationship between exposure to community
violence, hope, and well-being. More specifically, the study aims to ascertain whether
hope is a stronger predictor of well-being than exposure to ...