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A qualitative assessment of South African adolescents’ motivations for and against substance use and sexual behavior
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
Focus groups (N 5 15 groups; 8 with girls, 7 with boys) with adolescents in high schools near Cape Town, South Africa, were used to conduct a qualitative investigation of reported reasons for using and not using substances ...
Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling persons aged≥60 years in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)
BACKGROUND. Physical and psychological ailments increase with age; while the physical ailments are well documented, mental health issues
have received less attention.
OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of depressive ...
Experience of nurse leaders in delivering care to youth victims of violence
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2015)
Violence continues to take its toll on post-apartheid South Africa and the youth remain the most affected group in many communities. Research has either dealt with violence in isolation, or the youth affected by violence. ...
Self-leadership behaviour of the clinical research nurses in the southern suburbs of Cape Town
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2015)
Clinical research nurses are at the frontline of clinical research and they act as nurse leaders in the area of patient-orientated research. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of clinical ...
The implications of adverse childhood experiences for the professional requirements of social work
(University of Stellenbosch, 2011)
Introduction: Coombes and Anderson (2000:281) assert that the “extent and incidence” of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in families of origin of social workers have increasingly become the focus of research. Their ...
The role and linkages of buy-back centres in the recycling industry: Pretoria and Bloemfontein (South Africa)
(University of Johannesburg, 2012)
Purpose/objectives: The aim of this paper is to get a better understanding of the role and linkages of buy-back centres (BBCs) in the recycling industry. The first objective is to analyse the institutional profile of the ...
Living on what others throw away: an exploration of a socio-economic circumstances of people collecting and selling recyclable waste
(Unisa Press, 2011)
Street waste pickers are becoming a common sight on the streets of South Africa’s cities and
suburbs. Little research has been done on this social phenomenon. The aim of this article is to
explore some of the socioeconomic ...
Ethical misconduct by registered physiotherapists in South Africa (2007– 2013): A mixed methods approach
(PubMed, 2015)
Background: The role of ethics in a medical context is to protect the interests of patients. Thus,
it is critically important to understand the guilty verdicts related to professional standard
breaches and ethics misconduct ...
Risk factors for incident HIV infection among antenatal mothers in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2016)
The prevalence of HIV among antenatal clients in South Africa has remained at a very high rate
of about 29% despite substantial decline in several sub-Saharan countries. There is a paucity of data on risk
factors for ...
The use of Danielson’s framework in developing a new fieldwork training setting for 3rd year occupational therapy students from the University of the Western Cape
(The Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2015)
Charlotte Danielson developed a framework for teaching to assist novice educators. Her framework considers four domains, namely
Planning and Preparation, The Classroom Environment, Instruction and finally Professional ...