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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 ...
Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: A systematic review
(2016)
The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors for waste pickers to operate in the
informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South African journal articles, theses and ...
Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United States
(Emerald, 2014)
The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in
South Africa and the USA to better understand the nature of worker vulnerabilities in this
market, as well as the economic conditions ...
Prevalence of tobacco use among adults in South Africa: Results from the first South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015)
Smoking is one of the major preventable causes of
disease and premature death globally.[1] Tobacco is
the second leading risk factor for the global burden
of disease, accounting for 6.3% of disability-adjusted
life-years ...
Developing agency in a writing centre context: A Social Realist interpretation
(Stellenbosch University, 2019)
The aim of this article is to explore how aspects of a Social Realist theoretical framework could
be understood in relation to my professional development as a writing centre consultant and
manager. I share the view that ...
The effects of family conflict on the psychological needs and externalising behaviour of preadolescents
(University of Stellenbosch, 2018)
Usually, it is within families that we discover, develop and grow as individuals (Corey, 2009; Department of Social Development, 2013). Yet not all families provide an environment that allows for healthy discovery, development ...
Intimate partner violence and its association with self-determination needs and gender-power constructs among rural South African women
(SAGE Publications, 2019)
This study aimed to identify psychosocial correlates of intimate partner
violence (IPV) by using constructs derived from the self-determination
theory (SDT) and gender-power scales. Cross-sectional data (N = 238)
were ...