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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 ...
The role of fortitude in relation to exposure to violence among adolescents living in lower socio-economic areas in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
OBJECTIVE: There is compelling evidence that a significant proportion of adolescents exposed to violence do not develop trauma-related symptoms, but adapt successfully. This differential vulnerability has propelled research ...
A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Maternal alcohol consumption during
pregnancy can result in mental and physical birth defects
in individuals. These birth defects are usually described
as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). With ...
The subjective well-being of day labourers in South Africa: The role of income and geographical location
(AOSIS, 2018)
Background: The informal economy in South Africa provides employment to large numbers
of people who would otherwise have no opportunity to earn a living. Yet informal activities,
such as day labouring, generate highly ...
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 ...
Risk factors associated with the intervention of perpetrators of domestic violence
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
INTRODUCTION: South Africa has the highest incidence of violence against women and a woman is killed every six hours by an intimate partner. Furthermore, women in South Africa are more likely to be killed by an intimate ...
Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a regional hospital in Vredenburg, Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2016)
BACKGROUND: South Africa currently runs the largest public antiretroviral treatment (ART)
programme in the world, with over 80% of people living with HIV and/or AIDS on ART.
However, in order to appreciate the benefits ...
Her-stories in South African sport: gender and sport in the Cape Colony 1806-1910
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
INTRODUCTION: The gendering of South African sport has a point of origin which is not explicitly evident until one
examines the impact of the combined effects of the masculinity-sports relationship during the Victorian ...
Knowledge and attitudes regarding the use of social software in a physiotherapy department
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
INTRODUCTION: Institutions of higher learning are under pressure to respond to the changing needs of today's
learners and the use of information and communication technology has been at the forefront of that
change. ...
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: ...