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Youths in gangs on the Cape Flats: If not gangs, then what?
(Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)Gangs are social groups within geographical territories that use symbols, verbal and non-verbal communication to express their belonging to the group, and resort to crime to exercise power and control over the territory ... -
Unlocking scal space of expanding the health workforce in district health systems in Uganda in the context of PEPFAR transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2021-03)Although expanding fiscal space for health worker recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process of ... -
The dynamics of appraisal: a review of 20 years of research using the Fortitude Questionnaire
(South African Journal of Psychology, 2021-03)Fortitude refers to the psychological strength to manage adversity and stay well. It is derived from adaptive cognitive appraisals of self, family, and social supports and has consistently been identified as a protective ... -
Boys Are Victims, Too: The Influence of Perpetrators’ Age and Gender in Sexual Coercion Against Boys
(SAGE Journal, 2021-04)Sexual coercion among adolescent boys in South Africa is an underresearched topic despite the frequency of such events. Although quantitative research has illuminated the prevalence of sexual coercion toward boys, it has ... -
Stakeholders’ perspectives on the barriers to accessing health care services in rural settings: A human capabilities approach
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2021-04-12)Despite efforts to achieve universal access to health care by various stakeholders globally, most developing countries continue to face serious health delivery challenges, especially in rural areas. Introduction: These ... -
Coping With the Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among South African Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis
(Researchgate, 2021-05)Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) continues to be a serious problem worldwide. South Africa has a high prevalence of women experiencing IPV. Although much research reports on the prevalence rates, risk factors, ... -
Counselling preparedness and responsiveness of industrial psychologists in the face of COVID-19.
(SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2021-05-17)The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic in March 2020. For much of the following year, the COVID-19 pandemic had a bewildering and unprecedented ... -
Exploring experiences of using case study as a teaching strategy to learn about spirituality in occupational therapy education
(African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2021-06)Background. A case study is a teaching strategy that is used in other professions, such as nursing and medicine; however, there are no studies that focus on the experiences of occupational therapy (OT) students regarding ... -
The process evaluation of a comparative controlled trial to support self-management for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden in the smart2d project.
(Researchsquare, 2021-06)Background. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its complications are increasing rapidly. Support for healthy lifestyle and self-management is paramount, but not adequately implemented in health systems in most countries. Process ... -
The structure of children's subjective well being
(Researchgate, 2021-06)Research on children’s quality of life and subjective well-being has advanced over the past decade largely as a result of developments in childhood theory, children’s rights legislation, and the shift toward positive ... -
“I had made the decision, and no one was going to stop me” —facilitators of PREP adherence during pregnancy and postpartum in Cape Town, South Africa
(Springer, 2021-06-03)PrEP is safe and effective but requires adherence during potential HIV exposure, yet the facilitators of long-term maternal adherence are not well understood. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 postpartum women ... -
The multiple lenses on the community health system: Implications for policy, practice and research
(2021-07)Community health systems (CHSs) have historically been approached from multiple perspectives, with different purposes and methodological and disciplinary orientations. The terrain is, on the one hand, vast and diverse. ... -
Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll
(Researchgate, 2021-07)Although increasing public spending on health worker (HW) recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process ... -
Towards virtual doctor consultations: A call for the scale-up of telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19 lockdowns and beyond
(Elsevier, 2021-07)The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in adoption and implementation of mitigatory policies, including movement restrictions (lockdowns) to curb its spread. These lockdowns have brought unintended consequences such as ... -
The shared pleasure paradigm: A study in an observational birth cohort in South Africa
(Springer, 2021-07)Mother–infant dyads in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) may be exposed to a range of factors associated with suboptimal development. Optimal infant development is likely supported by synchronicity in the early ... -
Theoretical assessment design: Best practices in pre-registration nursing education.
(Researchgate, 2021-07-02)Since the nineteenth century, assessment has been used in higher education. Assessment traditions, on the other hand, had to be adapted through change and innovation in a continually evolving higher education system. In ... -
Strengthening research and practice in community health systems: A research agenda and manifesto
(Researchgate, 2021-07-11)While there have been increased calls for strengthening community health systems (CHSs), key priorities for this field have not been fully articulated. This paper seeks to fill this gap, presenting a collaboratively defined ... -
Leisure boredom, timing of sexual debut, and co-occurring behaviors among South African adolescents
(Springer, 2021-08)Sex during adolescence is normative; however, there are substantial individual differences in the timing and context of sexual debut. Leisure boredom is an underexplored correlate of sexual behavior that is associated with ... -
Assessment of risk factors for Non-Communicable diseases among a cohort of community health workers in Western Cape, South Africa
(The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi, 2021-09)Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been identified as the key health professionals to drive the agenda of the prevention of health risk behaviours, linked to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in South Africa. They ... -
Institutional culture and academic career progression: Perceptions and experiences of academic staf
(AOSIS (pty) Ltd, 2021-09-17)Orientation: The South African higher education system is highly dependent on institutional cultures to enable the progression of academics with the aim to unlock the research potential of the country. Institutional cultures ...