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Barriers to accessing maternal health care amongst pregnant adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative study
(Springer Nature, 2020)
This study explores the barriers to accessing antenatal care (ANC) services amongst pregnant adolescents within a particular community of South Africa. Methods: An exploratory qualitative design was applied to examine the ...
Reflecting on the current scenario and forecasting the future demand for medical doctors in South Africa up to 2030: towards equal representation of women
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Increasing feminization of medical professions is well-acknowledged. However, this does not always
equate to equitable representation of women within medicine, regarding their socio-demographic indicators, regions,
sectors ...
Body image and the double burden of nutrition among South Africans from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds: SANHANES-1
(MDPI, 2020)
This study investigated the associations between underweight, obesity and body image (BI) among 15+ year-old South Africans with diverse socio-demographic backgrounds. A cross-sectional survey and the analyses of data for ...
Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents refected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans
(BMC, 2021)
The Global Financing Facility (GFF) offers an opportunity to close the financing gap that holds back gains in women, children's and adolescent health. However, very little work exists examining GFF practice, particularly ...
Probing the context of vulnerability: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences of accessing public health care in South Africa
(African Human Mobility Review (AHMR), 2021)
South Africa has a professed inclusive health policy that articulates that everyone is
entitled to have access to healthcare services, regardless of nationality and citizenship.
However, several challenges exist for ...
Democratic South Africa at 25 – A conceptual framework and narrative review of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Twenty-five years into South Africa’s constitutional democracy provides an opportunity to take stock of the social
and structural determinants of adolescent health. Those born in democratic South Africa, commonly known ...
Embracing risky refuge: Women, land laws and livelihood vulnerabilities in rural Kenya
(2021)
There has been a growing interest in laws governing resources particularly land in reference to gender in Africa. Law reforms in relation to land have produced potentially useful regulations and espoused egalitarian land ...
The structure of children's subjective well-being
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
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 ...
Engendering access to justice for development in SubSaharan Africa: a study of policy, programming and implementation
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Building on the book "Gender, poverty and access to justice: policy implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Lawson, Dubin and Mwambene (eds) (2020), this special volume of essays is the result of the Conference in Cape Town ...
Legal and social complexities relating to practice of arranged and forced marriages
(Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 2021)
The practice of forced and/or arranged marriages are reported to be taking place globally. These types of marriages have become gender neutral and can no longer be described only as an issue relating to women. However, ...