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South Africa: Surfing towards centralisation on the Covid-19 wave
(Routledge, 2021)
When the Covid-19 pandemic reached its shores between February and March
2020, South Africa was already in a vulnerable situation – socially, economically,
and politically. Although the country’s population, estimated ...
The health-sustaining, moderating, and mediating roles of sense of coherence in the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and burnout among South African teachers
(MDPI, 2022)
The current study focuses on the interrelationship between fear of COVID-19, sense of
coherence, and burnout. Participants (n = 355) were school teachers from across all provinces in
South Africa who completed the Fear ...
Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food
security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal
and Child Health survey was conducted ...
Perceived vulnerability to disease and the relationship with teacher satisfaction in South Africa during Covid-19: The serial role of burnout, role conflict, and ambiguity
(MDPI, 2022)
Teachers’ work roles and responsibilities have changed dramatically because of the
COVID-19 pandemic. These unprecedented changes have the potential to generate role stress and
burnout and reduce teachers’ job satisfaction. ...
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: The role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students.
This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group.
Intrinsic and contextual ...
Facing your fear of Covid-19: Resilience as a protective factor against burnout in South African teachers
(Elsevier, 2022)
Frontline workers have been distinctively impacted by the rapid spread of the COVID-19
pandemic. Teachers, as frontline employees in the educational system, had to contend with
unprecedented changes to their work role, ...
Women academics and the changing psychological contract during Covid-19 lockdown
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
This study examines the psychological contract between academics and their
institutions during a time of great stress—the COVID-19 pandemic. Given
that relationships between these parties have been found to be ...
What is Covid-19 teaching us about community health systems? A reflection from a rapid community-led mutual aid response in Cape Town, South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed the wide gaps in South Africa’s formal social safety
net, with the country’s high levels of inequality, unemployment and poor public infrastructure combining ...
Identity matters: Validation of the professional identifcation scale in a sample of teachers in South Africa during the Covid 19 pandemic
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)
Professional identity has been linked to organizational outcomes such as job performance and commitment, as well as health and well-being indices such as burnout
and depression. Professional identity is a powerful mechanism ...
Module evaluation for emergency remote teaching: An oral hygiene case study during the Covid-19 pandemic
(South African Medical Association, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the disruption of academic programmes
globally, thereby compelling contact universities to adopt a reactionary mode
of programme delivery.[1,2] South African (SA) universities were ...