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Sexual practices and the cultural meanings of rural people in Zimbabwe in the era of the Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic : a social constructionist perspective.
(2011)Notwithstanding a myriad of interventions put in place over three decades to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the incidence and prevalence are still unacceptably high in southern Africa. There is a need to broaden the HIV/AIDS ... -
Sexually transmitted infection as a risk factor for HIV : describing treatment seeking behaviours and sexual risk practices of clinic attendees at the Cyril Zulu Communicable Diseases Centre : a potential application of the information-motivation-behaviour skills model for HIV prevention interventions.
(2004)Co-infection with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is both an indicator of behavioural risk, as well as an indicator of increased risk for infection with HIV. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. The overall ... -
The simulation of social exchange: developing a multidimensional model of exchange rules in human interaction.
(2019)Social exchange underpins social structure and as such, social exchange theory has taken a central role in the field of social psychology. The study of exchange rules and how they interact with each other is an area ... -
Situated identity performance : understanding stereotype threat as a social identity phenomenon.
(2011)Stereotype threat or boost (STB) is a situational modifier of task performance that occurs when a group stereotype becomes relevant to the performance of a stereotype-relevant task. This dissertation aimed to re-imagine ... -
A situational assessment of a workplace voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and HIV/AIDS treatment programme in the mining sector : a case study
(2008)Introduction: Globally, over forty million adults are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), with twenty-five million people having already died of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) worldwide by 2007. ... -
Skills shortages and challenges in the employment of foreign professionals in the selected KwaZulu-Natal higher education institutions.
(2016)This study examines the challenge of academic skills shortage in South Africa as represented in the selected institutions of higher learning in the KwaZulu-Natal province. Further to the shortage of academic skills, the ... -
Snap! what South African children photograph : a study of the photographic behaviour of children at three age levels.
(2007)This study focused on the kinds of photographs taken by twelve South African children at three different age levels (namely seven, eleven and fifteen). The children were given cameras which they used over a weekend to ... -
A social capital perspective regarding available support : informal HIV/AIDS carers in KwaNgcolosi, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)South Africa has one of the highest country HIV/AIDS statistics in the world. The large number of ill individuals has created an unprecedented care work crisis in the country. In the absence of an adequate state supported ... -
The social construction of relationships, HIV risk behaviours and the management of risk among young people in a rural community in the Eastern Cape Province.
(2014)Young people in rural contexts in South Africa continue to bear a significant burden of HIV/AIDS despite awareness and knowledge about HIV transmission. The aim of this study was to investigate the social constructions of ... -
A social constructionist perspective of black female students' perceptions and management of risks of HIV/AIDS in sexual activity at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus.
Notwithstanding the increase in educational and preventative HIV/AIDS programmes, relatively little sexual behaviour change has been documented both locally and internationally. Insight about reasons for a lack of behaviour ... -
A social constructionist study of masculinity and its effects on health seeking behaviours among men who are at risk of cardiovascular disease.
(2018)In a world that has gender constructions, the masculine and the feminine, these gender constructions are used to highlight differences, and from this emerges differences in power that has an important effect on the phenomenon ... -
Social identity in adjusting to university life : experiences of economically disadvantaged students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)The number of students from disadvantaged communities within South African tertiary institutions continues to grow. There is a dynamic culture within these institutions to which students have to adjust. This culture is not ... -
Social reactions to child sexual abuse : a child-centred perspective on helpful and harmful experiences in the aftermath of disclosure.
(2010)Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a problem of increasing intensity both internationally and within the context of South Africa. While various studies have investigated the post-rape experiences of CSA survivors, few have studied ... -
Social representations on bullying in South African school children.
(2018)Objective: Bullying is a major problem in South African schools that has a profound impact on student’s psychological development, social behaviour and quality of education. Social Representation Theory suggests a form of ... -
Social support, satisfaction with life and general well being of caregivers of people with schizophrenia.
(2006)Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects a person's ability to think and function well. Perceptions, feelings, and behaviour become impaired, making it difficult for the person to manage emotions, make ... -
Socio-cognitive differences between Moffitt's taxonomy of life-course persistent and adolescent-limited offenders.
(2006)The study's findings support the hypothesis that Moffitt's taxonomy of life-course and adolescent-limited delinquents applies in a Black, developing, semi rural population in South Africa, using a qualitative life-story ... -
A socio-cultural understanding of trauma in Black Africans in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)For many South Africans, exposure to potentially traumatic events is an unavoidable part of daily life. However, trauma interventions which are developed on Western principles are used to treat people from non-Western ... -
The socio-emotional impact of malnutrition : a comparison of infants hospitalised for malnutrition and infants hospitalised for surgical reasons.
(1998)The present study looks at the socio-emotional impact of malnutrition. This is done by comparing infants who are hospitalised for malnutrition, and infants hospitalised for surgical reasons. Twenty infants were selected ... -
Some aspects of visual signalling and social organization in the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus).
(1982)This study uses data from three free-ranging and one caged troop to describe the visual signals identified in the South African subspecies of vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus) and to then compare them ...