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Tourism innovation and sustainability: implications for skills development in South Africa

Booysens, I.; Motala, S.; Ngandu, S. (Springer, 2020-08-11)

This chapter interrogates human resource competencies vis-a-vis innovation in tourism which is an under-researched topic in the tourism literature. Innovation is pertinent not only for competitiveness for tourism firms and ...
Risky sexual behaviours among women of reproductive age in a high HIV burdened township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hlongwa, M.; Peltzer, K.; Hlongwana, K. (2020-07-21)

Despite several intervention programmes in South Africa, risky sexual behaviours among women of reproductive age remain a public health concern, thereby making them prone to unintended pregnancies and/or sexually transmitted ...
The relationship between social welfare policy and multi dimensional well-being: an analysis using the South Africa child support grant

Cooper, A.; Mokomane, Z.; Fadiji, A.W. (2020-08-06)

Socio-historical context and ideology are often overlooked in analyses of how social welfare policy is used to promote well-being. This paper uses the South African Child Support Grant (CSG) to illuminate how a policy may ...
Lottery incentives have short-term impact on ART initiation among men: results from a randomized pilot study

Barnabas, R.V.; Van Heerden, A.; McConnell, M.; Szpiro, A.A.; Krows, M.L.; Schaafsma, T.T.; Ngubane, T.; Nxele, R.B.; Joseph, P.; Baeten, J.M.; Celum, C.L.; Van Rooyen, H. (Wiley Publishing Company, 2020-07-27)

Introduction: Among people living with HIV in South Africa, viral suppression is lower among men than women. The study aim was to test the impact of lottery incentives, which reward positive health choice (e.g. antiretroviral ...
Neighbourhood responses to drought in the Western Cape

Rule, S.; Parker, S.; Majikijela, Y.; Lunga, W. (2020-08-25)

An extreme drought event occurred in the Western Cape when the mean level of water supply dams declined to 28% of capacity in August 2017. Our survey of 240 households and 71 businesses identified neighbourhood variations ...
Understanding the influence of 24-hour movement behaviours on the health and development of preschool children from low-income South African settings: the SUNRISE pilot study

Draper, C.E.; Tomaz, S.A.; Cook, C.J.; Jugdav, S.S.; Ramsammy, C.; Besharati, S.; Van Heerden, A.; Vilakazi, K.; Cockroft, K.; Howard, S.J.; Okely, A.D. (2020-09-01)

Background: The International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years, SUNRISE, was initiated to assess the extent to which young children meet movement behaviour guidelines (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, ...
Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial

Barnabas, R.V.; Szpiro, A.A.; Van Rooyen, H.; Asiimwe, S.; Pillay, D.; Ware, N.C.; Schaafsma, T.T.; Krows, M.L.; Van Heerden, A.; Joseph, P.; Shahmanesh, M.; Wyatt, M.A.; Sausi, K.; Turyamureeba, B.; Sithole, N.; Morrison, S.; Shapiro, A.E.; Roberts, D.A.; Thomas, K.K.; Koole, O.; Bershteyn, A.; Ehrenkranz, P.; Baeten, J.M.; Celum, C. (2020-10-15)

Community-based delivery of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV, including ART initiation, clinical and laboratory monitoring, and refills, could reduce barriers to treatment and improve viral suppression, reducing the ...
Preliminary results of lockdown survey: moving from lockdown to community participation, motivation and enablement

Reddy, S. (2020-11-18)
It is unconstitutional for state departments and state-owned entities to invoke pre-disqualification criteria to public tenders

Hart, T.; Bohler, N.; Pienaar, G. (Styli Charalambous, 2020-11-18)

By ruling against the racial pre-disqualification criteria to public procurement tenders, the Supreme Court of Appeal has told the state that it must ensure that as the largest procurer of goods and services it must approach ...
Intimate partner violence among male couples in South Africa and Namibia

Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.A.; Chavanduka, T.; Essack, Z.; Van Rooyen, H. (Springer, 2020-11-18)

Despite the growing body of evidence demonstrating the high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among male couples and the unique antecedents to IPV that male couples may experience, research efforts have focused ...
Be legally wise: when is parental consent required for adolescents' access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?

Strode, A.; Slack, C.M.; Essack, Z.; Toohey, J.D.; Bekker, L.G. (AOSIS Publishers, 2020-11-17)

South African adolescents (12-17 years) need an array of prevention tools to address their risk of acquiring the life-long, stigmatized condition that is HIV. Prevention tools include pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). ...
Own your city: on creative economies in South Africa's cities

Mahali, A. (Earthscan, 2020-11-16)

South African health professionals' state of wellbeing during the emergence of COVID-1. This paper considers how the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have a hand in dismantling Apartheids spatial violences and the ...
Trends in HIV testing and associated factors among men in South Africa: evidence from 2005, 2008 and 2012 national population-based household surveys

Makusha, T.; Mabaso, M.; Richter, L.; Desmond, C.; Jooste, S.; Simbayi, L. (2017-03-30)

In Sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa, uptake of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among men remains a major challenge. Few studies have explored HIV testing uptake among men and factors that ...
TB-IRIS: proteomic analysis of in vitro PMBC responses to mycobacterium tuberculosis and response modulation by dexamethasone

Bell, L.; Peyper, J.M.; Garnett, S.; Tadokera, R.; Wilkinson, R.; Meintjies, G.; Blackburn, J.M. (2017-03-30)

Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome(TB-IRIS) occurs in 8???54% of South African patients undergoing treatment for tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. ...
Conceptions of contraceptive use in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: lessons for programming

Ndinda, C.; Ndhlovu, T.; Khalema, N.E. (2017-03-31)

Community family planning programmes in South Africa arose from the controversial apartheid history of controlling the African population while encouraging the growth of European migrant population. Post-apartheid population ...
Healthcare workers' behaviors and personal determinants associated with providing adequate sexual and reproductive healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systemic review

Jonas, K.; Crutzen, R.; van den Borne, B.; Reddy, S.P. (2017-04-03)

Healthcare workers may affect the utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services, and quality of care thereof, for example by their behaviours or attitudes they hold. This can become a hindrance to accessing ...
Support for the feasibility of the ages and stages questionnaire as a developmental screening tool: a cross-sectional study of South African and Zambian children aged 2-60 months

Van Heerden, A.; Hsiao, C.; Matafwali, B.; Louw, J.S.; Richter, L. (2017-04-03)

There is a growing global acknowledgement that improving child survival rates is no longer sufficient. Emphasis is shifting to the improvement of health and developmental trajectories in early childhood. Screening and ...
In search of socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity: articulating the governance imperatives for improved canal management on the Barotse floodplain, Zambia

Chikozho, C.; Mapedza, E. (2017-05-08)

Governance of the commons through collective action remains an ongoing challenge in many rural areas of Africa. In this paper, we articulate how resource governance systems and proprietorship have affected management of ...
Prevalence and associated factors of illicit drug use among university students in the association of southeast Asian nations (ASEAN)

Yi, S.; Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S.; Susilowati, I.H. (2017-05-10)

Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It may lead to poor academic performance that in turn leads to poor productivity in their later life. This ...
Non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among HIV infected adults in Mon state of Myanmar

Aye, W.L.; Puckpinyo, A.; Peltzer, K. (2017-05-10)

The provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) was started in Myanmar in 2005 in collaboration with the National AIDS Program and the private sector. Successful clinical management of HIV-infected patients is subject to ...

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