Blar i Department of Health Promotion and Development på emneord "South Africa"
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Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-23)Background: Fostering adolescents’ communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy ... -
Exploring Sense of Community as a Resource for Mental Well-Being for Women Identifying as Lesbian, Bisexual or Queer in Pretoria, South Africa
(Master thesis, 2020-06-25)Lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women in South Africa face stigma, discrimination and hate crime in the context of identifying with non-normative sexualities. We also know that discrimination, stigma, and marginalization ... -
Predicting Primary and Secondary Abstinence Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)Two of the most effective health behaviours with regard to HIV prevention are condom use and sexual abstinence. While determinants of condom use among sub-Saharan African adolescents have been studied extensively, factors ... -
Promoting Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Resilience and Adaptation in Limpopo Province, South Africa
(Master thesis, 2021-06-03)The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the most significant challenges to global public health in the 21st Century. The apparent socio-economic impact of COVID-19, and associated restrictions aimed at preventing transmission, ... -
Young women’s agency to negotiate condom use in sexual relationships: Compromising factors leading to condom use inconsistency among young South African women
(Master thesis, 2020-06-25)Background. South Africa experiences a high prevalence of HIV, and women are disproportionately affected. Promoting condom use in heterosexual relationships has been one attempt to constrain the spread of HIV. However, ... -
Youth Health and Wellbeing: Risk and protective factors in school-going adolescent´s sexual behavior in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(Master thesis, 2019-07-03)This research is a cross-sectional quantitative study looking at sexual risky behaviours among adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Sexual risk is measured by engagement in age disparate relationship, transactional ...