Miller, Jacqueline A Smith, Edward A Caldwell, Linda L Mathews, Catherine Wegner, Lisa
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Sexual coercion among adolescent boys in South Africa is an underresearched topic despite the frequency of such events. Although quantitative research has illuminated the prevalence of sexual coercion toward boys, it has provided little understanding of the context of sexual coercion for adolescent boys. Given the often severe consequences of sexua...
Herrero Romero, Rocio Hall, James Cluver, Lucie Meinck, Franziska Hinde, Eleanor
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Journal of interpersonal violence
To date, little is known about the effects of violence on the educational outcomes of adolescents in disadvantaged communities in South Africa. In response, self-report data were collected from a socioeconomically disadvantaged sample of 503 adolescents aged 10 to 18 participating in a child abuse prevention trial in the Eastern Cape. Adolescents w...
Naidoo, Saloshni Taylor, Myra
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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
A better understanding of the social influences, self-efficacy, and communication with parents, peers, and teachers associated with teenage pregnancy is required owing to the consequences of teenage pregnancy. This article aimed to determine the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and to understand the association between social influences, self-effica...
Jacobs, Tanya George, Asha
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Globalization and Health
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 as the ‘Born Frees’, are perceived to be able to realise equal rights and opportunities, yet many factors constrain their lives. In...
Wilson, Ellen K. Wagner, L. Danielle Palanee-Phillips, Thesla Roberts, Sarah T. Tolley, Elizabeth E. Mathebula, Florence Pascoe, Laura Lanham, Michele Wilcher, Rose Montgomery, Elizabeth T.
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BMC Women's Health
BackgroundWomen may need or seek male partner approval to safely and consistently use oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or vaginal microbicides. We developed CHARISMA, a counseling intervention to support women’s relationships and their ability to consistently use HIV prevention products.MethodsIn a pilot study with 95 female part...
Nolting, Kristen M Prunier, Rachel Midgley, Guy F Holsinger, Kent E
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Annals of botany
Global plant trait datasets commonly identify trait relationships that are interpreted to reflect fundamental trade-offs associated with plant strategies, but often these trait relationships are not identified when evaluating them at smaller taxonomic and spatial scales. In this study we evaluate trait relationships measured on individual plants fo...
Sifunda, Sibusiso Mokhele, Tholang Manyaapelo, Thabang Dukhi, Natisha Sewpaul, Ronel Parker, Whadi-Ah Parker, Saahier Naidoo, Inbarani Jooste, Sean Ramlagan, Shandir
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency of international concern. South Africa, like many other countries, initiated a multifaceted national response to the pandemic. Self-isolation and quarantine are essential components of the public health response in the country. This paper examined...
Ramlagan, Shandir Peltzer, Karl Pengpid, Supa
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
BackgroundThe study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of non-daily and daily cannabis use among persons 15 years and older in South Africa.MethodIn a national cross-sectional 2017 survey, 39,207 persons 15 years and older (Median = 34 years) responded to a questionnaire on cannabis use and health variables. Multinominal logistic regress...
Ginsburg, Carren Collinson, Mark A. Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier Gross, Mark Harawa, Sadson Lurie, Mark N. Mukondwa, Keith Pheiffer, Chantel F. Tollman, Stephen Wang, Rebecca
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundIn South Africa, human geographic mobility is high as people engage in both permanent and temporary relocation, predominantly from rural to urban areas. Such mobility can compromise healthcare access and utilisation. The objective of this paper is to explore healthcare utilisation and its determinants in a cohort of internal migrants and ...
Getz, Wayne M. Salter, Richard Luisa Vissat, Ludovica Horvitz, Nir
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Journal of Translational Medicine
BackgroundNo versatile web app exists that allows epidemiologists and managers around the world to comprehensively analyze the impacts of COVID-19 mitigation. The http://covid-webapp.numerusinc.com/ web app presented here fills this gap.MethodsOur web app uses a model that explicitly identifies susceptible, contact, latent, asymptomatic, symptomati...
