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Decisions to care for HIV/AIDS orphans

Author: Townsend, Loraine Date: 2002 There is substantial evidence to indicate that South Africa is facing the prospect of a large number of children, now and in the future, who will be orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In all likelihood, these children would have ... Read more
Following apartheid: Authorship trends in the South African Journal of Psychology after 1994

Author: Duncan, Norman ; Niekerk, Ashley ; Townsend, Loraine Date: 2004 This article explores the salience of racialised authorship trends in South African psychology post-1994. Specifically, the article investigates whether Black authors currently are better represented in South African psychology than during ... Read more
Reaching the hard to reach: longitudinal investigation of adolescents' attendance at an after-school sexual and reproductive health programme in Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Mathews, Catherine ; Eggers, Sander ; de Vries, Petrus ; Mason-Jones, Amanda ; Townsend, Loraine ; Aaro, Leif ; De Vries, Hein Date: 2015 BACKGROUND: Adolescents need access to effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions, but face barriers accessing them through traditional health systems. School-based approaches might provide accessible, complementary strategies. ... Read more c b
Risky sexual behaviour among men : HIV surveillance and risk reduction among men who have multiple, female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Townsend, Loraine Date: 2010 Second generation HIV surveillance surveys that collect biological and behavioural data from populations of interest is urgently needed to demonstrate accountability to domestic and international HIV funders, monitor trends in HIV and risk ... Read more
The relationship between bullying behaviours and high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Townsend, Loraine ; Flisher, Alan J ; Chikobvu, Perpetual ; Lombard, Carl ; King, Gary Date: 2008 Bullying is generally defined as largely unprovoked, negative physical or psychological actions perpetrated repeatedly over time between bully/ies and victims. Bullying can lead to fear of school, absenteeism, and stunted academic progress, ... Read more
Using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit illegal poly-substance users in Cape Town, South Africa: implications and future directions

Author: Burnhams, Nadine Harker ; Laubscher, Ria ; Howell, Simon ; Shaw, Mark ; Erasmus, Jodilee ; Townsend, Loraine Date: 01 Sep 2016 Background: South Africa continues to witness an increase in illicit poly-substance use, although a precise measurement continues to be compounded by difficulties in accessing users. In a pilot attempt to use respondent-driven sampling (RDS)—a ... Read more c b
Women and authorship in post-apartheid psychology

Author: Shefer, Tamara ; Shabalala, Nokuthula ; Townsend, Loraine Date: 2004 This article addresses the issue of women's authorship in psychology. It reflects on the contributions of women authors to psychological knowledge production over the last 10 years through a quantitative assessment of authorship in the South ... Read more