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Applying behavioural science to issues of public health in South Africa: the case for social norms intervention

Author: Ganz, Gary ; Neville, Fergus G ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2017 In the effort to address behavioural risk factors - which contribute significantly to the global burden of disease - there is a growing movement in public health towards the use of interventions informed by behavioural science. These interventions ... Read more c b
Applying behavioural science to issues of public health in South Africa: The case for social norms intervention

Author: Ganz, Gary ; Neville, Fergus G ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2017 In the effort to address behavioural risk factors – which contribute significantly to the global burden of disease – there is a growing movement in public health towards the use of interventions informed by behavioural science. These interventions ... Read more
Aspects of antisocial behavior in relation to emotion understanding and parenting style in Slovak and South African early adolescents

Author: Baumgartner, František ; Wirtz, Zuzana ; Ward, Catherine L ; Poledňová, Ivana Date: 2017 The study is aimed at investigating understanding emotions in relation to aspects of antisocial behavior and substance use with respect to parenting styles. The sample were 397 early adolescents from two countries (Slovakia and South Africa). ... Read more c b
Association of Child Maltreatment with South African Adults’ Wages: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study

Author: Zheng, Xiaodong ; Fang, Xiangming ; Fry, Deborah A ; Ganz, Gary ; Casey, Tabitha ; Hsiao, Celia ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 07 Sep 2018 Child maltreatment is a prevalent public health problem in both developed and developing countries. While many studies have investigated the relationship between violence against children and health of the victims, little is known about the ... Read more
A ‘best buy’ for violence prevention: evaluating parenting skills programmes

Author: Wessels, Inge ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2015 Effective parenting programmes are central to successful violence prevention efforts. Although parenting programmes are available in South Africa, few are evidence-based. This lack of evaluation makes it impossible to know whether programmes ... Read more c b
Can a motivational-interviewing-based outpatient substance abuse treatment achieve success? A theory-based evaluation

Author: Duffett, lynda ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2015 This study evaluated a South African outpatient drug counselling centre’s motivational interviewing-based treatment programme from theory and outcomes-based perspectives. 142 participants were interviewed at admission to the programme and ... Read more c b
Development and psychometric properties of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool for use in Trials (ICAST-TRIAL) among South African adolescents and their primary caregivers

Author: Meinck, Franziska ; Boyes, Mark E ; Cluver, Lucie ; Ward, Catherine L ; Schmidt, Peter ; DeStone, Sachin ; Dunne, Michael P Date: 2018 Child abuse prevention research has been hampered by a lack of validated multi-dimensional non-proprietary instruments, sensitive enough to measure change in abuse victimization or behavior. This study aimed to adapt the ICAST child abuse ... Read more c b n d
Do South African mothers shake their babies? incidence and risk factors for infant abuse in Cape Town

Author: Nefdt, Kirsten C Date: 2019 Abusive head trauma from shaking is a recognised common cause of fatal head injury in young children globally, although there is little evidence of its occurrence in South Africa. This is perplexing given that the country has amongst the ... Read more
Early intervention: a foundation for lifelong violence prevention.

Author: Skeen, Sarah ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Ward, Catherine L ; Cluver, Lucie ; Lachman, Jamie M Date: 2015 High levels of violence affect every family in South Africa. Exposure to violence starts early, in both the home and community. There are high levels of physical abuse of children,1 and the national under-five homicide rate is more than double ... Read more c b a
The economic burden of violence against children in South Africa.

Author: Fang, Xiangming ; Zheng, Xiaodong ; Fry, Deborah A ; Ganz, Gary ; Casey, Tabitha ; Hsiao, Celia ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2017 The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of violence against children in South Africa. We assembled summative estimates of lifetime prevalence, calculated the magnitude of associations with negative outcomes, and thereby ... Read more c b
Engagement in parenting programmes: exploring facilitators of and barriers to participation

Author: Wessels, Inge ; Lester, Soraya ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 16 Mar 2016 The large-scale delivery of evidence-based parenting programmes is key to nation building in South Africa. In order to achieve change, parents must participate in these programmes. This policy brief aims to contribute to an understanding of ... Read more
Evaluating the dissemination and scale-up of two evidence-based parenting interventions to reduce violence against children: study protocol

Author: Shenderovich, Yulia ; Ward, Catherine L ; Lachman, Jamie M ; Wessels, Inge ; Sacolo-Gwebu, Hlengiwe ; Okop, Kufre ; Oliver, Daniel ; Ngcobo, Lindokuhle L ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Fang, Zuyi ; Janowski, Roselinde ; Hutchings, Judy ; Gardner, Frances ; Cluver, Lucie Date: 07 Dec 2020 Background Eliminating violence against children is a prominent policy goal, codified in the Sustainable Development Goals, and parenting programs are one approach to preventing and reducing violence. However, we know relatively ... Read more c b
Exploring the impact of rape on women's occupations

Author: Sonnie, Waheeda Date: 2003 This qualitative study, with elements of co-operative enquiry and phenomenology, endeavoured to describe the impact of rape on the occupations of women who have been raped. Data were gathered from participants who were clients at Rape Crisis, ... Read more
The Global status report on violence prevention 2014: Where to for the South African health sector? [Editorial]

Author: Ward, Catherine L ; Lamb, Guy Date: 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime jointly released the first Global Status Report on Violence Prevention[1] on 10 December 2014. The report reviews ... Read more c b
Improving the efficiency of evidence-based interventions

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Ward, Catherine L ; Marlow, Marguerite Date: 2015 Globally, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are increasingly seen as the gold standard of programme evaluation, representing the best way to determine whether new interventions are effective – but they are not without limitations. In this ... Read more c b a
Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites

Author: Flisher, Alan J ; Ward, Catherine L ; Liang, Holan ; Onya, Handsome ; Mlisa, Nomfundo ; Terblanche, Susan ; Bhama, Susan ; Parry, Charles D H ; Lombard, Carl J Date: 2006 Objectives. To document and compare prevalence rates of adolescent injury-related risk behaviours at six sites in South Africa. Design. The identical self-administered instrument was used at all sites. Prevalence rates (with 95% confidence ... Read more
Investigating the impact of a parenting intervention within a rural South African community: a longitudinal social network analysis

Author: Kleyn, Lisa Marguerite Date: 2021 Colder, harsher parenting attitudes and behaviours negatively impact children's behaviour and development, and have been linked to heightened levels of violence towards children. Parenting interventions can improve outcomes by reducing violent ... Read more
Narratives of gang desistance amongst former gang members

Author: Kelly, Jane Frances Date: 2018 Gangs are found all over the world, including South Africa. In Cape Town specifically, gang involvement is a critical problem in need of intervention. Despite this, little research has explored the perspectives of former gang members on leaving ... Read more
Narratives of resilience after a period of substance abuse and crime

Author: Kelly, Jane F ; Ward, Catherine L Date: 2012 Substance abuse and criminality are critical problems in South Africa, yet little is understood about youth resilience. Through narrative analysis, this study sought to gain an understanding of resilience in eight men who have disengaged from ... Read more c b a
Neuropsychiatric profile of a cohort of perinatally infected HIV positive children after one year of antiretroviral medication

Author: Nassen, René Date: 2012 The Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) era in the mid-nineties signalled a dramatic change in the long-term outcome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Many children have shown significant neurologic benefit, and in particular, ... Read more