Author:Ganz, Gary; Neville, Fergus G; Ward, Catherine LDate:2017In 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 morecb
Author:Ganz, Gary; Neville, Fergus G; Ward, Catherine LDate:2017In 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
Author:Baumgartner, František; Wirtz, Zuzana; Ward, Catherine L; Poledňová, IvanaDate:2017The 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 morecb
Author:Wessels, Inge; Ward, Catherine LDate:2015Effective 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 morecb
Author:Duffett, lynda; Ward, Catherine LDate:2015This 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 morecb
Author:Nefdt, Kirsten CDate:2019Abusive 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
Author:Skeen, Sarah; Tomlinson, Mark; Ward, Catherine L; Cluver, Lucie; Lachman, Jamie MDate:2015High 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 morecba
Author:Wessels, Inge; Lester, Soraya; Ward, Catherine LDate:16 Mar 2016The 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
Author:Sonnie, WaheedaDate:2003This 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
Author:Ward, Catherine L; Lamb, GuyDate:2015The 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 morecb
Author:Tomlinson, Mark; Ward, Catherine L; Marlow, MargueriteDate:2015Globally, 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 morecba
Author:Kleyn, Lisa MargueriteDate: 2021Colder, 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
Author:Kelly, Jane FrancesDate:2018Gangs 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