Oeschger, Sarah; Nunlall-Hiralal, Reema; Steyn, Francois(University of Salento, 2024)
South Africa suffers from pervasive gender-based violence that finds expression in, amongst others, domestic and intimate partner violence, rape, sexual harassment, and femicide. While the government and civil society ...
The evolution of media technologies provides innovative opportunities for sexual exploration
and intimate communication, one of which is sexting. Sexting refers to sending, receiving, and
distributing self-generated ...
Khosa, Jeffries Zwelithini; Gutura, Priscilla(Whiting and Birch, 2024-03)
This paper discusses the role of social workers and community volunteers in
providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa. A literature review
was undertaken of 14 qualitative studies conducted ...
Poopedi, Lehlogonolo Kwena; Bila, Nontembeko Joyce(University of Stellenbosch, 2023)
South Africa presents a high prevalence of mental health problems, with one in six South Africans being diagnosed with anxiety, depression and substance-use problems (excluding more severe conditions such as bipolar disorder ...
Thornton, Jessica Leigh(Romanian Academy Francisc I Rainer Institute of Anthropology, 2023)
OBJECTIVE. This study discusses the issue of rehabilitation and the lived reality of female offenders serving short-term sentences who are excluded from rehabilitation programmes. This exclusion ill-equips the women from ...
Geyer, Stephan; Chonody, Jill; Teater, Barbra(University of Stellenbosch, 2023-12-04)
The literature on the biopsychosocial effects of COVID-19 on older persons has originated predominately from the Global North, with a dearth of studies focusing on the loneliness of older persons in the developing world, ...
BACKGROUND : Globally, the rise in the number of people living with a substance use disorder (SUD) carries a multitude
of individual and social health implications for carers and their families, often impacting negatively ...
The purpose of this study was to create a profile of the sentenced older adult male offender incarcerated in South African prisons. The findings of this investigation are based on face-to-face surveys with 88 older adult ...
Gray, Mel; Lombard, A. (Antoinette)(Wiley, 2023-10)
This paper examines the progress of the social service professions delivering developmental social welfare in South Africa, a subject we have followed closely over the last 20 years. Being policy-driven, developmental ...
Simbine, Samuel Lisenga; Le Roux, Liana; Muridzo, Noel Garikai(Springer, 2023-06)
Children are entitled to a host of rights cutting across the socio-economic and cultural fabric. These are contained in various international and regional conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ...
Nunlall-Hiralal, Reema(University of Pretoria, 2023-07)
The study aimed to develop a student-informed sexual harassment policy framework for higher educational institutions in South Africa because it was recognised that students are voiceless in the policy-making process. The ...
Abstract
The COVID-19 disaster that began at the end of 20129, changed the way people all over the world functioned for a period of time. Families faced difficulties such as death of loved ones, financial difficulties ...
This article reports on a theoretical and empirical study exploring
the nature and extent of human rights coverage in the curriculum
in schools of social work at universities in Southern and East Africa.
In a mixed ...
Mushunje, Fungai(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-19)
Social services appear to be more concentrated in urban areas of Zimbabwe, with little or no social work activities in remote parts of the country. Orphans and vulnerable children living in remote areas face high rates of ...
The readiness of newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) for practice appears to be a growing area of research, however, there is little focus on the perspectives and experiences of NQSWs’ readiness to provide services to ...
Zwane, Noxolo Chairmaine Minenhle; Geyer, Lourens Stephan(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)
National data indicate that young adults are increasingly vulnerable to the harmful use of nyaope – an illicit drug. Consequently, there is a need for appropriate treatment services. This study aimed to explore and describe ...
Sibanda, Sipho; Ndamba, Felistus(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)
The current crisis in foster care was precipitated by using the child protection system to meet the social assistance needs of orphaned children. The new parallel system in the form of an extended child support grant system ...
Schiller, Ulene; Strydom, Marianne; Lombard, A. (Antoinette); Rademeyer, Cobus(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)
Worldwide, children in the care of the state constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in society. They are often not heard, or their views not respected in matters concerning them. This is incongruent with the Declaration ...
Muller, Clarissa Lynette(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)
Newly qualified social workers' (NQSWs) preparedness for practice appears to be a growing area of research. Little attention has however been paid to the viewpoints and experiences of NQSWs' regarding their preparedness ...
Seiler, Jacqueline(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-13)
The exposure and use of digital devices and screen-time has become an integral part of families' lives (Anuradha, 2019:105). The COVID-19 pandemic restricted people’s movement and social interactions (October et al., ...