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Theses and Dissertations (Social Work and Criminology): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-05)Co-occurring mental health disorders are a major public health concern globally. In South Africa, approximately 15% of individuals using substances have one or more mental health disorders, and this has overburdened the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-06)The goal of the study was to determine services provided to children in foster care living with HIV by social workers and community volunteers in the City of Johannesburg to develop an effective linkage system. Three ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-04)Co-occurring opioid use and mental health disorders are a prevalent problem in South Africa. However, little is known about social workers’ perceptions of these co-occurring disorders. As such the goal of this study was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-03-24)Many South Africans are living in poverty. Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon that requires well formulated strategies for its mitigation. The goal of the study was to explore the FREC programme’s contribution ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)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 ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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., ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-08)Social work is a practice-based profession, which aims to provide various social work services to vulnerable groups who experience social ills. As Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) enter the profession, they are exposed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)Children’s well-being is a combination of their physical, mental, emotional and social health. Children have rights, including the right to participate in matters that concern their well-being. The social work profession ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-01)COVID-19’s impact was so great that it impacted the entire world. The world we knew changed completely. People needed to isolate themselves in their homes for the first part of the lockdown. Only those who were within a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-08)ABSTRACT Caring for children during COVID-19: The experiences of South African families with children in middle childhood RESEARCHER: Chandré Burger SUPERVISOR: Dr. J Chiba DEGREE: ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-12)Throughout history, women are often observed as being the victims of crime rather than the offender. Therefore, when women are the offenders of violent crimes, they tend to be observed as being abnormal, evil, bad or sad ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Poverty is multi-faceted and affects people's standard of living in all its different dimensions (UNDP, 2021). Therefore, different forms of capital (including human, natural, financial, social and physical capital) are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-08-31)There is growing apprehension about the quality of care provided to the vulnerable children residing in child and youth care centres (CYCCs). Children in CYCCs often have unique care needs stemming from their complex trauma ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-07)South Africa is characterised by a very high rate of poverty and unemployment. In view of this, the Ford Resource and Engagement Centre (FREC) is a micro business incubator and mentorship programme that provides mentorship ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)On the 5th of March 2020, the Minister of Health confirmed South Africa’s first positive case of the COVID-19 virus. South Africa was put on a long-term lockdown from March 2020. Movement and social gatherings were heavily ...
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