Age-old care and support practices in Southern Africa functioning robustly as sophisticated social technology interventions

dc.contributor.authorEbersohn, L. (Liesel)
dc.contributor.authorLoots, Tilda
dc.contributor.authorMampane, Motlalepule Ruth
dc.contributor.authorOmidire, Margaret Funke
dc.contributor.authorMalan-van Rooyen, Marlize
dc.contributor.emailliesel.ebersohn@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T13:04:30Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.description.abstractHigh-need contexts, such as those in postcolonial Southern Africa, require interventions that provide psychosocial and socioeconomic care and support. This comparative case study uses the lens of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) to supplement predominantly Western knowledge of care and support interventions. Participatory reflection and action (PRA) were used in 7 conveniently selected Southern African regions reflective of bounded systems with high adversity and likely to portray indigenous belief systems on a regional basis (n = 430; elders = 240; youth = 190; men = 150 and women = 280). Interactive PRA sessions, focusing on generating narratives about traditional care and support strategies, were recorded and analyzed. It emerged that the IKS care and support interventions still being practised are fundamentally relational and pragmatic pathways of resource management, and include reciprocal donations, shared savings in societies, and partnerships and borrowing/lending. Rather than being outdated vestiges of previous times, these age-old structures continue to function as robust and sophisticated social technologies of care and support.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentEducational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-08-30
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.librarian2025dzm
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1520-6629en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEbersöhn L, Loots T, Mampane R, Omidire F, Rooyen M M-v. Age-old care and support practices in Southern Africa functioning robustly as sophisticated social technology interventions. J Community Psychol. 2017;45:727–747. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21889.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0090-4392 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1520-6629 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/jcop.21889
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/63634
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Age-old care and support practices in Southern Africa functioning robustly as sophisticated social technology interventions', Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 727-747, 2017, doi : 10.1002/jcop.21889. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1520-6629.en_ZA
dc.subjectMental healthen_ZA
dc.subjectAcquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)en_ZA
dc.subjectStressen_ZA
dc.subjectCulturesen_ZA
dc.subjectResourcesen_ZA
dc.subjectResilienceen_ZA
dc.subjectChallengesen_ZA
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_ZA
dc.subjectPsychologyen_ZA
dc.subjectAge-old careen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial technology interventionsen_ZA
dc.subjectSupport practicesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-01
dc.subject.otherSDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherEducation articles SDG-17
dc.subject.otherSDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
dc.titleAge-old care and support practices in Southern Africa functioning robustly as sophisticated social technology interventionsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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