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Veld management : A challenge to agricultural extension

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: T J Bembridge --- Faculty of Agriculture,

This paper discusses the problems of communicating veld management practices to farmers within the framework of the knowledge generation and diffusion system. Suggestions are made for improving the system through greater involvement of farmers in research and extension, and for...

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The low-frequency vocal repertoire of adult African dwarf crocodiles

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Agata Staniewicz --- University of Bristol, United Kingdom Gráinne McCabe --- United Kingdom, Marc Holderied --- University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Acoustic techniques are rapidly becoming powerful tools for species monitoring and biodiversity assessment. These methods can be particularly appropriate for forest-dwelling crocodiles which are difficult to survey visually. However, basic vocal-repertoire data is lacking for many of the poorly known...

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—Dilemmas and Solutions

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martha Alida Jacoba Olivier --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Ana Maria Gomes --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Aletta Johanna Greyling --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,

We investigated the efficacy of the Coping Skills Programme to address dilemmas and solutions for parents of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants were purposively sampled parents of children diagnosed with ADHD in the Eastern Cape of...

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Towards an Understanding of Nurturing and Restraining Relational Patterns in School Communities

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ansie Elizabeth Kitching --- North-West University, Vera Roos --- North-West University, Ronel Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,

This study aimed to understand the nature of nurturing and restraining relationships in a school communiy. The inquiry entailed a single instrumental case study of a selected school community in a semi-urban context in South Africa. Participants were learners (n=720),...

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Muted voices: HIV/AIDS and the young people of Burkina Faso and Senegal

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lise Rosendal Østergaard Helle Samuelsen

This article explores the discrepancies between the vocal public discourse on HIV/AIDS and sexuality as generally encouraged by policy-makers and donor communities in Africa, and the often hushed voices of their target groups: young people in African communities. Based on...

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Lover, mother or worker: women's multiple roles and the HIV/AIDS and reproductive health agenda in Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lisa Ann Richey

International and national campaigns to prevent HIV/AIDS and efforts to promote reproductive health remain separate in terms of conceptualisation and implementation. Local negotiations around reproductive health issues similarly seem to lack explicit attention to HIV/AIDS. This paper argues that even...

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Youth have a new attitude on AIDS, but are they talking about it?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alison Zisser Dennis Francis

In advocating HIV prevention, organisations such as loveLife in South Africa have increasingly used the media to encourage communication and influence behaviour change in youth. Our study examined youths' understanding and communication habits surrounding loveLife's extensive 'Get Attitude' print campaign...

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HIV/AIDS messages as a spur for conversation among young South Africans?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Lubinga --- School of Languages and Communication Studies, South Africa Margrit Schulze --- School of Languages and Communication Studies, South Africa Carel Jansen --- , The Netherlands Alfons Maes --- , The Netherlands

HIV/AIDS messages are often deliberately puzzling so as to increase the chance for them to be used as food for conversation. The South African health organisation ‘loveLife,’ for instance, uses messages that include complicated rhetorical expressions in their media campaigns,...

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Developing visual images for communicating information aboutantiretroviral side effects to a low-literate population

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ros Dowse --- Faculty of Pharmacy, South Africa Thato Ramela --- Faculty of Pharmacy, South Africa Kirsty-Lee Barford --- Faculty of Pharmacy, South Africa Sara Browne --- , United States

The side effects of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy are linked to altered quality of life and adherence. Poor adherence has also been associated with low health-literacy skills, with an uninformed patient more likely to make ARV-related decisions that compromise the efficacy...

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HIV/AIDS knowledge among adolescent sign-language users in South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Victor de Andrade --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South Africa Bontle Baloyi --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South Africa

People with hearing impairment may have difficulty accessing information about HIV/AIDS, especially those who use sign language. Because adolescence is characterised by sexual maturation, it is important to gauge levels of HIV/ AIDS awareness and knowledge in this age group...

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Myths, science and stories: working with peer educators to counter HIV/AIDS myths

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Dickinson --- Department of Sociology, South Africa

The failure to bring about widespread or effective behavioural change in response to South Africa's HIV epidemic requires that new forms of health communication be explored. This article reports on an action research project in which a group of workplace...

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An exploratory study of HIV-prevention advocacy by persons in HIV care in Uganda

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Tumwine --- , Uganda Annet Nannungi --- , Uganda Eric Ssegujja --- , Uganda Nicolate Nekesa --- , Uganda Sarah Ssali --- , Uganda Lynn Atuyambe --- , Uganda Gery Ryan --- , United States Glenn Wagner --- , United States

To explore how people living with HIV (PLHIV) and in care encourage others to adopt HIV-protective behaviours, we conducted in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of 40 HIV clinic patients in Kampala, Uganda. Content analysis was used to examine the...

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Fear appeals in HIV-prevention messages: young people's perceptions in northern Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sheri Bastien --- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, Norway

The aims of the study were to elicit the perceptions of young people in Tanzania on the role of fear appeals in HIV-prevention messages and to identify important contextual factors that may influence young people's perceptions of HIV-prevention posters. A...

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Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bradley Goodnight --- Georgia State University, Christina Salama --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth C Grim --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth R Anthony --- Georgia State University, Lisa Armistead --- Georgia State University, Sarah L Cook --- Georgia State University, Donald Skinner --- Stellenbosch University, Yoesrie Toefy --- Stellenbosch University,

Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to...

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Morphological and electrophysiological field observations on electric freshwater fish of the genus Mormyrops Müller 1843 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from West and southern Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Kramer --- Zoological Institute of the University of Regensburg, Germany

Different specimens of Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus 1758) were reported to display electric organ discharge (EOD) pulses of either initially head-positive or initially negative polarity, a hypothetical sex difference that has not been substantiated to date. The morphology and EODs of...

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Emigrant's Transfers in Senegal: The Role of ICT

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Latif Dramani --- ,

In 2011, remittances from Senegalese migrants constituted 86%1 of the funds required for the daily survival of recipient households. In this paper, we try to analyse the role of ICT in Senegalese emigrant's transfers through its impact on the household's...

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ICT Adoption, Capabilities Development and Innovation Processes in Argentina: An Employment Approach

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Marta Novick --- Under-Secretary for Technical Planning and Labor Studies, Ministry of Labor, Sebastian Rotondo --- Analyst, Employment and Business Dynamics Observatory, Under-Secretariat for Technical Planning and Labor Studies of the Ministry of Labor, Gerardo Breard --- Under-Secretary for Technical Planning and Labor Studies, Ministry of Labor,

The discussion on innovation and the adoption of new information and communication technologies (ICT) and their impact on economic growth and development have flared up in the past few years. This debate has become increasingly relevant mostly in emerging countries...

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Parental communication with children about sex in the South African HIV epidemic: raced, classed and cultural appropriations of Lovelines

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lindy Wilbraham

Responsive to perceived high risk of HIV infection by sexually active youth, several South African sexual health-promotion campaigns have used media targeting mothers, instructing them on how sex should be talked about with their children to 'risk-proof' them. A Foucauldian...

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Couples' communication on sexual and relational issues among the Akamba in Kenya

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller Lenette Golding Kyalo wa Ngula MaryAnne Wambua Evans Mutua MaryN Kitizo Caroline Teti Nancy Booker Kinya Mwithia DonaldL Rubin

A large portion of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa occurs among married couples, yet the majority of research on safer-sex communication has focused on communication between couples in casual relationships. This paper explores how committed Kamba couples in Machakos District,...

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Sexual activity and condom use among people living with HIV in Swaziland

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AgostinoM Zamberia

A number of studies have shown strong evidence of the association between HIV testing and an increase in consistent condom use. These studies have shown that HIV testing has contributed to a reduction in risk behaviours, since knowledge of HIV...

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The perspectives of in-school youths in Kampala, Uganda, on the role of parents in HIV prevention

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Johanna Löfgren --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Sweden Josaphat Byamugisha --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uganda Per Tillgren --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Sweden Birgitta Rubenson --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Sweden

This qualitative study explores how young Ugandans perceive and experience the role of parents in preventing the spread of HIV among youths. Data were gathered from semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 16 in-school youths, ages 18-20, residing in Kampala. A key...

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Exposure to information and communication about HIV/AIDS and perceived credibility of information sources among young people in northern Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sheri Bastien --- Institute for Educational Research, Faculty of Education, Norway MelkizedekT Leshabari --- , Tanzania Knut-Inge Klepp --- Center for Prevention of Global Infections (GLOBINF), Faculty of Medicine, Norway

Young people in sub-Saharan Africa constitute an important group for HIV prevention efforts. Determining their exposure to HIV/AIDS information and communication and their perceived credibility of information sources is imperative to the development of interventions. However, the majority of studies...

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Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sophie Kotanyi --- , Germany Brigitte Krings-Ney --- , Mozambique

In Mozambique, initiation rites represent the most appropriate socio-cultural context for dealing with sexuality for a large part of the population. As the group most vulnerable to HIV exposure, HIV-prevention counselling could be ideally introduced to young women during initiation...

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HIV/AIDS and sexuality: concerns of youths in rural Zimbabwe

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jeremiah Chikovore --- , South Africa Lennarth Nystrom --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sweden Gunilla Lindmark --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Sweden Beth Maina Ahlberg --- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Sweden

Concerns regarding HIV and AIDS were elicited from 546 school youths (51% female, age range 9–25 years) in a Zimbabwean rural district, through a self-generated question-writing process. Concerns emerged around how to avoid HIV infection at a time when they...

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An unsuccessful resuscitation: The families' and doctors' experiences of the unexpected death of a patient

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Isaacs --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,

Background: The objective was to elicit families' experience of the death of a family member at the Elsies River Community Health Centre, their feelings towards the staff involved in the resuscitation and their opinions about how things could be improved...

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Managing chronic conditions in a South African primary care context: exploring the applicability of Brief Motivational Interviewing

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Allen --- Child, Youth & Family Development,

Background: Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) is an approach to motivating behaviour change in general health care settings. The relevance and applicability of BMI has not been fully assessed in low- or middle-income country settings. This study explored the application of...

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Improving the use of patient-held records in the Emtshezi Subdistrict

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TP Kerry --- uMgungundlovu Health District,

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Communication skills for medical/dental students at the University of Pretoria: Lessons learnt from a two-year study using a forum theatre method

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Krüger --- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, JJ Blitz-Lindeque --- Faculty of Health Sciences, GE Pickworth --- Head Education Consultant (Faculty of Health Sciences), Telematic Learning and Education Innovation, AJ Munro --- Head: Department of Drama, Faculty of Humanities, M Lotriet --- Senior Education Consultant (Faculty of Humanities), Telematic Learning and Education Innovation,

Background: This study describes the lessons learnt from using a novel method for teaching communication skills to second-year medical/dental students.

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Why doctors do not answer referral letters

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, G Khutoane --- Department of Nursing,

Background: Healthcare workers at primary healthcare (PHC) clinics are frustrated by the fact that they do not receive replies to their referral letters to doctors. Referral letters act as permission slips to allow patients easy access to treatment by specialists...

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On Death and Dying—Forty years later, how well are we dying?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DA Cameron --- Department of Family Medicine,

In the mid-1960s two doctors, one in London and the other in Chicago, set about changing the accepted medical care of dying patients. In London, Dr Cicely Saunders established St Christopher's Hospice specifically to provide compassionate care for dying patients...

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Motor neuron disease: the impact of decreased speech intelligibility on marital communication

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Joubert --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, J Bornman --- Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication,

Background: The onset of motor neuron disease (MND), a neurodegenerative disease, results in physical and communication disabilities that impinge on an individual's ability to remain functionally independent. Multiple aspects of the marital relationship are affected by the continuously changing roles...

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Hearing loss within a marriage: perceptions of the spouse with normal hearing

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NG Govender --- Discipline of Audiology, N Maistry --- Discipline of Audiology, N Soomar --- Discipline of Audiology, J Paken --- Discipline of Audiology,

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the perceptions of a spouse about the influence of his or her partner's hearing loss on their relationship as it may have an impact on aural rehabilitation.

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Sports contribution to open communication in a workplace: a qualitative study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne T. Joubert --- University of South Africa,

This study explored employees’ perceptions of the contribution that conversations about sport have on workplace social bonding. Participants were 63 sport participants from nine different financial organisations in the Gauteng region of South Africa (33% were female and 67% were...

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Access–usage qualities of information technology in higher education setting

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Watson Moffat Manduna --- Central University Technology,

This study examined access and usage qualities as perceived by students of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) at a South African technology university. Participants were 40 randomly selected first-year (n = 20) and second-year (n = 20) students with an average age of 23 years...

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The prediction of turnover intention by means of employee engagement and demographic variables in a telecommunications organisation

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mandu Sibiya --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Johanna H. Buitendach --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Herbert Kanengoni --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Shaida Bobat --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa

This study sought to determine the prediction of turnover intention by employee engagement and demographic variables in a large South African information and communication technology (ICT) organisation. Cross-sectional survey data was collected from the organisation. Using a sample of 2276...

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Communication and quality service delivery in Uganda's local government: the mediating influence of total quality management

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim A. Musenze --- Makerere University Business School, J.C. Munene --- Makerere University Business School, Joseph M. Ntayi --- Makerere University Business School, Waswa Balunywa --- Makerere University Business School,

The study aimed at understanding the role of total quality management (TQM) as a mediator between communication and quality service delivery (QSD) in Uganda's local government (LGs). Data were collected using a cross-sectional research design from 212 LGs whose heads...

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Communication characteristics of young children with HIV in South Africa as reported by some physicians

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michelle Hattam --- Con Amore School, South Africa Brenda Louw --- Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, United States Salome Geertsema --- Communication Pathology, South Africa

HIV has been shown to have significant effects on the development of a child. Currently, there is limited South African research regarding HIV and specific characteristics of communication development, and the treatment thereof, in the child infected with HIV. The...

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Comparative analysis of long-range calls in equid stallions (Equidae): are acoustic parameters related to social organization?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Richard Policht --- Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic Alexis Karadžos --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Daniel Frynta --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic

Evolution of long-distance communication in equids may correspond with species-specific types of social organization. To compare harem-forming species (type I) with those that do not establish permanent social units (type II), we conducted a comparative analysis of stallion long-range calls...

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Re-imagining decision making: addressing a discrete social driver of HIV/AIDS through the lens of complexity science

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher J Burman --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Linda Moerschell --- State University of New York at Potsdam, USA Robert Mamabolo --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Marota Aphane --- The Development Facilitation and Training Institute (DevFTI), South Africa Peter Delobelle --- School of Public Health, South Africa

This article argues that decision making is a discrete social driver that can be associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The authors argue that complexity science can inform future research and interventions by presenting...

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Silence, blame and AIDS conspiracy theories among the Xhosa people in two townships in Cape Town

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jonas Samuel Sivelä --- African Studies, Department of World Cultures, Finland

Conspiratorial expressions about the origins of HIV/AIDS have been recognised as an outcome of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This article examines the reasons behind AIDS conspiracy theories, which include a reoccurring repertory of themes, motifs and characters. In...

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Computer-based Message System Flows in Large Organisations

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: B R Lower --- University of Cape Town, S Erlank --- University of Cape Town, P M Q Lay --- University of Cape Town,

The structure of a typical organization can be described in terms of hierarchies and work groups, linked by blows of control and information. Communication between and within these work groups takes place in formal and informal ways, using a variety...

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Reading the guest by means of facial expressions

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Jannick Boelens --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

‘Reading the guest’ refers to the ability to detect and interpret the body language and facial expressions of a guest. A battery of tests was developed to test whether it is possible to accurately read and assess the needs and...

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A blank page: feedback from first referral hospitals to primary health care clinics

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TL Legodi --- School of Health Systems and Public Health, South Africa JE Wolvaardt --- School of Health Systems and Public Health, South Africa

Background: Primary care practitioners depend on the feedback from hospitals in order to care for returning patients effectively. Lack of such feedback from the hospitals leads to frustration, poor efficiency and care that it is not cost effective. This study...

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Attract Youth into Profitable Agriculture in Kenya

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: K. R. G. Irungu --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya D. Mbugua --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya J. Muia --- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya

Youth cherish technology, efficiency and innovations and accommodate entrepreneurial risks. The objectives of this study were to show the beneficial use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in agriculture among the youth in Kenya, assessed ICT application and commonly used...

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Field Testing a Conceptual Framework for Innovation Platform Impact Assessment: The Case of MilkIT Dairy Platforms in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: N.D. Pham --- University of Bonn, Germany J.J. Cadilhon --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya B.L. Maass --- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),

This article studies the impact of innovation platforms in Tanga Region, Tanzania, set up by the MilkIT dairy development project to intensify smallholder production through feed enhancement and value chain approaches. The conceptual framework used builds up from three socio-economic...

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The evaluation of development projects. A South African anthropological perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- Centre for Indigenous Law, South Africa

The need to equate development with a process of self-directed westernisation in the present time is explained initially in this discussion. This is followed by a discussion on the involvement of the Ethnological Section of the former Department of Development...

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Ethics and the Everyday: Reconsidering approaches to research involving children and young people

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rachel Bray --- Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Imke Gooskens --- Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa

Guidelines on ethical practice in research with children tend to focus on ways to protect children from potential economic and emotional exploitation. While such concerns deserve attention we argue that they represent only a portion of the moral framework in...

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Exploring communication channels used by festival visitors: Traditional channels versus the Internet

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: A. van Lille --- Business Management, South Africa J.W. Strydom --- Business Management, South Africa

Various communication channels are available to festival managers to present messages to specific target markets. Today's festival visitors live in the Information Age, and have become mostly unresponsive to traditional communication methods. Therefore this research investigated the communication channels used...

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Preliminary comparison of calls of the hybridizing fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. St Clair Hill --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa J.W.H. Ferguson --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa M.N. Bester --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa G.I.H. Kerley --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and the Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis) hybridize on a relatively small scale at Marion Island. To date the description of calls published for A. tropicalis and A. gazella are fragmented and not easily...

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The role of teammate relationships, communication and self-efficacy in predicting athlete flow experience

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elrie Botha --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa

This study aimed at testing a structural model of athlete flow in a sample of South African students. A quantitative, cross-sectional research design was implemented. Participants completed self-report measures at pre-arranged times that were in close proximity to the completion...

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Speaking the language of the patient: indigenous language policy and practice

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Margaret Matthews --- University Language Board, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Republic of South Africa Jacqueline Van Wyk --- Clinical and Pedagogical Education, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Republic of South Africa

South Africa faces numerous challenges in healthcare, with the result that communities in many rural provinces are grossly underserved. These problems are compounded when doctors are unable to communicate with their patients. IsiZulu is spoken by most people in KwaZulu-Natal...

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Johnny Clegg: a shadow man

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marguerite de Villiers --- , South Africa

Johnny Clegg has been given many labels — White Zulu, academic, activist, performer. In the context of apartheid South Africa, his deliberate interaction with Zulu-speaking migrant workers and street musicians in Johannesburg helped shape his performance style. His training in...

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Still lost in translation: language barriers in South African health care remain

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: VL Van den Berg --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa

The patient-centred model of health care, which recognises patients’ autonomy, promotes their active participation in decisions concerning their own health, and strives to treat patients holistically, improves health outcomes but relies on effective communication between healthcare providers and patients. In...

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Could the elongate yellow-orange nostrils of Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 function as fishing lures?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: D Tweddle --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa PH Skelton --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa

The shortfin eel Anguilla bicolor has elongate, yellow nostrils tipped with orange that protrude forward above the mouth. They are a striking, highly visible feature and it is hypothesised that they function as lures to attract prey, analogous to the...

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Reading the guest by means of facial expressions

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jannick Boelens --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands

‘Reading the guest’ refers to the ability to detect and interpret the body language and facial expressions of a guest. A battery of tests was developed to test whether it is possible to accurately read and assess the needs and...

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Cholera and household water treatment why communities do not treat water after a cholera outbreak: a case study in Limpopo Province

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Lutendo Sylvia Mudau --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Murembiwa Stanley Mukhola --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK Paul Raymond Hunter --- Norwich School of Medicine, UK

Background: Cholera is one of the common diseases in developing countries caused by consumption of contaminated and untreated drinking water. A study was conducted 7 months after a cholera outbreak in Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa. The aim of the study...

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South Africa’s pedagogical transformation for participation in the global knowledge economy: Is it a panacea for modern development?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tlou Ramoroka --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Johannes Tsheola --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Mokoko Sebola --- Department of Public Administration, South Africa

The advent of computer and Internet technologies has brought continuous and rapid transformations in technology specifically for global and national development purposes. Additionally, computer and the Internet technologies are the basis for so called the ‘e’ phenomenon such as ‘e-communication,...

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Making Sense of Africa's Emerging Digital Transformation and its Many Futures

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bitange Ndemo --- School of Business, Kenya Tim Weiss --- Department of Management Science and Engineering, USA

Digital technologies have spread across the African continent at an inexorable pace. Widely cited data on adoption rates suggest that digital technologies are making their way into every facet of life in African societies — a broader change process cast...

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Perceptions of why Malawians engage in concurrent sexual partnerships among a select population of radio listeners: findings from an exploratory study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rupali J Limaye --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Amanda Berman --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Jane Brown --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Triza Kakhobwe --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Malawi

Concurrent sexual partnerships have been identified as a potential driver in the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa. This study utilised an innovative approach to explore perceptions of why Malawians may engage in these relationships, and their suggestions for reducing the...

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Effective interactions: Communication and high levels of marital satisfaction

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kobus du Plooy --- Institute of Psychology & Well-being (IPW), School for Psychosocial Health, South Africa Ronél de Beer --- Community Psychosocial Health (COMPRES), School for Psychosocial Health, South Africa

Of all the significant relationships in the lives of human-beings, the marital relationship remains one of the most central and important to their well-being. For this rapid review the authors accessed four online databases (PsycINFO, PsychARTICLES, JSTOR Journals, and ScienceDirect)...

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Quality of primary care physicians’ communication of diabetes self-management during medical encounters with persons with diabetes mellitus in a resource-poor country

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OS Ojo --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria SO Malomo --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria AO Egunjobi --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria AOA Jimoh --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria MO Olowere --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria

Background: Most of the Nigerian studies on the determinants of diabetes self-management have focused on patient-related factors. There is no previous local study that examined the quality of diabetes self-management education provided by primary care physicians to people with diabetes...

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The Role of Interpreters during the Early Portuguese Presence in East Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Joseph A. B. Jackson-Eade --- Global Cultures, History and Oriental Studies, Italy

The entry of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean caused hitherto mutually unknown societies to come into contact with each other. In this process, the figure of the interpreter played a key role. This article explores the complex relationship between...

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(Mis)communicating through Conflicts: Chinese Restaurant Owners and Zimbabwean Employees in Johannesburg

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Canada

South Africa is home to the two largest populations of foreign nationals on the continent – migrants from China and Zimbabwe – and many of them are involved in the Chinese restaurant sector. Based on original ethnographic research, this paper...

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The potential impact of dietary supplement adulteration on patient assessment and treatment from a healthcare provider’s perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Gary Gabriels --- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Mohamed Irhuma --- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa

Dietary supplements have been manufactured and supplied to the market with the objective of enhancing the overall health of the general population and optimising the performance of athletes. The perceived intention of dietary supplementation is to increase the nutritional content...

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The quality of feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to the primary care providers in the Western Cape: a descriptive survey

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Herma Steyn --- Department of Health, South Africa Muideen Bello --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Klaus von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Liezel Rossouw --- Department of Health, South Africa Gavin Hendricks --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Germarie Fouche --- Department of Health, South Africa Dusica Stapar --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa

Background: Coordinating care for patients is a key characteristic of effective primary care. Family physicians in the Western Cape formed a research network to enable them to perform practical research on key questions from clinical practice. The initial question selected...

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Transformational and transactional leadership effects on communication styles

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Roy Crews --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Jan C. Visagie --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa

This study aimed to investigate the effects of perceived transformational and transactional leadership styles on communication styles among employees in manufacturing organisations within South Africa. Respondents were a purposive sample of 564 employees of South African manufacturing organisations (females =...

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Celebrity Politics, Political Cynicism and Contestations of Credibility in Lucius Banda’s Songs

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Syned Mthatiwa --- Department of English, Malawi

Lucius Banda is one of the renowned popular musicians in Malawi. His songs explore a wide range of political and social issues. In 2003 he joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) party and decided to run for parliament representing Balaka...

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$Reflections and refractions on Sakai/Moodle learning management system in developing countries: A case of Ghanaian universities’ demand and supply perspective analyses$

Reflections and refractions on Sakai/Moodle learning management system in developing countries: A case of Ghanaian universities’ demand and supply perspective analyses

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Moses Kumi Asamoah --- Department of Theology and Education, Central University, Ghana

Technological advancement has revolutionized teaching and learning in the twenty-first century. However, the full benefits are yet to be realized and clearly understood due to user experience data paucity, especially in developing countries. This study delves into the issue from...

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Citizen science in South Africa: a personal perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James A Harrison --- , South Africa

The author recalls some of the achievements of the first Southern African Bird Atlas Project and other citizen science projects that were run by the Animal Demography Unit (then the Avian Demography Unit, ADU). The traditional motivation for such projects...

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The impact of internal communication on customers’ perception of revenue strategies

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marit de Vries --- , the Netherlands Bill Rowson --- , the Netherlands Xandra Vasse --- , the Netherlands

This article focuses on communication, specifically internal communication, which is often underestimated when changes to management strategy affect both employees and customer perception. The article focuses on the front-office team in a hotel that is carrying out a new revenue...

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The influence of branding on the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision: a case study of “Ndife Otsogola” in Lilongwe, Malawi

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Patrick Makono --- , Malawi Peter Mhagama --- , Malawi Chimwemwe Tsitsi --- , Malawi

Background: “Ndife Otsogola” [We are forward thinkers] is the voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) campaign in Malawi that is part of the HIV and AIDS health promotion strategy. In 2012, the government of Malawi and its VMMC stakeholders developed communication...

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Sturdiness and scuffle in deploying educational technologies for teaching and learning in a low-technology context: Students’ experience in a developing society

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Moses Kumi Asamoah --- , Ghana

This paper explores the experience of a sample of thirty post-graduate students of University of Ghana, Legon regarding the use of Sakai Learning Management System (LMS) in enhancing students’ interactions with instructors, peers, course contents and in enabling flexible and...

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To honk or to hiss: uncovering call complexity in the Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tess Gridley --- , South Africa Courtney EC Gardiner --- , South Africa

Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca are distributed across most of Africa. Their calls dominate the soundscape of many urban areas, yet their acoustic behaviour is poorly documented or understood. Using acoustic recordings made across a range of behavioural contexts, groups sizes...

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South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WM Potts --- , South Africa JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa CL Griffiths --- , South Africa CG Attwood --- , South Africa AD de Blocq --- , South Africa SH Elwen --- , South Africa R Nel --- , South Africa KJ Sink --- , South Africa R Thornycroft --- , South Africa

South Africa has a long history of engagement in citizen science (CS), particularly marine CS. This review examines the contributions made by marine CS, from the 1930s through to the current era, where websites, social media and mobile apps provide...

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Barriers, benefits, and behaviour: Voluntary medical male circumcision ideation in a population-based sample of Zambian men

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph G Rosen --- , USA Maria A Carrasco --- , USA Ariana M Traub --- , USA E ‘Kuor Kumoji --- , USA

Reaching ambitious voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage targets requires a deeper understanding of the multifaceted processes shaping men’s willingness to access VMMC. Guided by the Ideation Model for Health Communication, this population-based study identifies correlates of Zambian men’s future...

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To act or not to act: Cultural hesitation in the multicultural hospitality workplace

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Anne Keizer-Remmers --- , The Netherlands Vasilena Ivanova --- , The Netherlands Anja Brandsma-Dieters --- , The Netherlands

This article aims to describe the behaviour, feelings and emotions of hospitality professionals regarding the phenomenon of handelingsverlegenheid (which we translate as “awkwardness to act”) in intercultural professional settings. The overall purpose of this study is to understand how middle...

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An empirical study on challenges to the adoption of the Internet of Things in the Nigerian construction industry

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke --- , Nigeria Victor Adetunji Arowoiya --- , Nigeria Olumide Temitope Akomolafe --- , Nigeria

Internet of Things is a model in which computing and networking abilities are inserted into any sort of possible object. These abilities are utilized to inquire about the condition of the object and to change its state if feasible. This...

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The emergence of GVCs for frontier markets: Insights from the African mobile telecommunications industry

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mohammad Jahanbakht --- , USA Romel Mostafa --- , Canada

An important gap in the literature on global value chains (GVCs) and bottom-of-the-pyramid markets concerns how GVCs develop to serve frontier markets and what role multinational and local firms play in that process. This paper takes a first step in...

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Fire as friend or foe: the role of scientists in balancing media coverage of fires in National Parks

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa Marina Joubert --- , South Africa Kyle Smith --- , South Africa Nicola van Wilgen --- , South Africa Tercia Strydom --- , South Africa Johan Baard --- , South Africa Marna Herbst --- , South Africa

Fire can destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, and claim lives. Yet, fire is inevitable and plays several vital ecological roles that have shaped ecosystems over millennia. Planned fires also serve human needs. Critical media content analysis of 390 media reports (print,...

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Battle for digital customer ownership between the Telcos and Over-the-Top (OTT) players: Emerging markets perspective

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Adeolu Dairo --- , Hungary Krisztián Szűcs --- , Hungary

Today’s Telcos are confronted with digital evolution and innovation that are forcing them to rethink their traditional business models. In many domains, the global Over-the-Top (OTT) players have established scales across their business models, thereby putting enormous pressure on the...

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Exploring the impact of rebranding on stakeholders: a case study of Hotel Management School NHL Stenden

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Anna Spenkelink --- , Rodney Westerlaken --- , Javed Suleri --- ,

The purpose of this study is to provide a better insight into the impact of rebranding on stakeholders; the case for this study is the rebranding of the Hotel Management School (HMS). This research has explored how the stakeholders have...

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Presidential communication approaches and the impact on public health: a comparative analysis of three South African presidents’ communication on AIDS and COVID-19

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nompumelelo Gumede --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Emma Durden --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eliza Govender --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The HIV response in the African continent over past decades demonstrates the potency that the words and actions of political leaders have in either expediting or impeding the implementation and adoption of preventive measures at the individual and community levels...

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Sexual and individual signatures are encoded in the temporal rate of Cape Gannet Morus capensis display calls

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kezia Bowmaker-Falconer --- , South Africa Andréa Thiebault --- , South Africa Maëlle Connan --- , South Africa Thierry Aubin --- , France Isabelle Charrier --- , France Pierre Pistorius --- , South Africa

Vocalisations play a vital role in animal communication, as they are involved in many biological functions such as mate selection, individual recognition and care of young. Seabirds often breed in large and dense colonies, making successful recognition between mates or...

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Assessing infant and young child feeding priorities to inform the development of a nutrition social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy during a pandemic threat

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Turk --- , Pakistan A Poonawala --- , Switzerland S Shulman --- , USA P Sepoloane --- , Botswana

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Determinants of ICT adoption and uptake at a rural public-access ICT centre: A South African case study

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Cecilia Frans --- , Shaun Pather --- ,

The global Covid-19 pandemic has created a heightened sense of awareness of the inequalities that prevail in society. Access to real-time information delivered via broadband internet has become critical for survival. However, the reality of the digital divide implies that...

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An assessment of the impact of participation in the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project on angler attitudes and behaviour

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa GL Jordaan --- , South Africa R Daly --- , South Africa

Scientific output has proven the value of the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) to biological and fisheries research, with more than 95 published manuscripts based on data from the ORI-CFTP. This study reviews the project from the...

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Predictors of parent–child communication among a nationally representative sample in Nigeria

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Katrina Berg [d113e18] Christina J. Sun Stella Babalola

This study explores what constructs are associated with parent–adolescent communication about AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual relationships in Nigeria. The analyses use data from the 2007 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey on 2593 men and women who had...

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Adolescent experiences of HIV and sexual health communication with parents and caregivers in Soweto, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christine N. Soon --- , , Canada Angela Kaida --- , , Canada Busi Nkala --- , , South Africa Janan Dietrich --- , , South Africa Angela Cescon --- , Canada Glenda Gray --- , , South Africa Cari L. Miller --- , , Canada

Communication about sexual health between parents and adolescents has been shown to have a protective influence on behaviours that reduce the risk of HIV transmission. This study explored experiences of HIV and sexual health (HSH) communication between parents and/or caregivers...

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The role of culture in effective HIV/AIDS communication by theatre in South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chijioke Uwah --- , , South Africa

The need to effectively communicate HIV/AIDS messages in South Africa, given the high prevalence of the pandemic, cannot be overemphasised. Communication scholars have long emphasised the need to recognise adherence to cultural norms of target communities as catalyst for effective...

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Talk radio as the soundtrack of our lives: Participatory HIV/AIDS communication, public self-expression and Positive Talk

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mariekie Burger --- , , South Africa

Despite the many HIV/AIDS communication initiatives, combined with support and infrastructural support in South Africa, risky behaviour associated with the spread of the epidemic is increasing amongst many groups. This calls for a re-evaluation of endeavours aimed at curbing the...

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Understanding the role played by parents, culture and the school curriculum in socializing young women on sexual health issues in rural South African communities

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Feziwe Mpondo --- , , Netherlands Robert A.C. Ruiter --- , , Netherlands Dilana Schaafsma --- , Netherlands Bart van den Borne --- , , Netherlands Priscilla S. Reddy --- , , South Africa

Background: the decline in South Africa’s HIV infection rates especially among young women is encouraging. However, studies show that the 15–24-year-old cohort remains vulnerable. As they still report early sexual debut, being involved in sexual partnerships with older men as...

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Navigating intimate sexual partnerships in an era of HIV: dimensions of couple relationship quality and satisfaction among adults in Eswatini and linkages to HIV risk

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Allison Ruark --- , , USA Edward C. Green --- , , USA Amy Nunn --- , USA Caitlin Kennedy --- , USA Alfred Adams --- , Netherlands Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane --- , Netherlands Pamela J. Surkan --- , USA

Couple relationship functioning impacts individual health and well-being, including HIV risk, but scant research has focused on emic understandings of relationship quality in African populations. We explored relationship quality and satisfaction in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) using data from 148 in-depth...

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‘I can't go to her when I have a problem’: sexuality communication between South African adolescent girls and young women and their mothers

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Zoe Duby --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Wilmé Verwoerd --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Katja Isaksen --- University of Bergen, Norway Kim Jonas --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Kealeboga Maruping --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Janan Dietrich --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ashleigh Lovette --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Caroline Kuo --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Catherine Mathews --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

Parent–adolescent sexuality communication, the process in which parents and their adolescent children discuss sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, is a key component for adolescents’ protective behaviours. Open communication with parents, particularly mothers, enables informed sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...

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Conspecific pheromone trailing and pheromone trail longevity in the African Colubrid Boaedon fuliginosus

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AnthonyJ. Wilmes --- Saint Louis University, USA JustinL. Rheubert --- Saint Louis University, USA DavidL. Gruenewald --- Saint Louis University, USA Tharun Kotaru --- Parkway South High School, USA RobertD. Aldridge --- Saint Louis University, USA

In snakes, pheromone trailing is a strategy used for long-distance location of conspecifics. The two existing hypotheses for this behaviour are: a) to locate individuals for reproductive purposes; and b) to form aggregations during the winter/dry season. Pheromone trailing for...

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Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeming Jin --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Yanyan Liu --- Shaoxing University, China Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, China

We examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years,...

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Information Communication technology governance practices in universities: A case study of a university of technology in Durban, South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: John Mangundu --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Information communication technologies (ICTs) have become an indispensable asset in the university environment. However, processes regarding ICT acquisition have become complicated as adoption of ICTs brings with it ICT risks, requiring ICT governance. ICT governance in a developing economy university...

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An exploratory study of Indian scientists’ perceptions of their roles and responsibilities in science communication

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abhay S.D. Rajput --- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India Sangeeta Sharma --- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, India

Different stakeholders worldwide expect scientists to play an active role in public engagement activities. Additionally, numerous studies and policy documents state that scientists should be accountable for fostering increased dialogue between science and society. However, there is still much uncertainty...

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I’m betrayed and I’m gone – unless organizational leaders convince me otherwise: Perceived contract breaches, quitting intentions, and leader-related resources

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Dirk De Clercq --- Brock University, Canada Renato Pereira --- ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Employees’ perceptions that their organization has not met its promises toward them (i.e., perceived contract breaches) might inform their turnover intentions, in a link that also could be moderated by four relevant leader-related resources – two that reflect how organizational...

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“We will tell when we are ready”: perinatally HIV-infected adolescents and self-disclosure of their status in Eswatini

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Baliwe P. Dlamini --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ntombifikile G. Mtshali --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has promoted a significant decrease in mortality of vertically HIV-infected children. As a result, there has been an increasing growth of this population that reaches adolescence. These adolescents face problems such as self-disclosure and the...

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Consolidation of human factors limiting the success and sustainability of e-Agriculture projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ezra Misaki --- , Tanzania

Human factors affecting e-Agriculture should be identified and understood to ensure the success and sustainability of e-Agriculture projects. However, specific human factors influencing e-Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa have never been consolidated. In this regard, the current study reviewed diverse literature...

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Information and communication technology and poverty alleviation in Nigeria

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Freeman Munisi Mateko --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa

There is a disconnect between the abundant resources at the national level and the severe poverty at individual and household levels in Nigeria. Information and communication technology is an efficient tool that the Asian economies have used to alleviate poverty...

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How does social media use affect employee voice behaviour?

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Guolong Zhao --- LNU & CAITEC China Business Development Institute (Beijing), China

Social media has become an increasingly important tool for employees to communicate and share their opinions. Yet, there are still some gaps in the social media use research. We investigated leader–member exchange and voice efficacy mediation of social media use...

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Social media and electronic communication usage by South African dietitians

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: J Visser --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa E van Niekerk --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa ML Marais --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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The impact of onboarding practices on employee retention in the cruise industry

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marijn Zuiker --- Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Rodney Westerlaken --- Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

This study investigates effective onboarding practices in the cruise industry, examining the interplay between onboarding, hospitality and seafaring occupations due to limited existing research. Using an exploratory mixed-method approach, the researchers employed insider and outsider perspectives to critically analyse employee...

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Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yongzhan Li --- Xuchang University, China

This study examined the mediating role of envy in the relationship between upward social comparison on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being. Participants were 1 078 college students (male = 46.01%, female = 53.99%; freshmen = 27.18%, sophomores =...

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Health promotion messaging reduces HIV risk behaviours and improves repeat testing among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marylyn Ochillo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Risper Bosire --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Nicky Okeyo --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Jacob Onyango --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Kawango Agot --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Nok Chhun --- University of Washington, USA Samwel Rao --- Impact Research and Development Organization, Kenya Ann Kurth --- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), USA Irene Inwani --- University of Nairobi, Kenya

Adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa account for about a third of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. Health communication, through mobile health (mHealth) can improve access to sexual and reproductive health information, health services and reduce risky sexual behaviours...

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Semantic extensions of ziyakhala used on social media platforms in South Africa

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Yanga Lusanda Praiseworth Majola --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa

This study analyses the semantic extension ziyakhala (also written as ayikhale or azikhale), which is popularly used on social media platforms. Ziyakhala literally means ‘let it cry’, the root word is ‘khala’ which means to cry and the prefix ‘zi’...

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War metaphors as names for medical concepts in Sesotho newspaper HIV and AIDS communication

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nt&scaron;oeu Seepheephe --- National University of Lesotho, Lesotho

The study examines the behaviour and the ideological functions of war metaphors that are used in Sesotho newspaper communication on HIV and AIDS. Using the dynamic systems approach towards metaphor, I explore the use of these metaphors in three major...

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Call description and extended range of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis in Gabon

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan van Huyssteen --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Melissa Petford --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Marius Burger --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Mark-Oliver Rödel --- , Germany Joris Ngoulou --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Abraham Bamba Kaya --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Etienne Akomo Okoue --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Jerome Gaugris --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands

This study presents the first description of the advertisement call of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis and reports a new locality record for this species in Gabon. During June 2022, two specimens were found in the Baniaka region, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon. The call...

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Language matters: dietitians’ lived experiences of language barriers during nutrition counselling with Sesotho-speaking mothers in the first 1 000 days of life

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Phozia Jansen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Lucia N Meko --- University of the Free State, South Africa Louise van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South Africa

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Phenotypic variance in an acoustic signal: a potentially sexually selected behaviour in Cape Clapper Larks Corypha apiata

Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Zofia Wardynska --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom Holly Bennett --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom Xavier JM Mahele --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom Saskia IL Pearce --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom Ksenia Potapova --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom Sue Anne Zollinger --- Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Julia Schroeder --- Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Courtship displays provide important insight into sexual selection, evolution and the roles of communication signals in behavioural ecology. Any trait indicating individual quality must display phenotypic variation. Studying this variation can provide insight into the uses of acoustic cues in...

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