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Addressing Urgent Community Mental Health Needs in Rwanda: Culturally Sensitive Training Interventions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USA Desire Kamanzi --- Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda Donatilla Mukamana --- Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda Kirrily Pells --- Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Dan-Bush Bhusumane --- Duquesne University and University of Botswana,Rwandan leaders in the health and educational sectors have begun to discuss the necessity for establishing culturally appropriate community-based mental health counselling services in Rwanda, especially trauma counselling. The need for a community psychology approach is anchored in the lingering... -
Sexuality Education in South Africa: Wedged within a Triad of Contradictory Values
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- University of the Free State, South AfricaFew studies have investigated how teachers teach sexuality within the Outcomes-Based Life Orientation programme. This desktop review investigates sex and sexuality teaching practices in the classroom. First it gives a brief overview of the curriculum requirements for sexuality education. Secondly,... -
Perceived Stress by Senior Secondary School Educators in a South African School District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Reynold Abraham Sonn --- Walter Sisulu University,This study investigated perceptions of work-related stress as experienced by school personnel in a South African school district. Participants were senior secondary high school educators from five schools (n= 20, mean age = 38.6, females = 12, males = 8... -
Treating ‘AIDS blindness’: A critical pedagogical approach to HIV education at tertiary level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lesley Wood --- COMBER, Faculty of Education Sciences, South Africa Julialet Rens --- COMBER, Faculty of Education Sciences, South AfricaHIV and AIDS affect all South Africans, irrespective of gender, race, age and economic status. Teachers should therefore be able to meaningfully integrate HIV content into the school curriculum. However, pre-service teacher education programmes still do not pay adequate attention... -
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. -
Socially relevant computing curriculum innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: John Trimble --- Systems and Computer Science Department, USA Harry Keeling --- Systems and Computer Science Department, USAThis paper is based on curriculum development over the past ten years that includes work at Howard University as well as universities in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Rwanda. The focus is the development of the computing discipline in a people-centered... -
Students’ perceptions of the usefulness of an accounting project in acquiring accounting knowledge and professional skills
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: L J Stainbank --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This paper focuses on the usefulness of an accounting project that was implemented in order to encourage students to integrate their knowledge of different modules at a third year level, to enable them to acquire accounting knowledge and professional skills,... -
Challenges for curriculum design: Considerations for a four-year business and accounting degree in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ilse Lubbe --- College of Accounting, South AfricaKnowledge in accounting has expanded exponentially over the last two decades, along with a call from accounting education committees and employers for students to acquire competencies for a global market. However, the time allocation of three years for undergraduate accounting... -
Challenges to implementing the food-based dietary guidelines in the South African primary school curriculum: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of principals and curriculum advisors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Kim Anh Nguyen --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Anniza De Villiers --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Jean Marie Fourie --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Michael Hendricks --- School of Child and Adolescent Health, South AfricaObjectives: The South African food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) were developed and implemented to promote healthy lifestyles in the population along with preventing non-communicable diseases and other forms of diet-related illness. The FBDG were recommended for implementation within the national school... -
Developing primary health care and public health competencies in undergraduate medical students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Stephen E Knight --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Andrew J Ross --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Ozayr Mahomed --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: The Selective Programme (Selectives) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a three-year longitudinal, community-based programme within the undergraduate medical curriculum, which aims to develop primary health care (PHC) and public health competencies in students using the community-oriented primary... -
Education without borders: Internationalisation of the tourism business curriculum in the central Baltic area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sanna-Mari Renfors --- Tourism Business Research Group, Faculty of Service Business, FinlandIn the case of tourism, it is important to consider the geographical location of the destination and its part in a larger entity. In the Baltic Sea area, destination products covering the highlights of the seashore have growing importance and... -
Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: E Archer --- Centre for Health Professions Education, South Africa EM Bitzer --- Centre for Higher and Adult Education, South Africa BB van Heerden --- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core competence of their graduates. Despite some... -
Practice of community-service doctors in the assessment and medico-legal documentation of common physical assault cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Fouché --- Division of Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa J Bezuidenhout --- Division of Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa C Liebenberg --- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa AO Adefuye --- Division of Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: In South Africa, allegations of physical assault are managed primarily at the primary healthcare level, where they are attended to by medical officers or community service doctors (CSDs). However, reports that the knowledge and skills provided at undergraduate level... -
Student’s perception of engineering design for competitiveness in Africa: The case of Tanzania, East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lawrence Joseph Kerefu --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tanzania Juliana Zawadi Machuve --- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, TanzaniaEngineering is vital for addressing basic human needs, improving the quality of life and creating opportunities for sustainable prosperity at local, regional, national and global levels. However, Africa faces a shortage of engineers arising from the declining interest and enrolment... -
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 AfricaDietary 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... -
Does tertiary education in South Africa equip professional foresters for the future?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Palesa Mgaga --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mary C Scholes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaA modern day forester in South Africa assumes a variety of roles that constantly challenge them to remain professionally relevant in a dynamic system including the continuously expanding number of stakeholders that cuts across political, social and economic boundaries. This... -
The future of work in Africa in the era of 4IR – The South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Marcia Mkansi --- , South Africa Nico Landman --- , South AfricaAlthough the correlation between technology and the changing labor landscape has been the subject of much research, there are growing concerns regarding the rise of automation and its impact on the job market. Research focus has been on jobs that... -
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz --- , South Africa Thato Senabe --- , South Africa Musa Maseko --- , South Africa Yolanda Reigadas --- , South AfricaThis is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the... -
Exploring the views of academic staff on HIV/AIDS integration into the curricula: a case study of the University of Fort Hare
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Zukiswa Theodorah Dasheka --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Nomzamo Dube --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Lulekwa Baleni --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Eunice Seekoe --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Actor Katurura --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Nombulelo Lubisi --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Daniel Ter Goon --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaAs a clarion call by Higher Education HIV/AIDS programme (HEAIDS) to South African universities, entrenching, integration and infusing the teaching and learning of HIV/AIDS in the curriculum of universities prove to be a sustainable solution to changing risky behaviour and... -
4th Industrial Revolution skills in the current South African accountancy curricula: A systematic literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Estelle Landsberg --- , South Africa Liandi van den Berg --- , South AfricaThe business environment has seen rapid changes due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the influence of exponential technological advancements. The enhancement of technology-based work environments has changed the skill set needed by graduates entering the workforce. In this... -
Knowledge, awareness, and perception of senior high school learners towards nuclear energy: A South African case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Yasthil Nundlal --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Keenan Govender --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Nokubonga Lungile Nzuke --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Mfanafuthi Vukani Mbatha --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Nangamso Gwexa --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Kelsi Naidoo --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Opeyeolu T. Laseinde --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Sogo Mayokun Abolarin --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated senior South African high school students’ levels of knowledge, perception, attitude, and awareness toward nuclear energy using paper-based, semi-structured questionnaires and digital data collection instruments through online Google forms. The sample consisted of 100 high school students...
