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Appreciative Inquiry: A Case Study of a Woman's Experience of Poverty
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cebile Tebele --- University of South Africa, Kathryn Nel --- University of South Africa,This study utilised an instrumental case study to investigate the experience of a woman living in poverty in a South African community. The participant was a widowed African female with two children. Data were collected during an interview process that... -
Schoolchildren affected by HIV in rural South Africa: schools as environments that enable or limit coping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fumane Khanare --- School of Education, South AfricaThe importance of psychosocial support for the wellbeing of children made vulnerable by HIV is a frequently discussed topic in the fields of education and HIV-related social science research. For children to juggle both the demands of education and the... -
Appreciative inquiry into lifeskills-based HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sumeshni Govender Stephen EdwardsWith a steady rise in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS throughout the world it has become vital for programme implementers at all levels to ensure that all HIV intervention programmes are effectively put into practice. The present research used... -
Felicitas Publica and community well-being: nourishing relational goods through dialogic conversations between deprived and privileged populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Helena Águeda Marujo --- School of Social and Political Sciences, Portugal Luis Miguel Neto --- School of Social and Political Sciences, PortugalThis article discusses the theoretical justifications, presumed relevance and value of using community interventions designed to be appreciative and strengths based, participatory and conversational, context sensitive and value driven, to promote well-being actions and coordinated meaning between privileged persons and... -
Appreciative inquiry evaluation of child and adolescent community interventions in South Africa and United Kingdom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David J. Edwards --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis international, qualitative study comparatively evaluated South African and United Kingdom child and adolescent community interventions. Appreciative inquiry information was gathered from five staff members in community centres in each country. South African practitioners represented various psychology categories, student, educational,... -
The factors that attract healthcare professionals to and retain them in rural areas in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Rose --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Health, South Africa E Janse van Rensburg-Bonthuyzen --- Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaBackground: Attracting healthcare professionals (HCPs) to rural areas and retaining them there remains a challenge. Current retention strategies focus on the factors that cause people to leave rural areas, but these strategies continue to fail to retain HCPs in these... -
Factorial structure of the Community of Inquiry Survey in a South African open and distance e-learning environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ashley Mutezo --- , South Africa Sune Maré --- , South AfricaWe aimed to determine the factor structure and reliability for the Community of Inquiry Survey in a South African Open and Distance e-Learning Environment. Participants were 572 honours students. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine the factorial structures. Structural... -
Impact of COVID-19 on the global hospitality industry: a brief review of current academic literature and meta-analysis to determine primary qualitative themes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David S Fowler --- , USAThe purpose of this study is to examine the current literature pertaining to the impact of COVID-19 on the global hospitality industry. The research has a two-fold approach. First, a succinct examination of the literature highlights the significant negative effects...