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The effect of fire on the diversity and abundance of wood-living beetles in a miombo woodland, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: SeifS. Madoffe --- Department of Forest Biology, Tanzania Alf Bakke --- , Norway JusticeA. Tarimo --- Department of Forest Biology, TanzaniaWeekly sampling was carried out using window flight traps for three and a half successive years, between 1995–1998 to determine the effects of annual fires on the occurrence, abundance, and diversity of wood-living beetles in a miombo woodland at Kitulangalo,... -
Integrating Ancestral Consciousness into Conventional Counselling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, Steve Edwards --- University of Zululand,This article discusses concepts from traditional beliefs in ancestral spirits as therapeutic behavior change agents. Specifically, it examines ancestral consciousness in relation to attachment theory and its application in conventional counselling. A case illustration is discussed to show the potential... -
Confronting AIDS-related loss and grief: an exploratory study of professional caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Craig DemmerAs a result of the high mortality rate associated with AIDS, professional caregivers witness ongoing loss among clients. Besides finding ways to assist the dying and the bereaved, caregivers must cope with their own feelings surrounding loss. The purpose of... -
Urban and rural differences in HIV/AIDS stigma in five African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: JoanneR Naidoo LeanaR Uys Minrie Greeff WilliamL Holzemer Lucy Makoae Priscilla Dlamini RenéD Phetlhu Maureen Chirwa Thecla KohiStigma and discrimination have been widely researched, especially within the context of health. In the context of HIV/AIDS, studies have shown that stigma variously impacts on prevention, on accessing treatment, and on care programmes. Decreasing stigma is therefore an important... -
Fertility desire and family-planning demand among HIV-positive women and men undergoing antiretroviral treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wossenyelesh Tamene Mesganaw FantahunLittle information exists about desire to have children and family-planning use among HIV-positive individuals and how this may vary according to individual, social, health and demographic characteristics, especially in developing countries. To assess these topics in Ethiopia, a facility-based cross-sectional... -
Perceptions of HIV/AIDS leaders about faith-based organisations’ influence on HIV/AIDS stigma in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mpoe Johannah Keikelame --- Directorate of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa ColleenK Murphy --- , United States KarinE Ringheim --- , United States Sara Woldehanna --- , United StatesThe extent of the HIV pandemic—particularly in the hardest-hit countries, including South Africa—has prompted a call for greater engagement of all groups, including faith-based organisations (FBOs). Although FBOs are known to play a substantial role in providing care and support... -
Christian identity and men's attitudes to antiretroviral therapy in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anthony Simpson --- School of Social Sciences, United KingdomIncreasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), especially in urban areas in Zambia, has transformed the landscape of the HIV epidemic to include hope. Drawing upon long-term ethnographic research, this article briefly describes the religious ideas of a cohort of former... -
Stigma and HIV disclosure in the Cape Metropolitan area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ceridwyn Klopper --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Ethelwynn Stellenberg --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Anita van der Merwe --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaDisclosure rates of HIV-positive status remain low and are considered to be related to stigmatisation. Determining the factors that influence a person's decision to disclose a positive status is essential to understanding the process of and ways to improve disclosure... -
Health-related quality of life in a sample of HIV-infected South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Karl Peltzer Nancy Phaswana-MafuyaThe study aims to assess the health-related quality of life and HIV symptoms of a sample of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in South Africa. The sample included 607 PLHIV from all districts of the Eastern Cape Province, recruited either... -
Understanding participation in a hospital-based HIV support group in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AS Heyer --- , Australia LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, South Africa ID Couper --- Division of Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, South AfricaBackground: -
Reconstructed Living Lab: supporting drug users and families through co-operative counselling using mobile phone technology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MB Parker --- Faculty of Informatics and Design, South Africa J Wills --- School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom GB Wills --- School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United KingdomBackground: There is a recognised problem with drug taking in South Africa. In socially deprived areas immediate help for drug users and their families is a problem. As part of their work in a community in tension, Impact Direct Ministries... -
Advance directives or living wills: reflections of general practitioners and frail care coordinators in a small town in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Bull --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, B Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Living wills have long been associated with end-of-life care. This study explored the promotion of living wills by general practitioners (GPs) and frail care nursing coordinators who were directly involved in the care of the elderly in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal... -
An assessment of quality of care service provided to people living with HIV/AIDS by a secondary healthcare centre at Osogbo, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SA Olowookere --- Community Health, Nigeria JO Olaitan --- Biological Sciences, Nigeria NA Adeleke --- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nigeria PB Olaitan --- Surgery Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Nigeria EG Adepoju --- Preventive Services, NigeriaObjective: The objective of this study was to assess the quality of service provided to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) at a secondary healthcare centre at Osogbo, Nigeria. -
HIV-serostatus disclosure in the context of free antiretroviral therapy and socio-economic dependency: experiences among women living with HIV in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Leah F Bohle --- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Germany Hansjörg Dilger --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Germany Uwe Groß --- Institute for Medical Microbiology, GermanyThe worldwide implementation of free antiretroviral therapy (ART) raised great hopes among policy makers and health organisations about the positive changes it would bring about in attitudes and behaviours towards HIV and AIDS, as well as for infected people's lives... -
Reproductive behaviour among women on antiretroviral therapy in Botswana: mismatched pregnancy plans and contraceptive use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michelle M Schaan --- University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Myra Taylor --- University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Richard Marlink --- Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, USAUnderstanding pregnancy planning and contraceptive use is important in preventing unplanned/unwanted pregnancies among women on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Through a cross-sectional survey of 155 women living with HIV on ART in Botswana (mean age = 36), bivariate/multivariate analyses were used... -
“Whenever Jack sees a condom, he falls asleep”: experiences of condom use and erectile disorder among HIV positive men in a Zimbabwean rural setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zibusiso Nyati-Jokomo --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, James January --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Seedwell Mpande --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Watch Ruparanganda --- Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies,In this qualitative inquiry, we set out to explore the experience of condom use and erectile disorder (ED) among men living with HIV in a rural district of Zimbabwe. Data on condom use related erectile disorder with antiretroviral (ART) medication... -
The Constitutional right to culture and the judicial development of Indigenous Law: a comparative analysis of cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joan Church --- Department of Jurisprudence, Jacqueline Church --- Department of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law,Although integral to the culture of indigenous peoples in South Africa, indigenous law was historically only recognised as a personal law subservient to the general law. This is no longer so. In the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,... -
Ocean, time and value: speaking about the sea in Kassiesbaai
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marieke van Zyl --- Department of Social Anthropology,This article looks at the manner in which different parties engage with the issue of fishing rights on the inter-personal and public levels over the issue of fishing rights allocation in South Africa. Taking the historic fishing village of Kassiesbaai... -
All at sea: Insights into crew work experiences on a cruise liner
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Ester Ellen Trees Bolt --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- International Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis research explores employee experiences of working on board a cruise ship. Cruise liners have been described as floating hotels; but increasingly they are more like floating resorts, embracing passenger and crew populations as big as small towns. In addition to the... -
Living labs and knowledge creation in developing countries: Living labs as a tool for socio-economic resilience in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lauri Hooli --- Department of Geography and Geology, Finland Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- Department of Geography and Geology, Finland Kristiina Lähde --- , TANZICT-project, Dar es SalaamLiving Labs (LL) are platforms to increase innovation through the interaction of various actors. LLs are based on an open innovation process, community involvement, co-creation of products, and services or societal innovations together with users. Bottom-up approaches, such as LLs,... -
Household hunger, standard of living and satisfaction with life in Alice, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nicole Marguerite Dodd --- Department of Industrial Psychology (Military),The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between household hunger, standard of living and satisfaction with life in a rural South African setting. Respondents were 442 randomly selected community dwellers from Alice, in the Eastern Cape (Xhosa... -
An evaluation of the Mental Health Facilitator programme in rural Uganda: Successes and recommendations for future implementation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: James M. Van Leeuwen --- Global Livingston Institute, Sara Adkins --- Colorado School of Public Health, Tavia Mirassou-Wolf --- Colorado School of Public Health, Wendi K. Schweiger --- NBCC International, Ryan Grundy --- Global Livingston Institute,This study evaluated the impact of a Mental Health Facilitator training protocol conducted with individuals from a local community in rural Uganda. The training programme is designed to facilitate the development and delivery of basic mental health services in under-served... -
All at sea: Insights into crew work experiences on a cruise liner
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ester Ellen Trees Bolt --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Conrad Lashley --- International Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research explores employee experiences of working on board a cruise ship. Cruise liners have been described as floating hotels; but increasingly they are more like floating resorts, embracing passenger and crew populations as big as small towns. In addition... -
Managing HIV-positive sero-status in Ghana’s most HIV concentrated district: self-perceived explanations and theoretical discourse
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adobea Y Owusu --- Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana Amos Laar --- Department of Family and Population Health, School of Public Health, GhanaAs of December 2015 there were 37 million persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), 70% of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana, which contributes a relatively small number to Africa’s HIV burden, has a generalised HIV epidemic. The current national prevalence... -
Promoting mental health of students living with HIV using appreciative inquiry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Teolene Diedricks --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Christoffel Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaLiving with HIV poses many challenges. This is especially true for students living with HIV (SLHIV) within a university setting. The challenges faced by SLHIV makes it difficult for them to see new possibilities in living with the virus. The... -
Slavery, neo-slavery and business ethics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Hospitality Studies, Academy of International Hospitality Research, The NetherlandsDespite the campaigns of the 19th century, there are currently millions of people that are enslaved across the globe. Some of these slaves are directly engaged in the hospitality sector, in other cases they are indirectly associated with the hospitality... -
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in South African women living with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Hanley --- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Umlazi Clinical Research Site, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaThe colliding epidemics of HIV and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are of great public health concern. People living with HIV (PLHIV) are more predisposed to CVD development as a result of a multitude of contributors. Women living with HIV (WLHIV) appear... -
Resilience and pathways to wellness among HIV-positive patients in Ghana: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chantal Lewis --- Brown University Schools of Public Health, USA Margaret Lartey --- University of Ghana School of Medicine & Dentistry, Ghana Don Operario --- Brown University Schools of Public Health, USAFew African studies have focused on resilience factors related to engagement in HIV-related care among people living with HIV; instead, many studies have identified health risk factors and barriers within this population. Informed by the Disability-Stress-Coping Model of Adjustment, a... -
A case of inheritance: from citizens’ forum to magisterial justice in Botswana’s customary courts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Pnina Werbner --- , United Kingdom Richard Werbner --- , United KingdomBotswana’s customary courts were known in the past for their procedural openness to debate. The presiding judge allowed members of the court, usually in ascending order of seniority, to express their views on the case, before finally reaching a judgement... -
Epibiotic assemblages on the pen shell Pinna rudis (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) at Matiota Beach, São Vicente Island, Cabo Verde
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: EP Lopes --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo Verde N Monteiro --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo Verde AM Santos --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo VerdeThe rough pen shell Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 (family Pinnidae), a mollusc with an Atlantic–Mediterranean distribution, is able to live in coarse sandy substrates. Considering its shell structure and ecological characteristics, P. rudis can enhance biodiversity by providing a substrate... -
Glycaemic control and family history of diabetes mellitus: is it all in the genes?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: RR Chetty --- , South Africa S Pillay --- ,Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a familial condition with a strong genetic component. International studies have highlighted associations between a positive family history of diabetes (FHD) and poorer glycaemic control. No current data are available on this association... -
Living with HIV in Ghana: Disclosure of status and experiences of persons receiving antiretroviral therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Maxwell Peprah Opoku --- , United Arab Emirates Eric Lawer Torgbenu --- , Australia J-F --- , Australia William Nketsia --- , Ghana Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah --- , Ghana Anthony Kweku Edusei --- , GhanaBarriers to treatment faced by people living with HIV (PLWH) have been well explored in the literature. Despite the importance of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the treatment of HIV and prevention of AIDS, in the Ghanaian context only about 32%... -
Experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Jimu --- , South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South Africa Marie-Jeanne Offosse Ngbesso --- , South AfricaThis study explored experiences of intimate relationships, stigma, social support and treatment adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in Chiredzi district, Zimbabwe. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative methodology to explore the intricacies of living with HIV as an adolescent. Thirty (N... -
Psychosocial well-being of child orphans: The influence of current living place
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Beneyam Lake Yimer --- , EthiopiaWhen children lose one or both their parents/care givers, they may present with profound and lifelong psychosocial well-being problems. This study aimed to examine the association between current living place and the psychosocial well-being of child orphans. A proportional stratified... -
Effect of COVID-19 on older adults 50 years and above living with HIV in a less-developed country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mathew Nyashanu --- Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom Derrick Amooti Lusota --- Makerere University, Uganda Martin Muddu --- Makerere University Joint AIDS Program, Uganda Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda --- Makerere University, UgandaIntroduction: Globally, control measures have been communicated to reverse the COVID-19 pandemic. In Uganda, as soon as the first case of COVID-19 was identified, strict lockdown measures were enforced, including a ban on all public and private transport, night curfew,... -
Mediating antiretroviral treatment for HIV during COVID-19: lessons from implementation in Gomba District, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kenneth Mulondo --- , Uganda Warren Parker --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaInitial and subsequent waves of COVID-19 in Uganda disrupted the delivery of HIV care. In rural areas, village health teams and organisations on the ground had to develop strategies to ensure that people living with HIV could continue their treatment... -
Met and unmet palliative care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jeannine Uwimana --- Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), P. Struthers --- University of the Western Cape,The rising number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) worldwide has made health care professionals and policy makers search for accessible health care that will meet the needs of people who are suffering from the disease and enhance their quality... -
Measuring HIV stigma for PLHAs and nurses over time in five African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: William L Holzemer --- School of Nursing, University of California, Lucy N Makoae --- Faculty of Health Sciences in the Department of Nursing, National University of Lesotho, Minrie Greeff --- Africa Unit for Trans-disciplinary Health Research of the Faculty of Health Science, North-West University, Priscilla S Dlamini --- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Swaziland, Thecla W Kohi --- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Maureen L Chirwa --- University of Malawi, Joanne R Naidoo --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Kevin Durrheim --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Yvette Cuca --- School of Nursing, University of California, Leana R Uys --- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal,The aim of this article is to document the levels of HIV stigma reported by persons living with HIV infections and nurses in Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Tanzania over a 1-year period. HIV stigma has been shown to... -
Traditional healers as caregivers to HIV/AIDS clients and other terminally challenged persons in Kanye community home-based care programme (CHBC), Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: S. M. Kang'ethe --- Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), University of Botswana,The research study done at the Kanye village of Botswana was qualitative in design and exploratory in nature. While the broad goal aimed at assessing the contributions of caregivers in the Kanye CHBC programme, this article aims at evaluating the... -
TB/HIV risk factors identified from a General Household Survey of South Africa in 2006
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sathiya Susuman Appunni --- , , South Africa Renette Blignaut --- , , South Africa Siaka Lougue --- , , South AfricaThe level of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) as well as the co-infection TB/HIV in South Africa is among the highest in the world. TB is curable while HIV is not, yet the combination of both is a growing... -
My secret: The social meaning of HIV/AIDS stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: N. Judgeo --- , South Africa K.P. Moalusi --- , South AfricaThis study uses Goffman's [1963. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall] theory of stigma as an intellectual scaffold to help understand the social meaning of HIV/AIDS stigma from People Living with HIV/AIDS. The study adopts... -
Living locked down – An autoethnographic approach to strategies of adaption to confined living in north Hesse, Germany
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Floris Bernhardt --- University of Kassel, GermanyBased on autoethnographic observations and phenomenological descriptions of everyday life, this article develops a theory about the connection between challenging housing experiences and the lockdown situation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. A special focus is placed on living in... -
From disabled to differently abled: A psychofortological perspective on first-year students living with disability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Annemarike de Beer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South Africa Lindi Nel --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to conduct an interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the experiences of differently abled first-year students from a psychofortological perspective. Ryff’s psychological well-being model was used as a theoretical underpinning. Through the course of an academic...
