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Safe Sex Education for Adolescent Daughters: vhaVenda Mothers Views
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpho Ramarumo --- University of Venda, South Africa Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe study explored vhaVenda mothers' perceptions of imparting safe sex education to their adolescent daughters. Data was collected through six focus group discussions with each group consisting of six to eight mothers. The results indicated that mothers want their children... -
South African Mothers' Perceptions and Experiences of an Unplanned Caesarean Section
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha Lynne Roux --- North-West University, South Africa Esme van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaNew motherhood is characterised as a profound change, and research suggests that the psychological effects of childbirth can be significant and far-reaching for some women. This study explored women's perceptions and experiences of childbirth by unplanned Caesarean section. In-depth interviews... -
Psychosocial Experiences of Coloured Grandmothers who are the Primary Care Givers of Their Grandchildren
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Herman Grobler --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the psychosocial experiences of grandmothers who care for their grandchildren. A qualitative research design was used. Twelve grandmothers (age range = 50 to 65) from a peri-urban community in the Western Cape (South Africa) were selected as... -
HIV Disclosure Among HIV Positive New Mothers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Gladys Mlambo --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV disclosure and associated factors in HIV-positive new mothers. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 607 systematically recruited HIV-positive new mothers in 48 primary health care clinics in... -
‘Keeping healthy in the backseat’: How motherhood interrupted HIV treatment in recently delivered women in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Opondo Awiti-Ujiji --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health, Sweden Anna Mia Ekström --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health, Sweden Festus Ilako --- , Kenya Dorcas Indalo --- , Kenya Abigael Lukhwaro --- , Kenya David Wamalwa --- , Kenya Birgitta Rubenson --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health, SwedenAlthough there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness is less documented. This... -
Health-promoting practices and the factors associated with self-reported poor health in caregivers of children orphaned by AIDS in southwest Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rhoda Suubi Muliira --- , Oman Joshua Kanaabi Muliira --- , OmanInformal caregivers worldwide are faced with the dilemma of maintaining their health and meeting the caregiving demands of their loved ones. This study explores the health outcomes of caregiving, caregivers’ health-promoting practices and the challenges to providing care among caregivers... -
Barriers to initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy: a qualitative study of women attending services in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn Stinson --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, South Africa Landon Myer --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, South AfricaDespite the rapid expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes, uptake of ART in pregnancy remains suboptimal. Little is known about the barriers to initiating lifelong ART in pregnancy and the challenges to postpartum retention in HIV care, particularly in sub-Saharan... -
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 WilbrahamResponsive 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... -
Anaesthesia-related maternal deaths in South Africa Chapter Seven of the 5th Saving Mothers Report 2008–2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CC Rout --- UKZN College of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, Z Farina --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan, Department of Anaesthesia,The number of reported deaths due to anaesthesia continues to increase. There were 121 reported this triennium. This represents 2.5% of all maternal deaths and 5.4% of deaths directly related to complications of pregnancy. One hundred and eighteen of these... -
The lived experiences of single mothers in Swaziland of their son's aggressive behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Chris PH Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Rejoice J Simelane --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study explored and described the lived experiences of single mothers and described guidelines for psychiatric nurses to facilitate the mental health of single mothers subjected to aggression by their adolescent sons. Participants were a purposive sample of 8 (single... -
First-time mothers’ experiences of meaningfulness during their third trimester of pregnancy: A focus on spirituality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Amoné Redelinghuys --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Heleen Coetzee --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Vera Roos --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis study sought to gain in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of first-time mothers during their third trimester of pregnancy. The non-probability, purposive sample were Afrikaans speaking first-time mothers aged between 22 and 40 years. Data on their experiences of... -
The role of community health workers in the re-engineering of primary health care in rural Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Karl le Roux --- Zithulele Hospital, South Africa Ingrid M le Roux --- Philani Maternal, South Africa Nokwanele Mbewu --- Philani Maternal, South Africa Emily Davis --- Semel Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, USABackground: Primary Health Care in South Africa is being re-engineered to create a model of integrated care across different levels of the health care system. From hospitals to clinics, in the community and in the home, health care will focus... -
Well-child visits: perceptions of Nigerian mothers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: E O Sadoh --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, Nigeria B E Okungbowa --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, NigeriaWell-child visits have been shown to be of beneft. In Nigeria, many children aged five years and younger do not receive any scheduled preventive healthcare services after the receipt of their last vaccination. This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Using... -
Adherence to infant-feeding choices by HIV-infected mothers at a Nigerian tertiary hospital: the pre-“rapid advice” experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cu Onubogu --- Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria Ef Ugochukwu --- Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria I. Egbuonu --- Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria In Onyeka --- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, FinlandObjectives: The study examined adherence to infant-feeding choices made by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected mothers at a Nigerian tertiary hospital prior to implementation of the “rapid advice” guideline, i.e. the revised World Health Organisation principles and recommendations on infant feeding... -
Health and well-being among teenage mothers in a rural South African community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jabu P. Mokwena --- Department of Psychology, Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, Mokgadi B. Setwaba --- Department of Psychology,This study sought to identify patterns of general health symptoms and coping abilities among school-going teenage mothers in the central region of Limpopo province, South Africa. The participants were 56 teenage mothers and 56 typically developing girls or non-mother peers... -
Lived experiences of school-going early mothers in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayi Ntinda --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Swaziland S’lungile K. Thwala --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Swaziland Thulile P. Dlamini --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, SwazilandThis study explored the lived family and community experiences of Swazi school-going early mothers (N = 15; age range 13–22 years). Participants responded to family and community relationship experiences focus group discussions. The data were content thematically analysed. The findings... -
Episodic emotions of Tshivenda cultural community mothers towards their adolescent children’s pregnancies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored Tshivenda mothers’ emotional reactions to the learning of unplanned pregnancies of their adolescent daughters. Ten purposively selected mothers with early parent adolescent children were informants (age range = 40 to 55 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face... -
Infant feeding practices of teenage mothers attending a well-baby clinic in a public hospital in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S Pillay --- Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, South Africa W Sibanda --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa MR Ghuman --- Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, South Africa A Coutsoudis --- Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, South AfricaObjective: This study aimed to determine the breastfeeding practices of urban, predominantly isiZulu speaking, South African teenage mothers, and to examine factors associated with breastfeeding. -
“Do unto others what you want … ”: Reciprocity and childcare in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samuel Asiedu Owusu --- Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, GhanaThis exploratory study aimed to assess reciprocity qualities in childcare and likely influences on child health outcomes. Informants were 83 child caregivers from the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. Of these, 56 individual maternal (n = 28) and non-maternal child caregivers (n = 28) completed... -
Breastfeeding practices among mothers of children aged 1–24 months in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: AO Atimati --- Department of Child Health, Nigeria VY Adam --- Department of Community Health, NigeriaObjective: The aim was to determine the breastfeeding practices of mothers of children two years and below in Egor Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State. -
First-time mothers’ perceptions of workplace social support: An exploratory qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zamandlovu Sizile Makola --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Elizabeth Cornelia Rudolph --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Yvonne Trijntje Joubert --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe goal of this study was to explore the perceptions of first-time mothers regarding the social support received from the workplace during pregnancy, maternity leave, and upon returning to work. The participants included 19 first-time mothers (ages 18 to 40... -
Psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Foluke Nike Bolu-Steve --- , Nigeria Mary Ogechi Esere --- , NigeriaThis study examined the psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria. Mothers (n = 2 400) from the six geo-political zones in Nigeria participated in the study (age range = 18 to 40 years and above; African Traditional... -
Exploring the infant feeding experiences of mothers living in selected Tshwane informal settlements: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tshegofatso Betty Mohlala --- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Sithabile Nombulelo Mathunjwa --- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Heather Modiehi Legodi --- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Mamakwa Sanah Mataboge --- ,Objective: The study aimed to explore and describe the infant feeding experiences of mothers of children aged 3 to 24 months, living in two selected informal settlements in Tshwane, South Africa. -
Mapping the contextual mental health interventions for perinatal adolescent mothers with self-reported common mental symptoms (anxiety and depression) in sub-Saharan African countries: a scoping review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo --- Saint John of God College of Health Sciences, Malawi Linda Portsmouth --- Curtin University, Australia Sharyn K Burns --- Curtin University, AustraliaIntroduction: Early preventive interventions may support adolescent mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period. However, adolescent maternal mental health interventions have received little empirical research attention. This scoping review maps the evidence on interventions appropriate for adolescent mothers during the...