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Pine Provenance Research in South Africa: Promises and Problems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: E.R. Falkenhagen --- ,Provenance research really started with the work of H.L. Duhamel Du Monceau on Pinus sylvestris in the eighteenth century. In South Africa the first properly designed provenance trials were established between 1934 and 1936 with the testing of five races... -
Role of Eucalypt Plantations in Timber Supply and Forest Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: A. P.G. Schönau --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South AfricaThe role of eucalypt plantations in timber supply and forest conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa was investigated. The annual destruction of 11,5 million ha of tropical forest is highlighted, the various causes indicated and the controversy whether fast-growing plantations and woodlots... -
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... -
Maize fertilizer research over the last 25 years – an overview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.J. van Biljon --- ,Maize yield as well as fertilizer practices have changed over the last 25 years. Average maize yield for South Africa increased from approximately 2.3 tons ha−1 in the early 1980s to approximately 3.5 tons ha−1 in recent years. The early... -
Underutilised indigenous and traditional crops: why is research on water use important for South Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.R. Backeberg --- , A.J. Sanewe Water --- ,The answer to the question ‘why is research on water use important for South Africa?’ is quite straightforward: more research is needed because there is a major gap in knowledge on water use of indigenous crops. These indigenous edible plants... -
FRESHWATER MOLLUSC STUDIES - A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: S.J. Pretorius --- , South AfricaMy contribution reviews some of the research activities of the Snail Research Unit. Taking Unit. Taking some liberties on the chronological order, the transition is traced from the species descriptions of the early years, the extensive field surveys, laboratory experimentations,... -
THE LAKE ST. LUCIA SYSTEM—A RESEARCH ASSESSMENT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: D.P. Cyrus --- Coastal Research Unit of Zululand, Department of Zoology, South AfricaThis paper assesses the research undertaken at Lake St. Lucia over the past 25 years based on over 300 documents from that period. Trends related to both time and subject matter are evident, and these are considered in relation to... -
Community Psychology: The Case of Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Therese Tchombe --- University of Buea, Cameroon Raul Kassea --- ENS University of Yaoundé, CameroonCommunity psychology in Cameroon is a budding discipline even its practice, given the scarcity of professionals with specialised training. However, this paper highlights public and private community-oriented projects that resonate with the principles of community psychology. The demands are high... -
Community Psychology and Quality of Life in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paula Gormley --- Teosilo Kisanji University, Tanzania Tuntufye Mwamwenda --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe purpose of this study was to explore the status of community psychology and its contribution to the quality of life in Tanzania. The study was based on both literature review and interviews. First, social responses to problems such as... -
Researching Child Sexual Abuse in South Africa: Complexities in the Field
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tlakale Nareadi Phasha --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study reports on my fieldwork experiences applying qualitative research strategies to study child sexual abuse in South Africa. It considers the challenges associated with, at three stages of data collection: ethical clearance, recruitment and data collection, followed by possible... -
Threats to Enabling Contexts: Exploring Adolescents' Experiences of Aggression
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Quintin Ludick --- North-West University, Vera Roos --- North-West University,This article explores adolescents' experiences of aggression in a secondary, multi-cultural school context in South Africa. The study group comprised of boys (n=24) and girls (n=17), attending grades 8–12. An inductive qualitative research approach was chosen where participants wrote about... -
Visual Participatory Approaches to HIV and AIDS Research as Intervention in a Rural Community Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Naydene de Lange --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This article presents visual participatory approaches as a way to address HIV and AIDS in a rural South African setting. The article suggests that visual imaging has merit for supporting HIV and AIDS intervention with learners, teachers, community health care... -
Processes and Functions in Higher Education Students Adjusting to a New Learning Environment: Applying The Mmogotm-Method
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa M. Kenneth Maine --- North-West University, South Africa Itumeleng P Khumalo --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article explored the processes and functions amongst a community of students who had to adjust to new social and academic settings. Thirteen university students of a predominantly seTswana ethnic background participated in the study (males = 5, females =... -
Doing Childhoods in the Context of HIV and AIDS: Young Children in Early Schooling Speak
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nithi Muthukrishna --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Fundisa Tshauka --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Hasina Ebrahim --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Thabile Mbatha --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Vuyelwa Ntoi --- University of the Free State,This study investigated children's experiences and understandings of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Grade 3 children (n=31) from the province of KwaZulu-Natal aged between 8–11 years were participants in the study. Data were collected through a four-stage focus group process including activities... -
Finding Voice: The Photovoice Method of Data Collection in HIV and AIDS-Related Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Suhana Jacobs --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Anne Harley --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study examined the efficacy of photovoice as a research technique to explore the lives of children and families living in the context of HIV and AIDS. Participants were volunteers at a Day Care and Support Centre (n=18), and members... -
A Parent's Experience of the Couple Relationship After Child Bereavement in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeanette Maritz --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg,The objective of this qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research was to explore and describe a parent's experience of the couple relationship after child bereavement in South Africa. Participants were nine parents as well as the researcher who lost children... -
The Mmogo-Method™: Discovering Symbolic Community Interactions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University,In this article the development and implementation of the Mmogo-Method™ is discussed as a culture-sensitive data collection method. The Mmogo-Method™ provides opportunities for social researchers to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural symbolism in which social life is embedded... -
Main Themes and Missing Elements in Psychological Research into Child Maltreatment in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael P. Dunne --- Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaThese 18 papers on aspects of violence against children add to a growing body of African literature that tends to focus on four major themes. The first three are generic to research worldwide, and include efforts to uncover the extent... -
Students' Views on the Value of Psychological Research: A Contribution to Indigenising Psychology in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ilse E. Plattner --- University of Botswana, Sophie Moagi-Gulubane --- University of Botswana,The goal of the study was to explore the value that psychology students accredit to psychological research in a country like Botswana where psychology is a relatively new discipline. Forty-five undergraduate students belonging to the first cohort of psychology students... -
The Transportability and Utility of Cognitive Therapy in South African Contexts: A Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Young --- Rhodes University, South AfricaCognitive therapy could be more widely promoted in South Africa given the great disparity between the need and provision of psychological therapies. Three possible objections to the promotion of cognitive therapy are considered: uncertainty surrounding the effectiveness of cognitive therapy... -
Community Counselling in African Contexts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- University of South Africa & University of Western Cape, South Africa Donna Baptiste --- University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article explores community counselling as a form of professional practice for psychologists, with a particular focus on practices that are relevant in African contexts. The discussion identifies and discusses various models of practice identified in community psychology, including an... -
The Influence of Television on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour in a South African Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tebogo Moswang --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Ilse Ruane --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study explored how television influences the sexual attitudes and behaviour of adolescent girls in a South African urban setting. A total of 4 adolescent girls participated (average age = 16 years old, range = 15–17 years old). Data was... -
College Students' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Research Participation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Starlin Musingarabwi --- Mkoba Teachers College, Zimbabwe Tholene Sodi --- University of Venda, South Africa Ezron Mangwaya --- Midlands State University, ZimbabweThe study examined the factors that college students perceive to influence their ability to do research. Participants were 160 students from a teachers' college (males=71; females=81; mean age=27; SD=5.32). Data were collected using an open ended survey. For data analysis... -
Psychosocial Well-being in a Group of South African Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Izanette van Schalkwyk --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial well-being of a group of South African adolescents. Participants (N=665, ages 15–17 years; males = 214, females = 451) from three high schools completed questionnaires on psychosocial well-being. Structured interviews... -
Results of a Citation Analysis of the Career Counselling Field from an African Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dilek Karahoca --- Near East University, North Cyprus Huseyin Uzunboylu --- Near East University, North CyprusThe study examined research and trends in career counselling published in selected professional sources during the period 1980–2010. Citation analysis was used in this study to investigate documents which were indexed in the Web of Science related to career counselling... -
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... -
Student Development and Support using a Logotherapeutic Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, Juan A. Nel --- University of South Africa,This study reports on participants' meaning-centred experiences and perspectives after attending a logotherapy-based student development and support programme. Thirteen students who were enrolled in the first year of the academic programme, in health science programme at a South Africa university,... -
Psychological Strengths as Predictors of Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sanet van der Westhuizen --- University of South Africa, Marié de Beer --- University of South Africa, Nomfusi Bekwa --- University of South Africa,This study sought to predict students' Grade Point Average (GPA) from their personal sense of coherence, locus of control, hope and research self-efficacy. Participants were 429 postgraduate students at a large South African university (males = 86, females = 311,... -
Hope, Psychosocial Well-Being and Socioeconomic Status Among a Group of South African Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tharina Guse --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Yvonne Vermaak --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore hope and psychosocial well-being among South African adolescents (N = 1169; males = 573, females = 596, mean age = 15.1) from different socioeconomic contexts. Data was collected by means of convenience... -
A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Work—Life Balance Over the Life Course: A Case Study of Retail Managers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shaida Bobat --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nosipho Mshololo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Shanya Reuben --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study examined women's work—life balance (WLB) over the life course in retail management. Ten women (mean age =25) who worked in the centre management of a shopping mall were interviewed. Thematic analysis revealed that they perceived their WLB to... -
Community-Based Participatory Research a Low-Income Setting: An Illustrative Case of Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Naiema Taliep --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Abdulsamed Bulbulia --- University of South Africa, South Africa Shaun Phillips --- Hearts of Men, Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach in a low-income setting. Using the SCRATCHMAPS project as a case example and with literature control, we show that CBPR is influenced by dynamics relating to knowledge and power, resources and... -
Photovoice as Community Engaged Research: The Interplay between Knowledge Creation and Agency in a South African Study on Safety Promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shahnaaz Suffla --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Debra Kaminer --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Umesh Bawa --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis article aims to describe Photovoice as a method and process of enacting community engaged research. The multi-dimensional nature of Photovoice is illustrated though a case application, focused on safety promotion in two South African low-income communities. Twenty youth, evenly... -
An Ethic of Care in Participatory Research in School Community Settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Estelle Swart --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Marietjie Oswald --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWe explored the manifestation and development of an ethic of care in school communities using a variety of participatory research methods. The qualitative data from this ethnographic case study were analysed using constructivist grounded theory. Our findings suggest that an... -
Student Nurses' Experiences of The Clinical Psychiatric Learning Environment in an Education Institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Miriam Moagi --- University of Pretoria, Elsie Janse van Rensburg --- University of Pretoria, Jeanette Maritz --- University of South Africa,This study investigated lived experiences of student nurses working in a clinical psychiatric learning environment in South Africa. Participants were 29 fourth-year student nurses in the clinical psychiatric learning environment at a nursing education institution (females = 27; males =2)... -
Research Agenda to Facilitate Community Participation In HIV Vaccine Research: A Participatory Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthea Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Sagri Singh --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USA Zuhayr Kafaar --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Leslie Swartz --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Alexandre Menezes --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USAThis article reports on a participatory process to generating a research agenda to guide research on community participation in HIV vaccine research. Community members representing stakeholder parties involved in the HIV vaccine research enterprise were invited to participate in the... -
Victimisation in the Lives of Lesbian-Identified Women in South Africa: Implications for Clinical Assessment and Treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anita Padmanabhanunni --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa David Edwards --- Rhodes University, South AfricaFew clinical studies have examined victimisation in the lives of lesbian women in South Africa and whether there are distinct implications for psychological treatment. This paper presents the assessment and treatment of a lesbian-identified South African survivor of childhood sexual... -
Meaning in Life Within an African Context: A Mixed Method Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis article reports on a mixed method study that described and explored meaning in life among 179 university students (53.63% female). Data on their sense of meaning in life were collected using the Life Purpose Questionnaire (Hutzell, 1989), supplemented with... -
Contemplating the Self: A Brief Phenomenological Participatory Action Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Sumeshni Govender --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Dumisani R. Nzima --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Mandla M. Hlongwane --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Jabulani D. Thwala --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Ashmin Singh --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Pricilla B. Mbele --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments,This study examines Self contemplation from a heuristic phenomenological and applied psychological perspective using a participatory action research approach. The participant authors (n = 6; females = 50%, majority ethnicity = isiZulu = 67%) engaged in reflective contemplation of the... -
Loveness and her brothers: trajectories of life for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: C Bawa YambaA central theme in the contemporary rhetoric of those charged with managing HIV/AIDS interventions is how to handle and alleviate the plight of orphans and other vulnerable children (OVCs). The many glossy documents describing the policy and action plans of... -
Vaccine preparedness: lessons from Lyantonde, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Paul Ritvo Dennis Willms Robert Meisner Laura Brown Adam Goldman Nelson SewankamboTo explore how to better educate rural Africans about preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine trials, 15 semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with villagers in Lyantonde, Rakai District, Uganda. This study reports on the findings by focusing on the attitudes, knowledge and questions... -
Sexual discourse and decision-making by urban youth in AIDS-afflicted Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis article begins by considering the ethics and practicalities of researching sensitive issues with older children and young adults in the context of HIV/AIDS. As part of qualitative fieldwork in the municipality of Mbabane, Swaziland, family caregivers and learners at... -
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... -
Needlestick injuries in an era of HIV: technical and personal aspects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marion Stevens David DickinsonHospitals are workplaces in which HIV has double significance. Needlestick accidents link patients, healthcare workers and cleaning staff through the risk of occupational exposure to HIV. Additionally, concern over needlestick injuries may embody HIV stigma, discrimination and fear. This paper... -
Breaching cultural silence: enhancing resilience among Ugandan orphans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marguerite Daniel Hellen Malinga Apila Rune Bjørgo Gro Therese LieCultural silence is frequently the outcome of deep-seated taboos regarding adults talking to children about sex and death. This paper examines the impact of cultural silence on the resilience of children orphaned by AIDS in Uganda. Cultural silence is often... -
Child participation in research: reflections on ethical challenges in the southern African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Glynis Clacherty David DonaldThis article reflects on several challenges that particular cultural, socio-economic and catastrophic factors (such as the HIV epidemic) pose to ethical practice in research involving child participation in a region such as southern Africa. With reference to concrete situations, we... -
Vulnerability to HIV infection among Luo female adolescent orphans in Western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Erick Otieno NyambedhaLarge-scale surveys have reported that about 55% of orphans worldwide are adolescents. In Kenya, the majority of HIV-infected adolescents are females. The current study used the anthropological methods of in-depth case studies to analyse how migratory life situations of individual... -
Young Malawians on the interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jerome Wright Fred Lubben Mac Bain MkandawirePrevious research has identified high levels of mental health problems among people affected by HIV. This study surveys specifically adolescents in southern Malawi on their experience of the impacts of living with HIV or AIDS on one's mental health. At... -
HIV and AIDS vulnerability in fishing communities in Mangochi district, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Nagoli --- , Katrien Holvoet --- , Michelle Remme --- ,The fisheries sector contributes significantly to Malawi's national economy and to the livelihoods of the poor as certain activities in the sector have relatively low barriers to entry. Various studies have shown that the fisheries sector suffers from high HIV... -
The role of law in the regulation of HIV-vaccine research in South Africa and Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pamela Andanda --- School of Law, South AfricaLaw is an important regulatory mechanism, particularly for creating an enabling research environment. However, the manner in which law addresses issues related to medical research, and HIV-vaccine research in particular, is at times inadequate and of great concern to the... -
Nutrition education and counselling as strategic interventions to improvehealth outcomes in adult outpatients with HIV: a literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: HannahL. Kaye --- , South Africa CarlosJ. Moreno-Leguizamon --- , South AfricaMalnutrition poses a significant risk for people living with HIV and accelerates disease progression. This is because adequate nutrition is essential for optimal immune function. This article discusses research on the role and use of nutrition education or counselling as... -
Human-resources strategies for managing HIV/AIDS: the case of the South African forestry industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jeff Gow --- , Australia Bligh Grant --- , AustraliaPrevious work has focused on HIV prevalence among forestry workers and the impact of HIV/AIDS on the sustainability of forest resources. Following a review of work examining the impacts of HIV/AIDS on the South African economy, this article presents original... -
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 AfricaPeople 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... -
Clinics and home-based care organisations: an interface between theformal and informal health sectors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adam Kenneth Boros --- , South AfricaThe article outlines the findings of a study designed to explore the working relationship between home-based caregivers and clinic nurses at locations in two informal settlements in Johannesburg, South Africa. By considering the views and experiences of both sponsored and... -
Disclosure among HIV-positive women: the role of HIV/AIDS support groups in rural Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: HannahJ Gillett --- , United Kingdom Jennifer Parr --- , United KingdomDisclosure by people living with HIV or AIDS is critical for HIV prevention and care. However, many women choose not to disclose their HIV status for fear of negative outcomes, such as blame and rejection. The World Health Organization suggests... -
Rumours about blood and reimbursements in a microbicide gel trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jonathan Stadler --- , South Africa Eirik Saethre --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesA rumour that emerged during a microbicide gel trial tells the tale of clinic staff purchasing trial participants’ blood. This paper documents the rumour and explores its divergent interpretations and meanings in relation to the context of the trial and... -
Bereavement among South African adolescents following a sibling's death from AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Craig Demmer --- , United States Nina RothschildWhile increasing attention has been paid in recent years to studying the impact of parental death from AIDS on children, we know little about how a sibling's death from AIDS affects children. In this qualitative descriptive study, 11 in-depth interviews... -
A qualitative exploration of the impact of HIV and ART on social disruption and household continuity in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Glenn Wagner --- , United States Gery Ryan --- , United States Alexis Huynh --- , United States Cissy Kityo --- , Uganda Peter Mugyenyi --- , UgandaWith increased uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) throughout sub-Saharan Africa, it is critical to have a better understanding of the impact of ART on all health dimensions since the treatment can have the expected benefits as well as unintended negative... -
Formative evaluation of the STAR intervention: improving teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support for vulnerable individuals in the school community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ronél Ferreira --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Liesel EbersöhnThe article describes the pilot phase of a participatory reflection and action (PRA) study. The longitudinal investigation explores teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support within the context of HIV/AIDS following an asset-based intervention. The study ensued from our desire to... -
Use of a simulation game for HIV/AIDS education with pre-service teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nadine Petersen --- Department of Education Studies, South Africa Josef de Beer --- Department of Education Studies, South Africa Helen Dunbar-Krige --- Department of Education Studies, South AfricaThe article describes the use of a simulation game in HIV/AIDS education with pre-service teachers in Johannesburg, South Africa. The use of a simulation game, as novel experiential pedagogy, was an attempt to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and... -
Pre- and post-intervention assessment of a PMTCT-programme-strengthening initiative in a rural area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya --- , South Africa Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Rendani Ladzani --- , South Africa Gladys Mlambo --- , South Africa Adlai Davids --- , South Africa Khanyisa Phaweni --- , South Africa Pelisa Dana --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mandisa Ndabula --- , South AfricaThe research assesses prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-HIV (PMTCT) services following implementation of programme-strengthening activities in a municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A pre-intervention and post-intervention design was used to conduct facility assessments and client exit interviews at baseline and after... -
HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Erica Breuer --- , South Africa Landon Myer --- , South Africa Helen Struthers --- , South Africa JohnA Joska --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, South AfricaThe relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is known about HIV and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the review were... -
‘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... -
The influence of antiretroviral treatment on willingness to test: a qualitative study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zipho Phakathi --- , South Africa Heidi Van Rooyen --- , South Africa Katherine Fritz --- , United States Linda Richter --- , South AfricaPrevious quantitative studies suggest a mutually reinforcing relationship between HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral treatment (ART). HCT is the entry into ART, and access to ART appears to increase HIV-testing uptake in settings with historically low uptake. Adopting... -
The new female condom (FC2) in Uganda: perceptions and experiences of users and their sexual partners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: RhodaK Wanyenze --- , Uganda Lynn Atuyambe --- , Uganda Vista Kibirige --- , Uganda Sarah Mbabazi --- , Uganda NazariusM Tumwesigye --- , Uganda Kara Djurhuus --- , Uganda Alice Namale --- , UgandaThe new version of the female condom (FC2) was introduced in Uganda in October 2009, following an unsuccessful female condom programme begun in 1998. The failure of the earlier programme was partly attributed to low acceptance of the first type... -
Correlates of highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence among urban Ethiopian clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hibret Alemu --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia Damen Haile Mariam --- School of Public Health, Ethiopia AmyO Tsui --- , United States Aster Shewamare --- , EthiopiaThere has been a massive expansion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) services in Ethiopia since 2005. To assess clients’ self-reported adherence to HAART medication, a descriptive, comparative cross-sectional study was carried out among adults receiving HAART medication at the... -
The rise and fall of HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe: the social, political and economic context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephen O'Brien --- School of Social Science, Australia Alex Broom --- School of Social Science, AustraliaFor more than 10 years Zimbabwe has experienced social, political and economic instability, including the near collapse in 2008 of its health system. Paradoxically, this period has also seen a fall in estimated HIV prevalence, from 25.6% in 1996 to... -
HIV prevention in the world of work in sub-Saharan Africa: research and practice*
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Courtenay Sprague --- Graduate School of Business Administration, South Africa -
Gendered perceptions of HIV risk among young women and men in a high-HIV-prevalence setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Michael Rogan --- School of Development Studies, South Africa Michaela Hynie --- Department of Psychology, Canada Sarah Flicker --- Department of Psychology, Canada Stephanie Nixon --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Clara Rubincam --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaIt has become evident that sexual health and HIV-risk behaviours cannot be addressed effectively without paying adequate attention to constructions of gender and sexuality. While the body of literature examining these themes is growing and becoming more nuanced, there is... -
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 AfricaThe 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... -
Piloting antiretroviral treatment in South Africa: the role of partnerships in the Western Cape's provincial roll-out
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Hodes --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, South Africa Trude Holm Naimak --- , NorwayIn 1999, the government of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, entered into a partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to provide HIV treatment through public health clinics in the peri-urban settlement of Khayelitsha. From 2000 onwards, this partnership ran... -
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 StatesTo 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... -
The ethical and legal regulation of HIV-vaccine research in Africa: lessons from Cameroon, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pamela Andanda --- , South Africa Paschal Awah --- , United States Paul Ndebele --- , Botswana Olanrewaju Onigbogi --- Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Nigeria Daniel Udatinya --- , Rwanda Malala Mwondela --- , ZambiaEthical and legal frameworks are important for ensuring that the goals of scientific research are realised while at the same time the rights and welfare of human participants are adequately protected. A balance in attaining these two goals can be... -
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... -
The ‘Fish Trader+’ model: reducing female fish traders’ vulnerability to HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SaskiaMC Hüsken --- , Zambia Simon Heck --- , ZambiaAnalysis from research and practice in Africa shows that fishing communities are hardly reached by HIV-related services, education, and business services, partly because of the efforts and costs involved and a lack of good practice in reaching out to these... -
The ethics of HIV research with people who inject drugs in Africa: a desk review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicole Mamotte --- School of Psychology, Ethics, Law, and Human Rights Collaborating Centre of the African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP ELH), South AfricaInjecting drug use is a growing problem in Africa and a growing risk factor for contracting HIV in the region. It is imperative that HIV research includes injecting drug users so that they too are able to benefit from safe... -
Qualitative study of the influence of antidepressants on the psychological health of patients on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ElialiliaS Okello --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda VictoriaK Ngo --- , United States Gerry Ryan --- , United States Seggane Musisi --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Dickens Akena --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Noeline Nakasujja --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Glenn Wagner --- , United StatesThe study set out to explore how HIV-positive individuals conceptualise and describe depression and its manifestation in their lives, and how this may change over time in the context of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and antidepressant treatment. We conducted in-depth interviews... -
Analysis of factors associated with failure to return for an HIV-test result in The Gambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Sesay --- Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Science, The Gambia Li-Yin Chien --- , TaiwanKnowing one's HIV status is fundamental to the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS. However, HIV prevention is defeated if individuals who opt to be tested fail to return for their test result. Despite the burden of HIV and... -
Perceptions of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: implications for the provision of HIV and TB care services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alexander Rödlach --- Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, United States RiittaA Dlodlo --- , France ZaneleE Hwalima --- Health Services Department, ZimbabweThe objectives of the research were to explore perceptions of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) among individuals enrolled in antiretroviral therapy (ART) at two municipal clinics in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and to assess the implications of these perceptions on the provision... -
Children as caregivers of older relatives living with HIV and AIDS in Nyang'oma division of western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CharlesO Olang'o --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya IsaacK Nyamongo --- Gender and African Studies, Kenya ErickO Nyambedha --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KenyaThere is growing debate about the situations of children who care for a relative with HIV-related illness, especially in developing countries with high HIV prevalence. In particular, there is inadequate information on the long-term consequences of children taking on this... -
Understanding the agency of home-based care volunteers: establishing identity and negotiating space in AIDS-home-based care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thirusha Naidu --- Department of Behavioural Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Yvonne Sliep --- School of Psychology, South AfricaIn traditional Zulu communities, caregiving is rooted in compassionate and hardworking personal identity precepts and the traditional identity expectations of women. Home-based-care volunteerism in the community represents the performance of this identity. Data from a series of interviews with 15... -
Resilience through participation and coping-enabling social environments: the case of HIV-affected children in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, NorwayMany children and youths living in low-resource and high-HIV-prevalence communities in sub-Saharan Africa are presented with daily hardships that few of us can even imagine. It is therefore no surprise that most research reporting on the experiences of HIV-affected children... -
Safeguarding inheritance and enhancing the resilience of orphaned young people living in child- and youth-headed households in Tanzania and Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ruth Evans --- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, United KingdomThis article explores the resilience of orphaned young people in safeguarding physical assets (land and property) inherited from their parents and sustaining their households without a co-resident adult relative. Drawing on the concept of resilience and the sustainable livelihoods framework,... -
Children's caregiving of HIV-infected parents accessing treatment in western Kenya: challenges and coping strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Louise Buhl Andersen --- London School of Economics and Political Science, United KingdomThis article describes qualitative research carried out in rural western Kenya in a setting characterised by poverty and high HIV prevalence. It discusses the responsibilities and challenges that children face when becoming the primary caregiver to an HIV-infected parent enrolled... -
Coping with hardship through friendship: the importance of peer social capital among children affected by HIV in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Vincent Onyango Ogutu --- , KenyaChildren living in households affected by HIV face numerous challenges as they take on significant household-sustaining and caregiving roles, often in conditions of poverty. To respond to their hardships, we must identify and understand the support systems they are already... -
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... -
How disclosure and antiretroviral therapy help HIV-infected adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa cope with stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Vivian Midtbø --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Violeth Shirima --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, NorwayHIV-related stigma has a major impact on the health and psychosocial wellbeing of HIV-infected children and youths. While there is some debate about the extent to which improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) contributes to a reduction in HIV stigma,... -
Questioning the use-value of social relationships: care and support of youths affected by HIV in child-headed households in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Diana Van Dijk --- Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), The Netherlands Francien Van Driel --- Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), The NetherlandsThe opinion that the extended family can fulfil its supportive role in assisting child-headed households continues to exist. How these households encounter support, what this support entails, and how they experience this support is an under-researched subject. Most research literature... -
Older people living with HIV in Uganda: understanding their experience and needs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: MonicaO Kuteesa --- , Australia Janet Seeley --- Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda RobertG Cumming --- , Australia Joel Negin --- , AustraliaOlder adults ageing with HIV in Africa have been largely neglected, despite the distinctive healthcare needs of this population. This article examines the medical care experiences of older Ugandans living with HIV. Data were collected from 40 HIV-positive adults, aged... -
Correlates of HIV-status awareness among adults in Nairobi slum areas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Remare Renner Ettarh --- , Kenya James Kimani --- , Kenya Catherine Kyobutungi --- , Kenya Frederick Wekesah --- , KenyaThe prevalence of HIV in the adult population in slum areas in Nairobi, Kenya, is higher than for residents in the city as a whole. This disparity suggests that the characteristics of slum areas may adversely influence the HIV-prevention strategies... -
Perceptions of educators of Deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents of HIV-risk factors for these youths
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sumaya Mall --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Leslie Swartz --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaLike the general population in South Africa, adolescents with deafness or who are hard-of-hearing may be vulnerable to HIV infection. They are exposed to all known risk factors for HIV infection. Educators who work in schools for Deaf (meaning culturally... -
HIV-seroprevalence among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital in Douala, Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bertrand Hugo Mbatchou Ngahane --- Douala General Hospital, Cameroon Henry Luma --- Douala General Hospital, Cameroon Yacouba Mapoure Njankouo --- Douala General Hospital, Cameroon Martine Nida --- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cameroon Achu Joko --- Douala General Hospital, Cameroon Marthe Mbenoun --- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cameroon Samuel Wato --- Douala General Hospital, Cameroon Albert Mouelle Sone --- Douala General Hospital, CameroonA retrospective study was carried out at Douala General Hospital, Cameroon, between July 2007 and July 2011, to determine the prevalence of HIV infection among the pulmonary tuberculosis (pTB) patients and to compare epidemiological profiles with respect to TB/HIV co-infection... -
An exploratory study of the individual determinants of students’ sexual risk behaviour at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Given Mutinta --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Jeff Gow --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaThe prevalence of sexual risk behaviour is high on campuses at South African universities, putting many students at risk of HIV infection. This study explores individual influences on students’ sexual risk-taking behaviour at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The study collected... -
Media ownership and news framing: an analysis of HIV/AIDS coverage by Ugandan press
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: James Kiwanuka-Tondo --- Department of Communication, United States KellyF Albada --- Department of Communication, United States Fay Cobb Payton --- Department of Communication, United StatesApplying framing theory, the present research analyzes trends in Ugandan news coverage and the prominent issue frames for HIV/AIDS-related stories. In order to determine the influence of other factors, such as media ownership and journalist origin, nearly 800 articles, from... -
Nutritional care and support among adults living with HIV at Hawassa Referral Hospital, southern Ethiopia: A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zelalem Tafese --- Hawassa College of Health Science, Ethiopia Yifru Birhan --- Hawassa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethiopia Hiwot Abebe --- Hawassa University, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Ethiopia -
The application of the Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) concept in an integrated industry-polyculture-farm system in Namibia: The case of Tunweni Sorghum Brewery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DO OkeyoOne major area dealt with by the concept of Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) is the utilisation of huge volumes of nutrient-rich waters from household toilets, kitchen sinks and municipal and organo-industries for integrated purposes. The arrangements at the... -
Historical analysis of the Journal of the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists and prospects for the development of a sub-Saharan African limnology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJ Wishart --- Freshwater Research Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa BR Davies --- Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Australia M Coke --- , South AfricaFor many years the Journal published by the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists has aimed to provide a forum for the publication of research results, observations, comment, theories, hypotheses and other information on natural waters in and around Africa... -
A century of fish research in South African estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AK Whitfield --- , South AfricaThe history of South African estuarine ichthyology from 1910–2010 is reviewed. The first survey of fishes in a South African estuary was undertaken by Gilchrist in the early 1900s, followed by an extended period between the two world wars when... -
An Integrated System for Forest Management and Silvicultural Planning and Control in South African State Forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: H.W. Kassier --- Forest Management Division, Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation,A computerised plantation analysis system (COMPAS) for commercial plantation management, planning and control is described and illustrated. Present uses in South African State forestry and future development of the system are discussed. -
Contributions of the Benguela ecology programme to pelagic fisheries management in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C. L. Moloney C. D. Van Der Lingen L. Hutchings J. G. FieldIn 1982, the Benguela Ecology Programme (BEP) created a formal, multi-institutional research partnership in South Africa. During the next two decades, the BEP directed many aspects of pelagic ecosystem research in the southern Benguela upwelling region, aiming to improve fisheries... -
Effect of human disturbance on the behavioural responses and offspring survival of grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma at Subantarctic Marion Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Wheeler --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa MS de Villiers --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa R Altwegg --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaNest monitoring is commonly used to gather important seabird demographic data, but monitoring itself can affect seabird behaviour and offspring survival. The effect of monitoring on grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma at Subantarctic Marion Island was investigated. The behaviour of chicks... -
Government R&D Impact on the South African Macroeconomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Radhika Perrot --- Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, South Africa (MISTRA) David Mosaka --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Lefentse Nokaneng --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Rita Sikhondze --- Wits Business School, Wits University, South AfricaThis article analyses the impact of government R&D on the macro-economy of South Africa. Most literature on the impact of R&D on the economy has been on advanced countries, where R&D expenditure as per cent of the GDP has been... -
Global forest research, science education and community service positively impacted by a unique Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: EmmaT Steenkamp --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology, South Africa MichaelJ Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology, South AfricaDespite their importance in ecosystems and biodiversity, very little is known about the health of trees in the native environments of South Africa. The vision and primary goal of the Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) is therefore... -
HIV- and AIDS-related (mis)perceptions and (non)responses of school principals in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lesley Wood Paul WebbDespite various HIV and AIDS training programmes offered for educators by the South African Department of Education, little has been achieved at the level of management in terms of creating a wider understanding of the social and cultural complexities of... -
Reasons for multiple sexual partnerships: perspectives of young people in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chama Nshindano Pranitha MaharajEpidemiological evidence so far suggests that multiple sexual partnerships are an important factor driving the HIV epidemic. Recently, there has been renewed emphasis on fidelity and partner-reduction in preventing HIV infections. Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia is facing... -
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trials: socio-economic and ethical perspectives for sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mpho SelemogoThe advent of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a HIV-prevention strategy has received optimistic support among HIV researchers. However, discourse on PrEP trials has tended to be dominated by the disputes arising between some activist groups and researchers about the... -
Bridging the gap between VCT and HIV/AIDS treatment uptake: perspectives from a mining-sector workplace in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anil Bhagwanjee Inge Petersen Olagoke Akintola Gavin GeorgeThis qualitative study sought to understand users' perceptions of the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and HIV-treatment services offered by a mining company in South Africa, with the intention of making recommendations to improve the rates of uptake. A purposive... -
Disclosure of HIV status: experiences of patients enrolled in an integrated TB and HAART pilot programme in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: HirutT Gebrekristos MarkN Lurie Nkosinathi Mthethwa Quarraisha Abdool KarimThe convergence between the tuberculosis (TB) and HIV epidemics has led to studies investigating strategies for integrated HIV and TB care. We present the experiences of a cohort of 17 patients enrolled in the first integrated TB and HIV treatment... -
Conceptions of mental health among Ugandan youth orphaned by AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sheila Harms Ruth Kizza Joshua Sebunnya Susan JackThe AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected developing or low-income sub-Saharan African countries. Within the context of the epidemic, children and youth are at risk of losing their parents at an early age. The experience of orphanhood due to AIDS has... -
HIV behavioural surveillance among refugees and surrounding host communities in Uganda, 2006
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathleen McDavid Harrison Johanna Claass PaulB Spiegel Judith Bamuturaki Njogu Patterson Michael Muyonga Lillian TatwebwaWe used a standardised behavioural surveillance survey (BSS), modified to be directly relevant to populations in conflict and post-conflict settings as well as to their surrounding host populations, to survey the populations of a refugee settlement in south-western Uganda and... -
'Not only a teacher, but an ambassador': Facilitating HIV/AIDS educators to take action
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LesleyA WoodThis article describes how South African educators were facilitated to adopt the role of HIV/AIDS 'ambassadors' within their circles of influence by participating in a two-year course for an Advanced Certificate in Education for HIV/AIDS in Teaching (ACE-HAT) qualification. It... -
The mental health of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: René Brandt --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaThis paper reviews published quantitative research on the mental health of HIV-infected adults in Africa. Twentyseven articles published between 1994 and 2008 reported the results of 23 studies. Most studies found that about half of HIV-infected adults sampled had some... -
Youth as research fieldworkers in a context of HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Dennis Francis --- School of Social Science Education, South Africa Crispin Hemson --- School of Social Science Education, South AfricaWhat are the strengths and limitations of using out-of-school youths as researchers in a study of the relationships among young people of the same group? While youth-to-youth research approaches have increased in both popularity and practice, our understanding of the... -
The support needs of South African educators affected by HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Linda Theron --- School of Education Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaIn a qualitative study of 77 South African educators, participants were asked to explain how they are affected by HIV and AIDS and how they would best like to be supported in response to this. The term ‘affected’ refers to... -
Readiness of youth in rural Ethiopia to seek health services for sexually transmitted infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mitike Molla --- Centre for International Health, Norway Maria Emmelin --- Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sweden Yemane Berhane --- , Ethiopia Bernt Lindtjørn --- Centre for International Health, NorwayStudies pertaining to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among rural young adults in Ethiopia are limited. This study provides information on knowledge about common STIs, and the perceptions, preferences and use of health services for STIs, among youths and healthcare providers... -
Fostering children affected by AIDS in Richards Bay, South Africa: a qualitative study of grandparents' experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Evalyne Nyasani --- , United Kingdom Erna Sterberg --- , South Africa Helen Smith --- , United KingdomGrandparents are increasingly becoming the primary carers of children orphaned by the HIV epidemic in South Africa. Traditional family roles are being reversed as aging family members take responsibility for the physical and psychosocial needs of children. This study uses... -
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, SwedenThis 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... -
Ethnographic experiences of HIV-positive nurses in managing stigma at a clinic in rural Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Margaret Kyakuwa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsThis paper explores the workplace experiences of HIV-positive nurses and their attempts to manage HIV/AIDS stigma. An HIV diagnosis can have a major impact on an individual's psychological and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, caring for those suffering from chronic HIV-related illnesses... -
Recommendations for communication to enhance informed consent and enrolment at multilingual research sites
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Claire Penn --- Health Communication Project, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa Melanie Evans --- Health Communication Project, School of Human and Community Development, South AfricaLanguage issues can affect HIV and AIDS research trial enrolment, but little is understood about variables in this process. Some evidence indicates barriers exist even when the trial enrollers are linguistically and culturally matched to the participants and when consent... -
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, SwedenConcerns 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... -
Perceptions of forest resource use and management in two village communities in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: NM Gugushe IM Grundy F Theron PW ChirwaRural communities in South Africa are similar to communities in other parts of the developing world in terms of their use and management of natural forest resources as a means of sustaining their livelihoods. Participatory surveys were conducted with communities... -
Informed consent for anaesthesiological and intensive care unit research: a South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JAM De Roubaix --- Centre for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy,Health research is highly regulated and controlled. The South African legal framework consists of the Bill of Rights, the National Health Act, and two sets of Department of Health guidelines, Medical Research Council Ethical Guidelines Book 1, and South African... -
Taking an idea to a research protocol
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: BM Biccard --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthetics, RN Rodseth --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthetics,We present a nine-step process to assist with developing an idea into a research protocol. This process ensures that evidence-based medicine practice is followed to prevent redundant research questions. The first step is to identify broad research ideas with a... -
Anaesthesiology and research in South Africa: a proposal for a national collaborative anaesthesiology research group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: BM Biccard --- Perioperative Research Group, Department of Anaesthetics,Anaesthesiology research is currently uncoordinated on a national level in South Africa. Recently, the Academy of Science of South Africa published a report on Revitalising clinical research in South Africa, in which recommendations to increase clinical research in South Africa... -
Putting Participation into Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,Background: The aim of the article is to share the findings of participatory action research performed to develop a mutual participatory doctor-patient relationship model, and to apply this model in a rural cross-cultural primary care setting. -
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): How to Appraise an Article?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Ebrahim --- Dept. of Radiography, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa -
“Why I tried to kill myself”—an exploration of the factors contributing to suicide in the Waterberg District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PM Mpiana --- Dr Hugh Twomey Health Care Centre, Canada GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Limpopo Province Unit, S Ragavan --- Broken Hill Hospital, Australia N Malete --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: One of the authors (PM) did a study of parasuicide patients at Voortrekker Hospital in the Waterberg District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parasuicide patients' perceptions... -
Caring, learning, improving quality and doing research: Different faces of the same process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,The aim of this article is to describe the similarities between the consultation process, the quality improvement (QI) process, action-and problem-based learning and participatory action research (PAR). We feel this understanding adds value to our work in enabling personal development... -
Patients' thoughts on patient-retained medical records
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AL Norden --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Patient-retained cards and, later, patient-retained booklets were introduced in an effort to improve continuity of care in a primary care setting at Tzaneen Clinic in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Previously, the only continuity was... -
Participatory action research in the training of primary health care nurses in Venda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Van Deventer --- Southern District, North-West and Witwatersrand University, JFM Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: The aim of this study was to understand and be part of a process of change in the training of primary health care nurses in Venda. -
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. -
A bibliometric analysis of research publications funded partially by the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) during a 10-year period (1994–2003)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Albrecht --- Cancer Association of South Africa,Background: The objective of this study was to establish the quantity and quality of research publications outputs by grant recipients of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) over a 10-year period (1994–2003). -
Profile of research methodology and statistics training of undergraduate medical students at South African universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Dommisse --- Department of Biostatistics, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics,Background: Medical practitioners need to have knowledge of statistics and research principles, especially with the increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the profile of research methodology and statistics training of undergraduate medical students... -
The need for ‘Good Clinical Practice’ in health care research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MHR Noorzurani --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia N Aziz --- Department of Family Medicine, Malaysia AF Abdul Aziz --- Department of Family Medicine, Malaysia MZ Abd Hamid --- Department of Paediatrics, Malaysia M Mohamed --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia S Othman --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia N Hussein --- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, MalaysiaRandomised controlled trials form the foundation for ‘evidence-based-medicine’, but the results of such research can be relied upon only if it was conducted according to principles and standards collectively referred to as ‘Good Clinical Practice’ (GCP). The GCP was established... -
Delays by people living with HIV/AIDS in accessing antiretroviral therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Semakula --- Potchefstroom Hospital, C Van Deventer --- Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health,Objective: To understand, by qualitative enquiry, the underlying reasons and narratives for patients that delay in accessing antiretroviral treatment. -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
‘Distraction from the real difficulties’: ethical deliberations in international health research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Helen Macdonald --- Social Anthropology, Andrew D. Spiegel --- Social Anthropology,Increasingly, North based graduate students are seeking South based institutional homes whilst undertaking ethnographic research. Looking from a place in the global South, the article considers how requests to host such students influence, and are influenced by, both local and... -
Social sciences and research ethics in developing countries: The perspective from Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel M. Akpabio --- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Nigeria Idorenyin F. Esikot --- Department of Philosophy, NigeriaThis study seeks to show how social science-related disciplines in Nigerian universities understand and incorporate ethical principles in research settings within the framework of general institutional practices. We used the University of Uyo, Nigeria, to specifically and empirically explore these... -
HIV in Harare: The role and relevance of social stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephen O'Brien --- School of Humanities and Social Science, Australia Alex Broom --- School of Social Science, AustraliaHIV is a significant social, political and economic problem in Zimbabwe. However, few researchers have explored peoples’ experiences of living with HIV in that country. Drawing on 60 qualitative interviews conducted with Zimbabweans living in Harare in 2010, this paper... -
The role of educational psychologists in promoting ethical research conducted with children: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair in Education and care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored perceptions of educational psychologists on their role in promoting ethical research involving children. Participants were 10 South African educational psychologists (females = 60%; males = 40%) from mostly public services (90%). Data on their perceived roles in... -
Fortigenic qualities of psychotherapists in practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Erica F De Lange --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Shingairai Chigeza --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis brief report presents preliminary findings on the exploration of strengths (fortigenic) qualities of psychotherapists which can buffer them against compassion fatigue. Participants were seven South African psychologists in private practice. Data were collected using qualitative interviews and thematically analysed... -
Acacia plantations in Vietnam: research and knowledge application to secure a sustainable future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: EK Sadanandan Nambiar --- CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Black Mountain Laboratories, Australia Christopher E Harwood --- CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Australia Nguyen Duc Kien --- Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, VietnamVietnam has established 1.1 million ha of acacia plantations for wood production, managed on 5- to 10-year rotation cycles. Nearly 50% of the resource is managed by small growers holding 1–5 ha woodlots. Acacia plantations have emerged as an important... -
West Africa’s Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii ): endemic, enigmatic and soon Endangered?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Caroline R. Weir --- Ketos Ecology, U.K. Koen Van Waerebeek --- Conservation and Research of West African Aquatic Mammals, Ghana Thomas A. Jefferson --- Clymene Enterprises, U.S.A. Tim Collins --- Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S.A.Atlantic humpback dolphins (Sousa teuszii ) are endemic to nearshore West African waters between Western Sahara and Angola. They are considered Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature based on restricted geographic range, low abundance and apparent decline... -
Why Africa Journal of Management and Why Now?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Stella M. Nkomo --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa David Zoogah --- Earl Graves School of Business, USA Moses Acquaah --- Department of Management, Bryan School of Business and Economics, USAIn this article, we provide the background as well as the rationale for the decision to establish the Africa Journal of Management. We begin by telling the story of the genesis of AFAM and its aspirational mission. Next, we discuss... -
Riding the Tide: Management in Africa and the Role of High-Impact Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David B. Zoogah --- Earl Graves School of Business and Management, USA Richard B. Zoogah --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ghana Faustina Dalaba-Roohi --- One to One International Consulting, GhanaThe increased interest in the potential of African countries to rise from their current states of underdevelopment is matched by concern about the lack of scientific and technical knowledge. Given the role of management in national development and the contribution... -
Hospitality and hospitableness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsNot long after the word hospitality emerged as a collective noun to describe the commercial provision of services associated with accommodation, drinking and eating, some academics began to investigate the meanings of hospitality and hospitableness. Whilst most academic programme provision related to... -
Scientific research in hospitality studies in Brazil: challenges to finding a theoretical framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sênia Bastos --- School of Business and Hospitality, University of Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil Mirian Rejowski --- School of Business and Hospitality, University of Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo, BrazilThis paper seeks to present the systematisation of information in hospitality studies, as generated by an analysis of 227 dissertations submitted to the Master’s Programme in Hospitality Studies at the University of Anhembi Morumbi, as well as 18 doctoral dissertations... -
Future directions for international education and research on hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Innovations in Hospitality, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis paper presents considerations about future directions for international education and research in the field of hospitality management. The ideas are presented to provide a closer connection for the hospitality industry on an intellectual basis for doing joint research. Furthermore,... -
A visual analysis of a cultural tourism destination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Klaes Eringa and Shenghan Zhou --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis research investigates how a relatively unknown town that is elected as cultural capital of Europe can use visual materials to attract visitors from totally different areas in the world, particularly China. The study uses visual cues for two purposes:... -
Contribution of innovation intermediaries in agricultural innovation: the case of agricultural R&D in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Athman H. Mgumia --- Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology, Directorate of Innovation, Tanzania Amon Z. Mattee --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, TANZANIA Beatus A.T. Kundi --- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, TanzaniaWith the current global economic reforms and advances in science, the move has been towards privatisation of the agricultural knowledge infrastructure. However, inadequate capacity of agricultural entrepreneurs and the diversity in the characteristics of the agricultural technologies have created market... -
Researching in the middle ground
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J. Hooks --- Massey University (Albany Campus), H. Davey --- University of Waikato Management School, D. Coy --- University of Waikato Management School,Scientific approaches to research produce one kind of knowledge and have tended to dominate accounting research, particularly research concerning disclosure and disclosure indices. Other research paradigms are equally important and generate other kinds of knowledge (Morgan, 1983). This paper describes... -
Transfer pricing methods in the context of intangible property
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Steyn --- Department of Taxation, School of Accounting Sciences,The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of existing acceptable transfer pricing methods and their application to international transactions between related parties involving intangible property, more specifically intellectual property that is legally protected. The application of the... -
Cost contribution agreements: The South African tax implications of research and development costs incurred by multinationals participating in joint research projects with offshore associates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Steyn --- Department of Management Accounting,Cost Contribution Agreements (CCAs) or cost sharing of research and development costs, is one of the vehicles sanctioned by tax authorities that may be used by multinational enterprise groups (MNEs) to develop and distribute intangible property among members of the... -
Reasons for share repurchases in South Africa: Theory versus practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: R Chivaka --- Department of Accounting, A Siddle --- Development Bank of Southern Africa, L Bayne --- Department of Accounting, C Cairney --- Department of Accounting, J Shev --- Department of Accounting,Share repurchases (share buy-backs) have become an increasing global phenomenon, with South Africa (SA) following the international trends since 1999. While there has been a significant amount of international research concerning share repurchases, the same is not true of SA... -
A comment on research frameworks applied in accounting research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: D Coetsee --- University of Johannesburg,In the social sciences three different research frameworks are used: positivistic, interpretative and critical. These frameworks approach research from different premises, which collectively contribute to the pool of knowledge. Accounting institutions and their activities are fashioned by human interventions whose... -
Taxation students’ perceptions of open-book assessment prior to the qualifying examination of South African chartered accountants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: H du Preez --- Department of Economics and Management, C S du Preez --- Department of Economics and Management,In this study taxation students’ perceptions of open-book assessment, prior to their exposure to open-book assessment in the qualifying examination of South African chartered accountants, is explored. A focus group was conducted using the Interactive Qualitative Analysis methodology. In this... -
Accounting Academics and Research in Accounting: Practitioners’ Views
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: J E Rowlands --- Rhodes University,This paper investigates the opinion of accounting practitioners regarding academic accountants and research conducted by academics. Academics are generally viewed favourably by practitioners although there is the view that they would not make good practising accountants. Research by academics is... -
Hospitableness: the new service metaphor? Developing an instrument for measuring hosting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Matthew Blain --- Compass Group UK & Ireland, Compass House, Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Conrad Lashley --- School of International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsOver the last couple of decades the word hospitality has emerged from the shadow of being used to describe a cluster of commercial activities providing accommodation, food and drink experiences to guests for a fee. Hospitality describes a ubiquitous aspect of human... -
Grounded theory application in doctorate research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsIn this paper a case of doctorate research methodology is presented, which can serve as contemplation for fellow researchers who are preparing their study. An interaction of reflective narrating and grounded theory methodology is applied. This approach incorporates personal and... -
How to develop student-centred management cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Perry Yi Jin --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsCase studies are very popular in management education. Many case studies, however, are written at a level that is beyond the understanding of their target audience and therefore fail to do what they are intended for. The present study examines... -
Mind the gap: researching ‘sustainability in hospitality’ at the edge of academic and industry interests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis paper describes the development of the research line ‘sustainability in hospitality’ for Stenden University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands). To comply with the official requirements for a Dutch university of applied sciences (UAS),a research line should be based on... -
Practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors in Owo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Charles Oluwole Omolase --- Department of Ophthalmology, Nigeria AA Egberongbe --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria OO Komolafe --- Department of Ophthalmology, Nigeria AA Olasinde --- Department of Orthopaedics, Nigeria BO Omolase --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria OA Adeosun --- Department of Ophthalmology, NigeriaAim: This study aimed at appraising the practice of bio-medical research amongst doctors working at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Barriers to health research were also identified. -
The evolution of chondrichthyan research through a metadata analysis of dedicated international conferences between 1991 and 2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Huveneers --- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Australia DA Ebert --- Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, USA SFJ Dudley --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, South AfricaScience is continually evolving, with recent developments in some fields, such as conservation biology, leading to shifts in priorities and needs. Recent international conferences focused on chondrichthyan research provide an opportunity to assess how the research environment of chondrichthyan science... -
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 AfricaThe 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... -
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 AfricaGuidelines 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... -
Partial truths: representations of teenage pregnancy in research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nolwazi Mkhwanazi --- Department of Social Anthropology,In this article the author identifies three schools of research on teenage pregnancy that were dominant from the 1980s to 2003 in South Africa. By providing a comparison with some of the research in the United States and in England,... -
ICT4D and the Siyakhula Living Lab: an anthropological contribution to digital development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robin Palmer --- Rhodes University, South AfricaAnthropologists are increasingly interested in the reception and adaptation of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at the local level, especially when these are intended or adapted for social change in the kinds of societies and communities anthropologists study. The process... -
An ‘historic victory’ for the Basarwa in Botswana?: Reading the evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Emile Boonzaier --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology,In late 2006 ‘the Basarwa’ won a landmark case against the Botswana government, returning their rights to continue living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (from which they had been ‘forcibly’ removed). The case attracted massive media attention, both in... -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
‘Distraction from the real difficulties’: ethical deliberations in international health research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Helen Macdonald --- Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, Andrew D. Spiegel --- Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town,Increasingly, North based graduate students are seeking South based institutional homes whilst undertaking ethnographic research. Looking from a place in the global South, the article considers how requests to host such students influence, and are influenced by, both local and... -
“When we are together I feel at home.” Types and sources of social support among youth newly diagnosed with HIV in Kenya: implications for intervention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn D Lypen --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nicole M Lockwood --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Firas Shalabi --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Gary W Harper --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Elizabeth Ngugi --- Centre for HIV Prevention and Research, KenyaSocial support helps youth manage psychosocial stress. Though many studies have investigated the role of social support in helping youth in developed countries cope with their HIV status, such research is lacking among youth living in sub-Saharan African countries, including... -
The Dracula killer: A psychobiographical illustration of the Schahriar syndrome model for serial murder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Fouché --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South Africa Hanlie Nel --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South Africa Pravani Naidoo --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South AfricaThis psychobiographical study of Richard Trenton Chase (1950–1980), a serial murderer, has the aim to uncover the psychic mechanisms characteristic of his functioning. The study included primary and secondary data sources. All materials collected and analysed, were published and publically... -
Psychobiography in psychology: Past, present, and future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joseph G. Ponterotto --- Division of Psychological and Educational Services, USAThe present article reviews the history and emerging trends in the field of psychobiography. Five historical periods are highlighted: hagiography and pre-19th century study of lives; Freud and applied psychoanalysis; psychodynamic extensions and personology; modern multi-theoretical models; and psychobiography as... -
Translation and validation of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire into the indigenous African languages of
isiXhosa and AfrikaansItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: G C Du Toit --- Unit of Gynaecological Oncology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, D G Nel --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, University of Stellenbosch,Objectives: Quality of life (QOL) assessment plays an important role in oncological clinical practice and research settings when evaluating treatment outcome. Cervical cancer remains a prevalent disease in South African women. The current study translated the European Organisation for Research... -
The benefits of using a community-engaged research approach to promote a healthy lifestyle in three Nigerian urban slums
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: O P Akinwale --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria J O Oyefara --- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria P E Adejoh --- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria A A Adeneye --- Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Nigeria A K Adeneye --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria Z A Musa --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria K S Oyedeji --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria M A Sulyman --- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NigeriaSlums are a wide range of low-income settlements with poor living conditions. The quality of the dwellings varies from simple shacks to permanent structures, while access to water, electricity, sanitation and other basic services and infrastructure tends to be limited... -
Universities and think-tanks as partners in the African knowledge economy: Insights from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Claudious Chikozho --- Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa Davison Saruchera --- Independent Consultant, South AfricaThere is a paucity of knowledge regarding the nature of interactions between universities and think-tanks in Africa and how their collaboration could be promoted to enable them to contribute more effectively to the knowledge economy. Relying on primary and secondary... -
Culinary and hospitality teaching as a research-based profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis is not just an academic paper, it is a resource. It addresses the topic of how hospitality and tourism education is likely to change in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time. The principal function of a hospitality academy is to... -
Not everyone can afford an apple a day: stigma and food insecurity in rural South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Fielding-Miller --- Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, Kristin L Dunkle --- South African Medical Research Council, Daniel Murdock --- Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, GeorgiaThe HIV epidemic in South Africa has created a generation of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs). Little is known about the experiences of these “former” OVCs once they pass their 18th birthday. We conducted a qualitative study to understand the... -
Innovation policies in the Mediterranean area: Towards a Mediterranean system of innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Massimiliano Ferrara --- Department of Law and Economics, Italy Roberto Mavilia --- CRIOS, Bocconi University, ItalyThe contribution of this paper has both theoretical and policy relevance. It is one of the first exploratory studies of the Mediterranean system of innovation built on the concept of innovation systems. The paper provides a brief literature review and... -
Studying the Logone floodplain, Cameroon, as a coupled human and natural system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Moritz --- Department of Anthropology, USA S Laborde --- Department of Anthropology, USA SC Phang --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA M Ahmadou --- University of Maroua, Cameroon M Durand --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA A Fernandez --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA IM Hamilton --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA S Kari --- Centre d'Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme (CARPA), Cameroon B Mark --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA P Scholte --- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Cameroon N Xiao --- Department of Geography, USA R Ziebe --- University of Maroua, CameroonAfrican floodplains are an excellent example of coupled human–natural systems because they exhibit strong interactions among multiple social, ecological, and hydrological systems. The intra-annual and interannual variations in seasonal flooding have direct and indirect impacts on ecosystems and human lives... -
Technology for street traders in Tanzania: A design science research approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nasibu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Mikko Apiola --- School of Computing, Finland Emmanuel Awuni Kolog --- School of Computing, Finland Erkki Sutinen --- Department of Information Technology, FinlandThe informal sector employs the major part of workers in developing countries. Street trading is a common form of informal work. Despite its huge economic value in developing countries, little research is being done to improve street traders’ empowerment and... -
The meaning of work for South African women: A phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kerrin Person --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Michelle S. May --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Claude-Hélène Mayer --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, GermanyThis study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning that women attribute to their work in the South African context. The six women informants were 27–32 years old, all with tertiary education, in senior positions, without children. Data... -
Scientometric assessment of selected R&D priority areas in South Africa: A comparison with other BRICS countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Xolani Makhoba --- Institute of Technological Innovation, Graduate School of Technology Management, Pretoria South Africa Anastassios Pouris --- Institute of Technological Innovation, Graduate School of Technology Management, Pretoria South AfricaA scientometric analysis of selected research priority areas in South Africa was done using the Web of Science database for the period 2002–2012. The performance of the country in the areas of biotechnology, energy, astronomy and palaeontology in terms of... -
Electricity insufficiency in Africa: A product of inadequate manufacturing capacity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Williams S. Ebhota --- Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, South Africa Freddie L. Inambao --- Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, South AfricaEnergy availability is fundamental and crucial for human survival and for national economic development. Energy consumption per capita of a country or region is a measure of quality of life and industrialisation of a country or region. This to certain... -
Academic staff development: A lever to address the challenges of the 21st-century university classroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Severino Machingambi --- Academic Support Services Division, South AfricaThis paper reports on how a university of technology used design research to plan and roll out an academic staff development programme so as to influence the institutional throughput rate. The study forms part of the institution’s effort to understand... -
‘I want to be a hope champion!’ – Research as hope intervention with rural South African children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Avivit M. Cherrington --- School of Education Research and Engagement, Faculty of Education, South Africa Naydene De Lange --- School of Education Research and Engagement, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored how visual participatory research-as-intervention enabled a strengthening of hope among a group of South African primary school children. Twelve learners aged 9–13 years from a rural village in the QwaQwa region of South Africa participated in the... -
Exploring a sample of university students’ perceptions of menstruation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kulthum Ismail --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Michelle Andipatin --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to explore how a sample of young South African women constructed their perceptions of menstruation. The sample comprised 16 racially/ethnically diverse female university students (blacks = 4, whites = 2, coloured = 8; Christians = 11; Muslims... -
How to write a research protocol
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Christopher C Rout --- School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Colleen Aldous --- School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaA research protocol is best viewed as a key to open the gates between the researcher and his/her research objectives. Each gate is defended by a gatekeeper whose role is to protect the resources and principles of a domain: the... -
A tale from the field: Reflexivity during management research in an African-based development organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Loice Natukunda --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Phil Johnson --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Pauline Dibben --- Management, University of Sheffield, United KingdomThis article is a product of the reflexive experience of data collection and analysis in a development organisation in Uganda. Several studies provide helpful debates about managing people in Africa. However, existent literature seldom covers pertinent issues related to collecting... -
Methods for assessing the impact of research on innovation and development in the agriculture and food sectors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ludovic Temple --- Cirad Umr Innovation, France Estelle Biénabe --- Cirad Umr Innovation, France Danielle Barret --- Cirad-Dgdrs, France Gilles Saint-Martin --- Cirad-Dgdrs, FranceThe need for technological transition and the context of the privatization of public research funding both challenge the evolution of methods to assess the impact of research in the agricultural and food sectors. We analyze this evolution through a literature... -
Mind the gap: researching ‘sustainability in hospitality’ at the edge of academic and industry interests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis paper describes the development of the research line ‘sustainability in hospitality’ for Stenden University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands). To comply with the official requirements for a Dutch university of applied sciences (UAS), a research line should be based... -
Grounded theory application in doctorate research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIn this paper a case of doctorate research methodology is presented, which can serve as contemplation for fellow researchers who are preparing their study. An interaction of reflective narrating and grounded theory methodology is applied. This approach incorporates personal and... -
How to develop student-centred management cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Perry Yi Jin --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsCase studies are very popular in management education. Many case studies, however, are written at a level that is beyond the understanding of their target audience and therefore fail to do what they are intended for. The present study examines... -
Hospitableness: the new service metaphor? Developing an instrument for measuring hosting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Matthew Blain --- Compass Group UK & Ireland, United Kingdom Conrad Lashley --- School of International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsOver the last couple of decades the word hospitality has emerged from the shadow of being used to describe a cluster of commercial activities providing accommodation, food and drink experiences to guests for a fee. Hospitality describes a ubiquitous aspect... -
Hospitality and hospitableness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Conrad Lashley --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsNot long after the word hospitality emerged as a collective noun to describe the commercial provision of services associated with accommodation, drinking and eating, some academics began to investigate the meanings of hospitality and hospitableness. Whilst most academic programme provision... -
Scientific research in hospitality studies in Brazil: challenges to finding a theoretical framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sênia Bastos --- School of Business and Hospitality, University of Anhembi Morumbi, Brazil Mirian Rejowski --- School of Business and Hospitality, University of Anhembi Morumbi, BrazilThis paper seeks to present the systématisation of information in hospitality studies, as generated by an analysis of 227 dissertations submitted to the Master's Programme in Hospitality Studies at the University of Anhembi Morumbi, as well as 18 doctoral dissertations... -
Future directions for international education and research on hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Innovations in Hospitality, The NetherlandsThis paper presents considerations about future directions for international education and research in the field of hospitality management. The ideas are presented to provide a closer connection for the hospitality industry on an intellectual basis for doing joint research. Furthermore,... -
A visual analysis of a cultural tourism destination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Shenghan Zhou --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research investigates how a relatively unknown town that is elected as cultural capital of Europe can use visual materials to attract visitors from totally different areas in the world, particularly China. The study uses visual cues for two purposes:... -
Culinary and hospitality teaching as a research-based profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Science, The NetherlandsThis is not just an academic paper, it is a resource. It addresses the topic of how hospitality and tourism education is likely to change in 5, 10 and 15 years' time. The principal function of a hospitality academy is... -
Engaging in hospitality and culinary research that makes a difference: The shape of things to come
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joseph A. Hegarty --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsEngaging in hospitality research that matters now takes a fresh approach as to how we can contribute to shaping the future of best practices in both hospitality education and management, while engaging with problems worth investigating, and publishing the results... -
A critical analysis of whether research activities performed by universities fall within the meaning and scope of the term ‘educational services’ as intended by section 12(h) of the Value-Added Tax Act No. 89 of 1991
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A. Herron --- School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaAccording to section 12(h) of the Value-Added Tax Act No. 89 of 1991, ‘educational services’ are exempt from the levying of value-added tax as imposed by section 7(1)(a) of the Act. The Value-Added Tax Act No. 89 of 1991 does... -
Meaning as a coping resource: Experiences of nursing students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support, South AfricaThis exploratory study examined conceptions of meaning as a coping resource among nursing students. A qualitative approach was used to explore the lived experiences of 13 nursing students (female = 85%; age range = 18–22 years). Four conceptions of meaning... -
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... -
Relationships matter: contraceptive choices among HIV-positive women in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tabitha Alexandria Njeri Nyanja --- Aga Khan University, Kenya Charlotte Tulinius --- Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, DenmarkEfforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Tanzania are guided by a four-prong strategy advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Prong 2, prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV, has, however, received the least attention and... -
Commercialization of higher education institutions’ research within the National System of Innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Wanjiru Gachie --- Discipline of Computer Science Education, South Africa Desmond Wesley Govender --- Discipline of Computer Science Education, South AfricaThe commercialization of higher education institutions’ (HEIs’) research within the South African National System of Innovation (NSI) has received prominence in the post-apartheid era. Intra-African NSI dialogue to draw out context-specific and generic country experiences that could inform policy developments,... -
Scientific real-time research problem-solving and pharmaceutical innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chris William Callaghan --- School of Economic and Business Sciences, South AfricaDespite dramatic advances on a global scale in the scientific fields that underlie pharmaceutical innovation, the literature suggests that returns on investment in pharmaceutical R&D have not kept pace. Further, some argue that for the last 50 years advances in... -
Engineering research profile of countries in the African Union
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Swapan Kumar Patra --- Business School, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Mammo Muchie --- DST/NRF SARChI Professor, South AfricaScholarly publication output of engineering research from the member countries of the African Union (AU) are mapped using scholarly publication data from the Scopus® database of Elsevier. The countries are ranked based on various parameters, for example; number of publications,... -
Grazing management that regenerates ecosystem function and grazingland livelihoods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Richard Teague --- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, USA Matt Barnes --- Shining Horizons Land Management LLC, USAAdopting a systems view and regenerative philosophy can indicate how to regenerate ecosystem function on commercial-scale agro-ecological landscapes. Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management is an example of an approach for grazinglands. Leading conservation farmers have achieved superior results in ecosystem improvement,... -
Scope of research on Parthenium hysterophorus in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Owen Rubaba --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Moses Chimbari --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaParthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) is an invasive plant that invades farm and grazing lands, and affects biodiversity, animal and human health, agricultural productivity and food security. The plant is native to the Americas, but was introduced to Africa, Asia and Australia... -
Gendered childcare norms — evidence from rural Swaziland to inform innovative structural HIV prevention approaches for young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pinky N Shabangu --- Independent community-based researcher, Swaziland Michelle R Brear --- Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, AustraliaAddressing discriminatory gender norms is a prerequisite for preventing HIV in women, including young women. However, the gendered expectation that women will perform unpaid childcare-related labour is rarely conceptualised as influencing their HIV risk. Our aim was to learn from... -
Changes in recreational shore anglers’ attitudes towards, and awareness of, linefish management along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RW Kramer --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa BQ Mann --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa SW Dunlop --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa JB Mann-Lang --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa D Robertson-Andersson --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaManagement of recreational fisheries cannot be based on biological and stock assessment data alone but needs to include appropriate social aspects (including knowledge, attitudes and behaviour) of anglers within the fishery. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate... -
Measuring dimensions of social climate among South African higher education students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Hastings-Tolsma --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaWe investigated the structure of social climate among university students to characterise the relative importance of personal and interpersonal factors. Participants were 266 students from a school of education of a large South African university (females = 66.5%; black =... -
Movement patterns of an endangered fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae), and the role of no-take marine protected areas as a management tool
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RH Bennett --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa A-R Childs --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa CG Attwood --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa L Swart --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa TF Næsje --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaUnderstanding movement behaviour is essential for effective management of fishery species. Dart tags were used to study coastal movement patterns of white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus, an overexploited seabream (Sparidae) in South Africa. In total, 6 962 fish (190–1 080 mm... -
The continuing lack of ornithological research capacity in almost all of West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Will Cresswell --- Centre for Biological Diversity, University of St Andrews, UKWest Africa has high bird diversity and is a crucial non-breeding area for over one-third of European breeding species, yet local capacity for ornithological research and so targeted bird conservation is perceived to be limited. I reviewed all the published... -
Trends and themes in African ornithology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Colin M Beale --- Department of Biology, UKOrnithology in Africa has a long history. I review trends in the ornithological literature since 1990 within the context of the 14th Pan-African Ornithological Congress. Using full text searches of papers on PubMed® and abstracts from main ornithological journals I... -
An Evaluation Of The Collaborative Coursework-Based Phd Program In Economics And Management Among East African National Universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Almas Heshmati --- Department of Economics, Republic of Korea Lars Hartvigson --- Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, SwedenRapid economic growth in many sub-Saharan African countries and the consolidation of the lower education sector implies that it is becoming increasingly important to meet the demand for higher education institutions. The expansion of existing national research institutions is facing... -
Towards an understanding of the commercialization drivers of research findings in Iran
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Leila Namdarian --- Department of Information Policy, Society and Information Faculty, Iran Ali Naimi-Sadigh --- Department of e-Business, Information Technology Faculty, IranTaking a look at the performance of Iranian universities and research centres, one might notice that despite their Research and Development (R&D) capacities, most have fallen short in research commercialization, leaving them dependent on government funding. Hence, certain mechanisms should... -
Together we stand stronger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marco Bevolo --- Academy for Leisure, The Netherlands Anique Gerrits --- Academy for Leisure, The NetherlandsThis is an action research case study investigating social participation roadblocks and opportunities through leisure-related factors for Eritrean refugee status holders in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The intent of this paper is to report on challenges and opportunities... -
“I think the parent should be there because no one was born alone”: Kenyan adolescents’ perspectives on parental involvement in HIV research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison K Groves --- Department of Community Health and Prevention, USA Denise D Hallfors --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Bonita J Iritani --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Stuart Rennie --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Fredrick S Odongo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Daniel Kwaro --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nyaguara Amek --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Winnie K Luseno --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USADespite a pressing need for adolescent HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa, ethical guidance for conducting research among minor adolescents is lacking. One ethical issue is the degree to which parents should be involved in the research process. The existing discourse... -
The Informal Economy in pan-Africa: Review of the Literature, Themes, Questions, and Directions for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Katia M. Galdino --- Georgia Southern University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Carla D. Jones --- Sam Houston State University, USA Sangbum Ro --- University of Tampa, USAThe informal economy is an important phenomenon in African countries, accounting for up to 90% of the jobs in the lowest income Sub-Saharan countries such as Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Management research about Africa,... -
A model for addressing parallelism of systems in the management of data: The Namibian case
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Irja Shaanika --- Department of Information Technology, South Africa Monica Maletzky --- Department of Information Technology, South Africa Tiko Iyamu --- Department of Information Technology, South AfricaAs in many countries, the volume of data that has been generated by the Namibian government administrations and agencies in recent years has increased drastically in rapidity. Consequently, this has led to difficulties and challenges in the control and management... -
Drivers and trajectories of social and ecological change in the Karoo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Cherryl Walker --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Suzanne J Milton --- Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, South Africa Tim G O’Connor --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South Africa Judy M Maguire --- unaffiliated, South Africa W Richard J Dean --- Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, South AfricaThis review article explores past, present and possible future drivers of change in Karoo social-ecological systems. Biogeographically, the Karoo comprises the arid Succulent Karoo and Nama-Karoo biomes covering significant portions of the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces... -
Reflections on the Karoo Special Issue: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for South Africa’s drylands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: M Timm Hoffman --- Plant Conservation Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Cherryl Walker --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Joh R Henschel --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South AfricaWe begin this essay with reflections on major research themes highlighted by the Karoo Special Issue (KSI). These include concerns over land-use change, long-term monitoring, climate change, governance and the need for more interdisciplinary research. We also identify some of... -
Stunted scale-up of a performance-based financing program on HIV and maternal–child health services in Mozambique — a policy analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jessica Gergen --- ThinkWell, Mozambique Joana Falcao --- Independent contractor, Mozambique Yogesh Rajkotia --- ThinkWell, MozambiqueObjective: A performance-based financing (PBF) program was implemented for services for HIV, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and maternal/child health (MCH) in two provinces of Mozambique. This study investigates the determinants of policy scale-up to help accelerate the expansion of... -
Issues faced by hotel human resource managers in Alexandria, Egypt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Eslam Ahmed Fathy Fathy --- Hotel Management, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, EgyptThis study investigates challenges faced by human resource (HR) managers and their practices to cope in hotels of Alexandria city, Egypt. The researcher undertook semi-structured interviews with HR managers in four- and five-star hotels in Alexandria. The study findings revealed... -
Listening for Johannesburg: secret affinities, wondrous resonances
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brett Pyper --- Wits School of Arts, South AfricaAmongst the diverse music scenes that have emerged during the unfinished transition from apartheid, those that have formed within voluntary associations of jazz lovers remain a notable, if fractured and only partially audible feature of city culture around Johannesburg and... -
Layering mobilities: charting place-making through performance in Johannesburg’s inner-city suburbia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Alex Halligey --- South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, Wits School of Architecture and Planning, South AfricaDrawing together Tim Cresswell’s work on mobilities with Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, this article considers the Johannesburg suburbs of Bertrams, Lorentzville and Judith’s Paarl as produced and reinvented through the mobilities of their inhabitants. How might an artistic performance foreground... -
Modelling the effects of exposure to risk on junior faculty productivity incentives under the academic tenure system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim Niankara --- College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis paper relies on modelling tools from probability theory and the economics of risk to analyze the ex-ante incentive properties of tenure from the perspective of junior faculty members. The theoretical results show that under publication value uncertainty and risk... -
Beyond the ‘usual suspects’ – Alternative qualitative methods for innovation policy studies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nadja Nordling --- Faculty of Social Sciences, Finland Rhiannon Pugh --- Department of Human Geography, SwedenIn this paper we make three points about the current state and promising future directions of qualitative research in our field of innovation policy research. First, we argue that research design and methods are dealt with quite superficially in most... -
Parents and guardians: Their perceptions of psychometric test uses with learners in an emerging country’s school system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayi Ntinda --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, EswatiniThis study utilised participatory action research methods to explore Botswana parents and guardians’ (n = 162) perceptions of psychometric tests for use with school learners. The participants completed a Parent/Guardian Psychometric Survey. Wilcoxon Rank Sums Test analysis indicated the parents... -
Observations on the natural history of a savanna drought
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa William J Bond --- , South AfricaDrought studies are often opportunistic and post hoc, where a drought fortuitously occurs during a research project that was not specifically designed to study the drought, but where researchers capitalised on the opportunity. These studies often lack focus on formulating... -
Locally high, but regionally low: the impact of the 2014–2016 drought on the trees of semi-arid savannas, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: AM Swemmer --- , South AfricaDrought is thought to be a factor limiting the abundance of shrubs and trees in savannas, but this has rarely been tested empirically. The severe drought of 2014–2016 provided an opportunity to document the impact of drought on the mortality... -
The ‘death of innovation’ paradox, R&D and the scientific potential of crowdsourcing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chris William Callaghan --- Knowledge and Information Economics/Human Resources Research Agency, School of Economic and Business Sciences, South AfricaCertain scholars have highlighted decreasing returns to investment in research, or research and development (R&D), as well as a lack of growth in patent numbers, in that these do not match increased research employment over time. Certain theories that contest... -
Local ecological knowledge demonstrates shifting baselines and the large-scale decline of sawfishes (Pristidae) in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Braulik --- University of St Andrews, United Kingdom M Kasuga --- Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania Program, Tanzania G Majubwa --- Ambakofi, TanzaniaSawfishes are coastally distributed rays that grow to very large sizes. All five species are assessed as Endangered or Critically Endangered as a result of population declines caused mainly by entanglements in fishing gear and by habitat degradation. Three species... -
Factors to consider for effective critical thinking development in auditing students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E. A. J. Terblanche --- Department of Financial Governance, South Africa B. de Clercq --- Department of Taxation, South AfricaFor students to be able to adapt in a fast-changing, technology-driven world, they have to be critical thinkers. With critical thinking being viewed as a prized commodity, there is an increased emphasis on this vital skill in the auditing profession... -
Developing professional competence in accounting graduates: An action research study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Shaun Parsons --- College of Accounting, South Africa Bette Davidowitz --- Department of Chemistry, South Africa Paul Maughan --- College of Accounting, South AfricaIn 2014, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) introduced the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) as its final professional examination. The APC is an eight-hour case study assessing both the technical knowledge and pervasive skills that together represent... -
Media images and the gendered representation of chefs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Beverly (Shih-Yun) Chen --- , New Zealand Alison McIntosh --- , New Zealand Candice Harris --- , New Zealand Warren Goodsir --- , New ZealandImages portrayed in online media may influence societal perceptions of chefs, with the potential to perpetuate gender segregation in the professional kitchen. Little scholarly attention in previous research has been given to the examination of gender and images in hospitality... -
Exploring the concept of hostmanship through “50 cups of coffee”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Monique Medema --- , The Netherlands Brenda de Zwaan --- , The NetherlandsThis article explores how hospitality academics and students understand, interpret and experience hostmanship. Building on a literature review which outlines and discusses the development and definition of hospitality, this exploratory study is framed by an interpretivist approach. Semi-structured interviews were... -
Monitoring the effects of spatial protection on the reef fish communities of the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BQ Mann --- , South Africa JQ Maggs --- , New Zealand SN Porter --- , South Africa WN Dalton --- , South AfricaMonitoring marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for evaluating their effectiveness and for improving management. In this study, a single-camera baited remote underwater video system (mono-BRUVS) was deployed quarterly at four sites (10–30-m depths) to quantify the reef fish communities... -
Distribution and abundance patterns of two parapagurid hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) along the west and south coasts of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AG Wright --- , South Africa CL Griffiths --- , South Africa TP Fairweather --- , South AfricaA series of over 6 000 research-trawl samples collected along the west and south coasts of South Africa between 1987 and 2014 were analysed for the presence and biomass of two parapagurid hermit crabs, Sympagurus dimorphus and Parapagurus bouvieri. The... -
Making a difference and earning a living: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on working with persons with special healthcare needs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Victoria Cutts --- , South Africa Henry D. Mason --- , South Africa Vikki Botes --- , South AfricaThis qualitative study explored six (female = 5) healthcare professionals’ motivation to work with persons with special healthcare needs. Thematic analysis revealed three themes; namely making a difference in people’s lives, personal life stories, and extrinsic motivation. The findings suggest... -
A systems-based R&D management model for the road and transport engineering sector applied to a community access roads and transport research programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Frederik Christoffel Rust --- , South Africa Leslie Roy Sampson --- , South AfricaA conceptual non-linear, systems-based R&D management model for the road and transport sector was developed to address the associated complexities of transport and road research. It takes account of all the elements of the innovation value chain as well as... -
Editorial overview: recommendations for the promotion of a resilient linefishery in the Anthropocene
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WM Potts --- , South Africa CG Attwood --- , South Africa PD Cowley --- , South Africa A-R Childs --- , South Africa AC Winkler --- , South Africa MI Duncan --- , South Africa TS Murray --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa‘Linefish’ is a uniquely South African term used to describe marine fishes that are captured using hook and line. The South African linefishery is a complex socio-ecological system that has a considerable impact on the coastal marine environment while generating... -
Expansion of HIV testing in Eswatini: stakeholder perspectives on reaching the first 90
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Philip J Kitchen --- , Germany Kate Bärnighausen --- , Germany Lenhle Dube --- , Eswatini Zandi Mnisi --- , Eswatini Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo --- , Eswatini Cheryl C Johnson --- , Switzerland Till Bärnighausen --- , Germany Jan Walter De Neve --- , Germany Shannon A McMahon --- , GermanyAchieving the United Nations’ 90-90-90 goals has proven challenging in most settings and the ambitious 95-95-95 goals seem even more elusive. However, in Eswatini – a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest HIV prevalence in the world –... -
Exploring narratives and advocating support and peer mentorship to improve HIV-positive adolescent mothers’ lives in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morolake Josephine Adeagbo --- , South Africa Kammila Naidoo --- , South AfricaResearch on adolescent sexuality, health and parenting has gained much attention in recent years. This growing body of research, however, has arguably limited qualitative outputs on HIV-positive adolescent mothers’ sexual and reproductive health choices, needs, and rights in South Africa... -
Discovering the research focus of higher academic institutions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olufunke Oladipupo --- , Nigeria Ibukun Afolabi --- , Nigeria Stephen Adubi --- , Nigeria Olaperi Sowunmi --- , NigeriaThe research focus of an institution indicates the academic strength of the institution. This academic strength goes a long way to determine the quality of academic product expected from such an institution. To this effect, this study aims at analyzing... -
R&D productivity for science, technology and innovation policy development in Nigeria: A scientometric analysis of academic literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olufikayo Abodunde --- , Nigeria Oluseye Jegede --- , South AfricaThis study purposively selected 148 Science and Engineering Journals out of the 221 Journals registered on the African Journal Online (AJOL) directory. Data harvested were analyzed on a year-wise basis from 2012 to 2016, to identify the positive or negative... -
Node between firm’s knowledge-intensive activities and their propensity to innovate: Insights from Nigeria’s mining industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye Oladayo Jegede --- , South AfricaWhile studies have examined the nexus between knowledge and innovative performance, the literature from the context of developing countries is very scant. This study thus examines which knowledge-intensive activities influence the propensity of mining firms in Nigeria to implement either... -
Parent caregiver perceptions of the behaviour of their children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bronwyn R. Britz --- , South Africa Henry D. Mason --- , South AfricaThis study explored parent caregivers’ perspectives of the influence of context on the behaviour of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Applying interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), we collected and analysed in-depth interview data from four South African parent caregivers (females... -
Primary health care nurses’ perceptions of the socio-ecology of mental illness among patients: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melissa Card --- , South Africa Kim McGlynn --- , South AfricaThe de-institutionalisation of the health care system in South Africa had implications for the dissemination of resources from tertiary facilities to primary health care (PHC) clinics. Since there are little to no psychological or psychiatric services available at the PHC... -
The role of strategic supplier relationships in enhancing supply chain innovation: A qualitative study in the South African automotive manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Malente Modungwa --- , South Africa Melissa Rinke --- , South Africa Assilah Agigi --- , South Africa Kelvinne Mocke --- , South AfricaSupply chain innovation is a mechanism that firms use to ensure efficient supply chain management through collaboration with external supply chain partners. The interaction between buyers and suppliers is especially crucial in fostering innovation resulting in modifications, improvements and development... -
Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: OLF Weyl --- , South Africa L Barkhuizen --- , South Africa K Christison --- , South Africa T Dalu --- , South Africa HA Hlungwani --- , South Africa D Impson --- , South Africa K Sankar --- , South Africa NE Mandrak --- , Canada SM Marr --- , South Africa JR Sara --- , South Africa NJ Smit --- , South Africa D Tweddle --- , South Africa NG Vine --- , South Africa V Wepener --- , South Africa M Zvavahera --- , South Africa IG Cowx --- , United KingdomSouth Africa is in the process of developing a National Freshwater (Inland) Wild Capture Fisheries Policy. A properly focused research strategy is essential to guide the policy development process, and thus a dedicated ‘Inland Fisheries’ workshop was convened by the... -
HIV and aging among adults aged 50 years and older on antiretroviral therapy in Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tiffany G Harris --- , USA Sarah Flören --- , USA Joanne E Mantell --- , USA Rejoice Nkambule --- , Eswatini Nomthandazo G Lukhele --- , Eswatini Bongiwe Prudence Malinga --- , Eswatini Rhinos Chekenyere --- , Eswatini Altaye Kidane --- , USABackground: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has decreased HIV-related morbidity and mortality and increased life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Globally, the number of older PLHIV (OPLHIV; ≥50 years) is growing and predicted to increase substantially in coming years. In... -
Usability evaluation of frugal innovation: A case of mobile training for micro businesses in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Clifford Gomera --- , Tanzania Jarkko Suhonen --- , Finland Markku Tukiainen --- , Finland George S. Oreku --- , Finland Matti Tedre --- , Finland Solomon Sunday Oyelere --- , FinlandThis study evaluated a mobile training pilot prototype designed for micro business owners in Tanzania. The paper focused on the extent to which features of the pilot prototype developed under frugal innovation confirmed the defined user requirements of the mobile... -
Parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Marie Ludick --- , South Africa Vicki Koen --- , South AfricaThis article explores and describes parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context. Our sample of six parent-adolescent dyads (n = 12) completed structured gratitude activities to participate in over a period of three weeks, followed by... -
Mobile money adoption in rural Rwanda: A domestication perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Marthe Uwamariya --- , Germany Claudia Loebbecke --- , Germany Stefan Cremer --- , GermanyWith this explorative research, we investigate if and how farmers in Rwanda adopt mobile money, or m-money, and integrate it into their everyday life to foster their economic development and social well-being. To this end, we adapt a domestication perspective... -
Using social practice approaches for strategic management research in Africa: an example, design considerations and potential contributions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: William Phanuel Kofi Darbi --- , Ghana Stanley Coffie --- , GhanaAfrican management theories and practices have received scant scholarly attention in organization and management literature. The recognition for vast opportunities for developing, adapting and extending management concepts, theories and practices in situ has become topical. Scholars have responded thus far,... -
Moving to design-based education in hotel management school: proof of success and beyond — a research journey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Hanneke Assen --- , the Netherlands Marte Rinck de Boer --- , the Netherlands Macmillion B Fernandes --- , the NetherlandsNHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences adopted the innovative educational concept design-based education (DBE) in 2018. The Hotel Management School is one of the programmes that introduced a DBE curriculum. It is important to explore to what extent DBE is... -
Psychosocial functions of eating behaviour among South African female university students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monique Genis --- , South Africa Werner de Klerk --- , South Africa Lelanie Malan --- , South AfricaWe explored the psychosocial functions served by eating behaviours among South African female university students. Our informants were 13 female university students between the ages of 18 and 24. The informants completed semi-structured interviews on their eating behaviour and the... -
Blaming the father: witchcraft, de-industrialisation and generation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Isak Niehaus --- , United KingdomSocial researchers associate paradoxical developments in post-apartheid South Africa — such as increased hardship at a time of heightened expectations — with a proliferation in witchcraft accusations. This article examines this postulate in greater depth, drawing upon multi-temporal ethnographic fieldwork... -
The role of research and development (R&D) expenditure and governance on economic growth in selected African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibukun James Olaoye --- , Nigeria Opeyemi Eyitayo Ayinde --- , Nigeria Oluwafemi Olajide Ajewole --- , Nigeria Luke Oloruntoba Adebisi --- , NigeriaThis paper provides an overview of the effect of research and development (R&D) expenditure and government effectiveness on economic growth. By focusing on R&D expenditure as a measure of innovation, government effectiveness as a measure of governance and GDP as... -
Conservation Agriculture in rainfed annual crop production in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JA Strauss --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South Africa MC Laker --- , South Africa HJ Smith --- , South AfricaPressures from population growth, changing diets and climate change are driving transformation of our global food production to ensure more efficient, reliable and sustainable production. In South Africa, arable land for crop production and permanent pastures accounts for 10–12% of... -
Aligning Conservation Agriculture among various disciplines in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Pieter A Swanepoel --- , South AfricaIn South Africa, the term Conservation Agriculture (CA) is often used to describe any soil conservation action rather than a combination of the three management principles that CA encompasses, namely minimum soil disturbance, using a diversity of crops in rotation... -
Water-related technology research landscape in India: Current status and perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Deep Jyoti Francis --- , Anup Kumar Das --- ,While seventy-one per cent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, equitable access to safe and drinking water remains a challenge across countries. Especially developing countries, like India, have been identified as water-stressed. In India, various institutions are participating... -
A review of research about the psychology of hospitality management in three leading hospitality journals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ran Zhang --- , The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- , The NetherlandsThis article reviewed research articles published in three leading hospitality journals — Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, International Journal of Hospitality Management and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. Sixty published issues (20 issues per journal) with a total of 539 articles... -
Co-producing knowledge and care in team-based fieldwork in the Covid-19 era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Comfort Asante --- , Zambia Sarah Burack --- , United States Mutale Chileshe --- , Zambia Jean Hunleth --- , United StatesIn this article, we examine how the pandemic has led us to a dispersed and technologically mediated form of team-based fieldwork framed by an ethics of care. Covid-19 has changed the proximity of research teams and, thus, affected how teams... -
A hermeneutic-phenomenological analysis of teachers’ learning experiences through the observation of a professional basketball coach’s coaching session
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Naoki Matsuyama --- , JapanIn this study, the learning experiences of four elementary school teachers who were basketball coaches were explored. Specifically, the learning experiences gained through observing professional basketball coaches’ sessions were examined by employing van Manen’s hermeneutic-phenomenological approach, which focuses on the... -
The use of paintings and sketches as scientific knowledge
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Knut Ove Æsøy --- , Norway Trine Sofie Dybvikstrand --- , NorwayThis article is written in the field of the philosophy of science. The aim is to express how painting and drawing can be used as part of a phenomenological research method. The painter or drawer is a visual researcher in... -
The potential effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) roll-out on sexual-risk behaviour among adolescents and young people in East and southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata --- , Uganda Richard Muhumuza --- , Uganda Lynda Stranix-Chibanda --- , Zimbabwe Teacler Nematadzira --- , Zimbabwe Nadia Ahmed --- , South Africa Stefanie Hornschuh --- , South Africa Janan Janine Dietrich --- , South Africa Gugulethu Tshabalala --- , South Africa Millicent Atujuna --- , South Africa Denis Ndekezi --- , Uganda Phiona Nalubega --- , Uganda Esther Awino --- , Uganda Helen A Weiss --- , United Kingdom Julie Fox --- , United Kingdom Janet Seeley --- , UgandaPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV-prevention strategy recommended for those at high-risk of infection, including adolescents and young people (AYP). We explored how PrEP roll-out could influence sexual risk behaviour among AYP in East and southern Africa. Twenty-four group discussions... -
Perspectives on academic mentorship, research collaborations, career advice and work–life balance: a masterclass conversation with Professor Salim Abdool Karim
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Faheema Kimmie-Dhansay --- , South Africa Jawaya Shea --- , Seyi Amosun --- , South Africa Xan Swart --- , South Africa Lehana Thabane --- , CanadaMentorship and collaboration are fundamental to ensure success in research, particularly health research. In this article, we summarise a conversation between the Master’s in Biostatistics students at Stellenbosch University and Professor Salim Abdool Karim, the head of the Centre for... -
Exploring educators’ and support staffs’ experiences regarding crises containment management in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monique de Klerk --- , South Africa Werner de Klerk --- , South AfricaThis qualitative interpretive description research study aimed to explore, interpret, and describe educators’ and support staffs’ experiences regarding the management of crises in their schools in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Informant educators (n = 7) and support staff... -
The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bill Buenar Puplampu --- , Ghana Stella Nkomo --- , South Africa Yvonne du Plessis --- , South Africa Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe --- , Uganda Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe --- , Zimbabwe Juliana Namada --- , Kenya Kemi Ogunyemi --- , Nigeria Juliet Thondhlana --- , UK Inusah Abdul-Nasiru --- , Ghana Añulika Agina --- , Nigeria Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah --- , Ghana Rosemary Danesi --- , Nigeria Justice Gameli Djokoto --- , Ghana Denise Diana Duncan --- , Ghana Joseph Lekunze --- , South Africa Simon McGrath --- , UK Joyce Ndegwa --- , Kenya Nancy Ngowa --- , Kenya Michael Ofori Ntow --- , Ghana Emily Ayieta Ondondo --- , Kenya Ravinder Rena --- , South Africa Maxwell Sandada --- , ZimbabweExisting research attributes the problem of weak research productivity of academics in African universities primarily to institutional resource poverty and inadequate research skills. However, there has been little attention to research cultures and the role of leaders in fostering productive... -
The Delphi technique: a tutorial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Victoria Naisola-Ruiter --- , The NetherlandsThe Delphi technique is a recognised research technique designed as a futures-oriented methodology that gathers data by engaging a panel of experts to make judgements on a specific real-world issue. The technique enables the researcher to interact with key stakeholders... -
Design and development of Machinga mobile trading application: A participatory and design science research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joel Rumanyika --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Mikko Apiola --- University of Turku, Finland Nasibu Rajabu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Solomon Sunday Oyelere --- Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Matti Tedre --- University of Eastern Finland, FinlandIn Tanzania, street traders face the challenge of limited markets caused by employing weak marketing and promotion strategies. This study developed a mobile application to solve the problem addressed using participatory design. Qualitative data were collected using focus group discussions... -
Metabarcoding of zooplankton confirms southwards dispersal of decapod crustacean species in the western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Govender --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa JC Groeneveld --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa SP Singh --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa S Willows-Munro --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMetabarcoding to determine marine zooplankton species composition is a fast-developing method, yet to be fully standardised. DNA barcode reference libraries that link species to barcode sequences remain incomplete, taxonomically imprecise, and biased towards well-studied regions. We used metabarcoding to determine... -
Using research and development indicators to shape innovation in Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: M. Madhou --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, Mauritius S. B. Moosun --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, Mauritius D. Naginlal-Modi Nagowah --- Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, MauritiusResearch and Development (R&D) measurements are widely used in the formulation of evidence-based policies to boost a country’s innovation performance. This paper showcases how traditional (Expenditure and Number of Researchers) and country specific R&D data were used for the first... -
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 AfricaScientific 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... -
Guidelines for conducting rapid reviews in psychology research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ryan Evan du Toit --- North-West University, South Africa Werner de Klerk --- North-West University, South AfricaVarious guidelines are available to conduct rapid reviews. However, inconsistencies regarding the methodological practices are prevalent. Following a literature review process, the following databases were searched for guidelines on conducting rapid reviews in psychology: Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Cochrane Database... -
Factors affecting the innovation ecosystem in public universities in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abebaw Abibo --- University of Gondar, Ethiopia Mammo Muchie --- Adjunct Professor in UOG, Ethiopia Zerayehu Sime --- Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia Wondemhunegn Ezezew --- University of Gondar, EthiopiaUniversities are now at the centre of the knowledge economy, and they do innovate, but Ethiopian universities have not done much of it. The overall goal of this paper is thus to investigate the innovative behaviour of Ethiopian public universities,... -
Life skills training as HIV/AIDS preventive strategy in secondary schools: evaluation of a large-scale implementation process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maretha J. Visser --- University of Pretoria,A life skills and HIV/AIDS education programme was implemented in secondary schools as a strategy to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS among school-going young people in South Africa. As part of a joint effort of the Departments of Health and... -
Translating research into policy: the case of orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Olive Shisana --- Human Sciences Research Council, Julia Louw --- University of the Western Cape,Policies are often developed without taking into account social science research findings and recommendations, despite the plethora of such research studies. This is largely because researchers and policy makers often work in isolation, yet if they worked synergistically they could... -
Perceptions of door-to-door HIV counselling and testing in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karen Kroeger --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Allan W Taylor --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Heather M Marlow --- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Douglas T Fleming --- Bristol-Myers Squib Company, USA Vanessa Beyleveld --- Premiere Personnel, Botswana Mary Grace Alwano --- CTS Global Inc., Mabel Tebogo Kejelepula --- Ministry of Health, Botswana Kentsenao Busang Chilume --- Botswana National AIDS Coordination Agency, Botswana Dawn K Smith --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Thierry Roels --- CDC's Division of Global HIV/Aids Programme, Peter Kilmarx --- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ZimbabwePrevalence of HIV infection in Botswana is among the highest in the world, at 23.9% of 15 – 49-year-olds. Most HIV testing is conducted in voluntary counselling and testing centres or medical settings. Improved access to testing is urgently needed... -
Social and cultural aspects of HIV and AIDS in West Africa: A narrative review of qualitative research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Helle Samuelsen [d133e18] Ole Norgaard Lise Rosendal OstergaardWith the increasing focus on the role of social aspects of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, the need for an overview of existing research dealing with such issues has become more urgent. The objective of this article is to... -
Researching to make a difference: Possibilities for social science research in the age of AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Naydene de Lange [d99e14]HIV and AIDS is recognized as one of the most devastating pandemics of sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa in particular, with adverse effect on individuals, families, schools, communities and society at large. Research is therefore required to provide a deeper... -
‘Checkmating HIV&AIDS’: Using chess to break the silence in the classroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Omar Esau [d110e14]In this article, I give an account of my ‘Checkmating HIV&AIDS’ action research project, which was an attempt to break the ‘culture of silence’ concerning HIV&AIDS and sex and sexuality in my classroom. In this project, I focused specifically on... -
‘Every teacher is a researcher!’: Creating indigenous epistemologies and practices for HIV prevention through values-based action research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Lesley Wood [d88e14]Since gender is an undisputed driver of HIV infection, teachers concerned with HIV prevention education should ideally encourage critical awareness of and culturally sensitive practices around gender inequalities. Many interventions and programmes have been developed for teachers to enable them... -
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... -
‘I thought if I marry the prophet I would not die’: The significance of religious affiliation on marriage, HIV testing, and reproductive health practices among young married women in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Denise Dion Hallfors --- , USA Bonita J. Iritani --- , USA Lei Zhang --- , USA Shane Hartman --- , USA Winnie K. Luseno --- , USA Elias Mpofu --- , , Australia Simbarashe Rusakaniko --- , , ZimbabweThis study examines the association between religious affiliation and reasons for marriage, perceived church attitudes, and reproductive health-seeking behaviors, including HIV testing, among young women in eastern rural Zimbabwe. The sample comprised women (N = 35) who had married by 2012 while... -
The Achilles’ heel of prevention to mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Protocol implementation, uptake, and sustainability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Violeta J. Rodriguez --- , , USA Richard P. LaCabe --- , , USA C. Kyle Privette --- , , USA K. Marie Douglass --- , USA Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Gladys Matseke --- , South Africa Audrey Mathebula --- , South Africa Shandir Ramlagan --- , South Africa Sibusiso Sifunda --- , South Africa Guillermo “Willy” Prado --- , USA Viviana Horigian --- , , USA Stephen M. Weiss --- , , USA Deborah L. Jones --- , , USAThe Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS proposed to reduce the vertical transmission of HIV from ∼72,200 to ∼8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers hinder the implementation of... -
Contemporary HIV/AIDS research: Insights from knowledge management theory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chris William Callaghan --- , , South AfricaKnowledge management as a field is concerned with the management of knowledge, including the management of knowledge in research processes. Knowledge management theory has the potential to support research into problems such as HIV, antibiotic resistance and others, particularly in... -
‘Why would you promote something that is less percent safer than a condom?’: Perspectives on partially effective HIV prevention technologies among key populations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Clara Rubincam --- , , Canada Peter A. Newman --- , , Canada Millicent Atujuna --- , , South Africa Linda-Gail Bekker --- , , South AfricaNew biomedical prevention technologies (NPTs) for HIV, including oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, and vaginal and rectal microbicides and HIV vaccines in development, may contribute substantially to controlling the HIV epidemic. However, their effectiveness is contingent on product acceptability and adherence. We... -
Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marie A. Brault --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sarah Christie --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sasha Aquino --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Abigail Rendin --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Amanda Manchia --- Project Last Mile, South Africa Leslie A. Curry --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Erika L. Linnander --- Yale School of Public Health, USAIn eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW demonstrate low demand for SRH services, further contributing... -
Forgetting to take HIV antiretroviral therapy: a qualitative exploration of medication adherence in the third decade of the HIV epidemic in the United States
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: R. Freeman --- , USA M. Gwadz --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA K. Francis --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USA E. Hoffeld --- New York University Silver School of Social Work, USAOptimal adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is challenging, and racial/ethnic disparities in adherence rates are substantial. The most common reason persons living with HIV (PLWH) give for missed ART doses is forgetting. We took a qualitative exploratory approach to... -
Roles and responsibilities of expert clients in adolescent HIV service delivery in Eswatini: a conventional content analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charisse V Ahmed --- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, USA Guy Weissinger --- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, USA Anne M Teitelman --- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, USA Ndumiso Sabelo Dlamini --- University Research Co., LLC, Eswatini Nontsikelelo Patience Dlamini --- University Research Co., LLC, Eswatini Thuthukile Cebsile Dlamini --- University Research Co., LLC, Eswatini Angel Nkambule --- University Research Co., LLC, Eswatini Siphesihle Nkambule --- University Research Co., LLC, Eswatini Bridgette M Rice --- Villanova University, USA Marianne Calnan --- University Research Co., LLC, EswatiniWe aimed to elucidate the specific roles and responsibilities of expert clients in service delivery among adolescents living with HIV in Eswatini, and to provide recommendations for enhancing adolescent service provision among expert clients and similar lay health workers throughout... -
The qualitative methodology: Preparedness and experiences of journal reviewers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz --- North-West University, South AfricaReviewers are the gatekeepers of knowledge dissemination and promote the scientific validity of research. However, the literature indicates that authors often receive questionable feedback on qualitative manuscripts. This qualitative descriptive study sought to explore the preparedness and experiences of reviewers... -
Google Scholar as a pointer to open full-text sources of research articles: A useful tool for researchers in regions with poor access to scientific literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vivek Kumar Singh --- Banaras Hindu University, India Satya Swarup Srichandan --- Banaras Hindu University, India Rajesh Piryani --- University of Tsukuba, Japan Anurag Kanaujia --- Banaras Hindu University, India Sujit Bhattacharya --- CSIR-NIScPR, IndiaThe access to knowledge is an important requirement for advancement of scientific and technological research and development of a country. Availability of resources is a crucial bottleneck for universities and colleges in developing countries. This leads to frequent use of... -
Deploying design science research in sparse resource settings: Some lessons from design projects in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Clifford Gomera --- College of Business Education (CBE), Tanzania Nasibu Rajabu Mramba --- College of Business Education (CBE), TanzaniaDesign science research (DSR) has become a well-accepted research paradigm in information system research. DSR aims at solving people’s obstacles by creating solutions and thus bringing about human development. In this paper, we present lessons learned from design projects conducted... -
Examining the continued intention of using the Ugunduzi app in farmer-led research of agro-ecological practices among smallholder farmers in selected areas, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Luambano Lawlence Kihoma --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Ayubu J. Churi --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Camilius A. Sanga --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Eugenio Tisselli --- Institute of Integrative Biology, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, SwitzerlandFarmer-led research of agro-ecological practices could support smallholder farmers in identifying the best-fit practices to improve crop production. A smartphone based app named Ugunduzi was developed purposefully to support farmers in their research activities. The purpose of this study was... -
Doing anthropology in uncertain contexts: patchwork ethnography in Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Maria Paula Meneses --- University of Coimbra, PortugalCovid-19 posed significant challenges to anthropological research as quarantines, travel restrictions and physical distance measures were introduced. In the Mozambican context, however, the pandemic added an additional critical level to previous crises (epidemics, extreme climate events, armed violence) which had... -
Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hao Yao --- Institute of Higher Education, Tongji University, China Qing Yu --- Soochow University, ChinaThis study examined the relationship between graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in that relationship. Participants were 1 210 Chinese graduate students from a large university in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai... -
Quantifying the tax compliance costs of individual taxpayers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Karen Stark --- University of South Africa, South Africa Sharon Smulders --- University of South Africa, South Africa Elza Odendaal --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThe aim of the study was to quantify the total tax compliance costs (TCC) of individual taxpayers in South Africa for the 2017 and 2018 years of assessment as no studies were found that comprehensively quantified these costs in South... -
The use of big data and analytics in external auditing: Does audit firm size matter? Evidence from a developing country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Ahmed S. Abdelwahed --- Cairo University, Egypt Ahmad A. Abu-Musa --- Tanta University, Egypt Hosam Moubarak --- Alexandria University, Egypt Hebatallah A. Badawy --- Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, EgyptPurpose: The aims of this research are to investigate the reasons for adopting big data (BD) and big data analytics (BDA), determine their extent of usage, and identify potential obstacles to their adoption in a developing country, Egypt. -
Innovation research in and on Africa: A literature analysis in 2015–2021
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- University of Turku, Finland John Ouma Mugabe --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaInnovation scholars disseminate their significant findings through international scientific journals. We conducted content analysis of 2,869 peer-reviewed articles on innovation in Africa, examining their origins, themes, collaborative networks, and scholarly influence. These articles, spanning the years 2015–2021, were curated from... -
Advancing methodological diversity in critical tourism, leisure and hospitality research: a thorough analysis in the African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wagnew Eshetie Tsegaw --- Bahir Dar University, EthiopiaWhile the African context provides a unique environment for critical tourism, leisure and hospitality research, it is still understudied by academia, mostly due to the small academic community and the high difficulty in obtaining data. This article explores and showcases... -
Performing multispecies studies in Southern Africa: historical legacies, marginalised subjects, reflexive positionalities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Paula Alexiou --- University of Cologne, Germany Julia Brekl --- University of Cologne, Germany Emilie Köhler --- University of Cologne, Germany Wisse van Engelen --- University of Cologne, GermanyMultispecies studies are known for tackling human exceptionalism. Whilst the field has seen a remarkable increase in popularity amongst scholars in the humanities and social sciences, critiques argue that it neglects inequalities and consequential differences amongst humans and between humans... -
To move or not? Tourists’ perceptions and management considerations of a beached whale carcass in a South African national park and marine protected area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MKS Smith --- , South Africa GS Penry --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa MM Mokhatla --- , South AfricaThe handling of beached cetacean carcasses requires social, legal, financial, ecological and logistical considerations. However, limited research on the topic hinders informed decision-making. A large humpback whale carcass that washed ashore at a South African marine protected area (MPA) provided... -
Using stakeholder knowledge to co-produce research priorities for a raptor species vulnerable to impacts of wind energy facilities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Megan Murgatroyd --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Samantha Ralston-Paton --- , South Africa Arjun Amar --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe global energy transition necessitates a rapid increase in infrastructure in developing countries, including for wind energy facilities (WEFs). Concerns arise regarding the negative impacts of WEFs on biodiversity, especially on birds of prey or raptors and other volant animals... -
A guiding framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation: Evidence from a developing country context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Franco Muleya --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Joseph Phiri --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Sambo Zulu --- Leeds Beckett University, UK Peter L. Simasiku --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Mercy Situtu --- Kitwe and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ZambiaPublic-private partnerships have long existed in literature, primarily in the construction sector. However, there is a paucity of research on the research and innovation ecosystem. This research aims to develop a framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation... -
Perceived barriers and enablers for consuming a diverse diet in women residing in resource-poor communities in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Samukelisiwe S Madlala --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Jillian Hill --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ernesta Kunneke --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Mieke Faber --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa -
Leveraging innovation and global value chains participation for industrialization: An agenda for research in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye Jegede --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis paper examines the intricate relationship between innovation and Global Value Chain (GVC) participation, with a focus on Africa's increased integration into global networks. The study underscores the importance of National Innovation Systems (NIS) in fostering technological advancements and highlights... -
Diversifying the industry’s customer base by developing dementia-friendly tourism destinations and tailored hospitality services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jun Wen --- Macau University of Science and Technology, China Qin Zhang --- Southwest Minzu University, China Danni Zheng --- Fudan University, China Fangli Hu --- Edith Cowan University, AustraliaDiversifying the hospitality industry’s customer base beyond typical healthy travellers will be important for the long-term viability and success of the industry. This viewpoint advocates for interdisciplinary efforts focusing on dementia and tourism to lay a solid foundation to create... -
Research in Hospitality Management: a retrospective and future views, and the case of padel sport
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sjoerd A. Gehrels --- Stenden University Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsHospitality is a phenomenon in society that has attracted a lot of attention in research over the past few decades. The Hotel Management School Leeuwarden (HMSL) is one of the colleges of the Dutch University of Applied Sciences (UAS) NHL-Stenden... -
Insight into the complexities of human nutrition and holistic health: the value of qualitative descriptive research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cornelia Potterie --- North-West University, South Africa Herculina S Kruger --- North-West University, South Africa Mieke Faber --- North-West University, South Africa Hannah Ricci --- North-West University, South AfricaSouth Africa’s nutrition transition, driven by a complex interplay of socio-ecological factors, has led to rapidly rising rates of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases. While quantitative methods offer important insights, they cannot fully capture these multifaceted issues. Qualitative descriptive research,... -
The mediating role of transformational leadership in the relationship between institutional pressures and collaboration with commercialization of university research output: A pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gregory Tweheyo --- Bustema University, Uganda Ernest Abaho --- Makerere University Business School, Uganda Anju M. Verma --- Texila American University, Guyana Ibrahim Musenze --- Bustema University, UgandaThe purpose of this study is to lay emphasis on Uganda’s universities in light of the examination of how institutional pressures and collaboration influence the commercialization of university research output with the mediating role of transformational leadership. Data were collected... -
Patent-paper citations: A window into the technological impact of Tunisian research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ridha Mhamdi --- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, TunisiaThis study constitutes the first report evaluating research performance at a national level by analyzing literature references cited in patents. The objective is to quantify the technological impact of the Tunisian research through patent-paper citations. Using the SciVal research analytics... -
An investigation into the innovation-economic growth nexus in Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Harris Neeliah --- Independent Researcher, Mauritius Boopen Seetanah --- University of Mauritius, Mauritius Lomendra Vencataya --- University of Mauritius, MauritiusThis paper extends the existing strand of research, delving into the link between innovation and economic growth for the small island developing state of Mauritius. The innovation-growth relationship is analyzed within a multivariate endogenous growth model, spanning the period 1970... -
A mixed-methods study on human-frog interactions in Nature's Valley, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Tiaan P Botha --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Jeanne Tarrant --- Anura Africa, South Africa Hendri Coetzee --- Nature’s Valley Trust, South AfricaDespite their ecological significance, frogs receive far less public support and funding for research and conservation than that afforded to more charismatic animals. An emerging perspective suggests that conservation success is dependent on understanding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural aspects... -
Biases in vulture conservation literature in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Joseph K Daniels --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Samuel E Tamekloe --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Kweku A Monney --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Justus P Deikumah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaSince the turn of the century, most vulture species have been experiencing dramatic population declines worldwide, prompting extensive research and conservation initiatives. We investigated research efforts on African vultures by searching for publications from the year 2000 to the present... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated... -
Three decades of research on olive mill waste: A patent citation analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ridha Mhamdi --- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, TunisiaThis paper investigates the technological impact of research on olive mill wastes (OMW) by analyzing patent citations. Using a dataset of 2448 publications from Scopus, we identified 151 papers cited by patents. The results show a moderate correlation between academic... -
Species-specific wood volume growth models outperform unified model across eucalypt species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Emanuel Ferrari do Nascimento --- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil João Amaro Ferreira Vieira Netto --- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil Marco Antônio Peixoto --- University of Florida, USA Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro --- Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil Paulo Eduardo Teodoro --- Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil Leonardo Lopes Bhering --- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), BrazilForest ecosystems play an essential role in maintaining biodiversity and mitigating global warming. Intensively managed forest plantations represent a major raw material source for pulp, timber and paper industries. The objective of this study was to apply the model identity... -
Macro-level determinants of research output in Nigerian knowledge institutions: A case study of ICT researchers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bolanle A. Adewusi --- , Canada Oluseye Jegede --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study explores the factors that influence ICT research productivity across Nigerian universities and government research agencies. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research combines conceptual analysis with quantitative techniques, drawing on the PESTLE model, the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, and the Triple... -
Access to PrEP for cis and transgender women: Developing and implementing a community-based intervention adapted to populations exposed to HIV in Mali, Morocco, and Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mustapha Sodqi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Amal Ben moussa --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Rosemary Delabre --- , France Rime Barrakad --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Luis Sagaon Teyssier --- Aix-Marseille University, France Niloufer Khodabocus --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Sofia Fathi --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Fodié Diallo --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Patrice Monvoisin --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Bintou Keita Dembele --- ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Annette Treebhoobun --- Lutte contre le SIDA, Mauritius Naoual Laaziz --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Lahoucine Ouarsas --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, Morocco Daniela Rojas Castro --- , France Mehdi Karkouri --- Association de Lutte Contre le Sida, MoroccoBackground: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention approach, but its uptake among women, particularly those in key populations, remains limited. -
Do higher education institutes lay a foundation for sustainability education? Perspectives from tourism and hospitality undergraduates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Janith Iddawala --- NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka Mohamed Shaja Mohamed Musthaffa --- NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka Chandima Gayan Yapa --- Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) Business School, Sri LankaEducation for sustainable development has transformed from a discretionary to an essential element of consideration in higher education institutes. Nonetheless, limited attempts have been made to uncover the effectiveness and importance of such efforts in research scholarship, particularly in the...
