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Male care-leavers' transfer of social skills from care into independent living in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
Residential child and youth care centres typically provide programmes to develop the social and life skills of the children in care, on the assumption that these skills will equip them for adult life. However, there is ...
The psychology of forgiveness and its importance in South Africa
(Sage, 2017)
The purpose of this qualitative review is to stimulate empirical research on forgiveness within South Africa (and other portions of Africa). The article explores a Western understanding of the psychology of forgiveness, ...
Associations between dietary salt, potassium and blood pressure in South African adults: WHO SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background & aims
In June 2016, South Africa implemented legislation mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of processed foods with a goal of reducing population salt intake and disease burden from hypertension. Our ...
The South African salt story: where are we and where are we heading?
(Karger, 2017)
Background and objectives:
The mortality and morbidity
burden caused by hypertension are preventable and therefore, efforts need to be taken to address this burden. Excess dietary sodium ...
Sodium content of foodstuffs included in the sodium reduction regulation of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)
As a first step in combating the high hypertension rate in South Africa, the Government has recently implemented a mandatory regulation (R.214) pertaining to the sodium content of foodstuffs with targets for 2016 and 2019. ...
Mental toughness in South African youth: relationships with forgivingness and attitudes towards risk
(Sage, 2017)
Young people are particularly vulnerable to health risk behaviors and interpersonal violence, stimulating scholars’ attention towards identifying factors that may reduce the likelihood that these actions will occur. ...
HIV stigma experiences and stigmatisation before and after a HIV stigma-reduction community “hub” intervention
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
This study sought to explore, describe and determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community “hub”
intervention would change the HIV stigma experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH) and the stigmatisation
by the ...