[PDF][PDF] Parenting, poverty and young people in South Africa: What are the connections

C Ward, T Makusha, R Bray - South African child gauge, 2015 - researchgate.net
Demography of South Africa's children on p. 102. Extended families can of course mitigate
the stresses of fragmented families: For instance, father figures need not be biological …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways from family disadvantage via abusive parenting and caregiver mental health to adolescent health risks in South Africa

F Meinck, LD Cluver, FM Orkin, C Kuo… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Adolescent health is a major concern in low-and middle-income countries, but little
is known about its predictors. Family disadvantage and abusive parenting may be important …

Exposure to violence predicts poor educational outcomes in young children in South Africa and Malawi

L Sherr, IS Hensels, S Skeen, M Tomlinson… - International …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Violence during childhood may affect short and long-term educational factors.
There is scant literature on younger children from resource poor settings. Methods This …

Health risk behaviour among adolescents living with HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

D Ssewanyana, PN Mwangala… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The burden of health risk behaviour (HRB) among adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV) in
sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is currently unknown. A systematic search for publications on …

Conditional cash transfers and the reduction in partner violence for young women: an investigation of causal pathways using evidence from a randomized experiment …

KN Kilburn, A Pettifor, JK Edwards… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Evidence has shown that the experience of violence by a partner has important
influences on women's risk of HIV acquisition. Using a randomized experiment in northeast …

Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: findings from South Africa's first prospective cohort study

F Meinck, LD Cluver, ME Boyes - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Physical and emotional abuse of children is a large scale problem in South
Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. Although chronic household illness has …

A qualitative exploration of the mental health and psychosocial contexts of HIV-positive adolescents in Tanzania

MK Ramaiya, KA Sullivan, K O'Donnell… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Although 85% of HIV-positive adolescents reside in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about
the psychosocial and mental health factors affecting their daily well-being. Identifying these …

Transactional sex among Nigerian university students: the role of family structure and family support

AI Ajayi, OD Somefun - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The reasons for the persistence of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents
and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa despite the increasing knowledge about the …

Impact of domestic care environment on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among orphans in western Kenya

L Atwoli, D Ayuku, J Hogan, J Koech, RC Vreeman… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care
environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic …

From 'sugar daddies' to 'sugar babies': exploring a pathway among age-disparate sexual relationships, condom use and adolescent pregnancy in South Africa

E Toska, LD Cluver, M Boyes, M Pantelic, C Kuo - Sexual health, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Background Adolescent pregnancy has been linked to adverse outcomes. Most studies
proposing risk pathways for adolescent pregnancy in South Africa are qualitative …