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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: CHILD CARE
2012 Maltreatment prevention and the ethic of care
Child maltreatment in the form of abuse and neglect is a common problem affecting the well-being and flourishing of children in South Africa...
2010 Shielding children from suffering
Sick children suffer greatly from pain and other symptoms, but we do not know enough about the needs of sick children and their families car...
2004 The development, implementation and evaluation of interventions for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe: A literature review of evidence-based interventions for home-based child-centred development
This review of literature provides an overview of evidence-based interventions for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) that focus on provi...
2003 Health care-seeking behaviour for child illnesses among rural mothers in South Africa: a pilot study
The aim of this study was to examine the health care-seeking behaviour of mothers when their children under five years suffer from common ch...