Research data
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: DEPRESSION
2021 What does social support sound like?: challenges and opportunities for using passive episodic audio collection to assess the social environment
In qualitative interviews, mothers described a range of positive and negative social interactions and the sounds that accompanied these. Pot...
Download this report2021 Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability
Passive sensor data from mobile devices can shed light on daily activities, social behavior, and maternal-child interactions to improve mate...
Download this report2021 Vision loss, vision difficulty and psychological distress in South Africa: results from SANHANES-1
Psychological distress in vision impairments and blindness is a complex issue and a major public health concern. Sudden adjustments in routi...
Download this report2021 Influence of male partners on HIV disclosure among South African women in a cluster randomized PMTCT intervention
Disclosure of HIV serostatus is beneficial for women, their partners, and their infants as it enables women to actively participate in preve...