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Research data: YOUTH
2019 Making a new South African learner: an analysis of the South African schools act
This paper interrogates the relationship between South Africa's most important piece of educational policy, the South African Schools Act (S...
2019 Mobile sexual health services for adolescents: investigating the acceptability of youth-directed mobile clinic services in Cape Town, South Africa
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is growing rapidly among South African adolescents and young adults (AYA). Although HIV coun...
2018 Pathways to violence propensity: results from a two-wave study of young males in urban South Africa
The aim of this study was to model pathways to violence propensity and violent behaviour among boys and young men in a high-violence communi...
2018 Drug use among youth and adults in a population-based survey in South Africa
Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of drug use and the sociodemographic ...
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