Dr Tawanda Makusha
The Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS Phase Two Strategy
Review of fatherhood programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa towards the SU Hilton Foundation project titled, The Young Children Affected by HIV and....
White Paper on Families (2021)
Revision of White Paper on Families in South Africa (2021)....
Understanding impact of fathers engagement on early child development
Grant funds will be used over one year to understand the impact of fathers engagement on early child development....
South African Review & Analysis of individual, Social and Structural Drivers of HIV
20-029 South African Review & Analysis of individual, Social and Structural Drivers of HIV....
Welfare measures and the composition of the bottom decile: the example of gender and extreme poverty in South Africa
We examine the composition of the bottom decile in South Africa using three alternative measures of socio-economic status (SES): an asset index, house....
State of South Africa's fathers 2018
This is the ???rst issue of an evolving report, planned for publication every three years. It can be used in the development of policy and legislation....
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"I think it is right": a qualitative exploration of the acceptability and desired future use of oral swab and finger-prick HIV self-tests by lay users in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The uptake of HIV testing has increased in sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades. However, the proportion of people aware of their HIV status....
Evaluation of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's initiative on young children affected by HIV and AIDS: final report
With the goal of supporting young children living in high HIV and AIDS prevalence areas to better realize their cognitive, social and physical potenti....
Scoping shebeens and taverns in Walmer township: final research report
The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) is running a five year early crime and violence prevention project in Walmer Township, Port Elizabe....
Scoping early childhood development (ECD) services in Walmer township: final research report
The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) is running a five year early crime and violence prevention project in Walmer Township, Port Elizabe....
Gatekeeping and its impact on father involvement among black South Africans in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Involved and caring fatherhood contributes to the health and wellbeing of children, women and men. The corollary is also true - men, women and childre....
Exploring the impact of childhood abuse on HIV social and attitudinal factors among adults with and without this history in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043)
Using data from four sites in three African countries, this community randomized study examined the association between childhood sexual and/or physic....
What are the constraints and opportunities for HIVST scale-up in Africa?: evidence from Kenya, Malawi and South Africa
HIV self-testing (HIVST) has the potential to increase uptake of HIV testing among untested populations in sub-Saharan Africa and is on the brink of s....
The role of black fathers in the lives of children in South Africa
This article outlines what is known about fathers and fatherhood in South Africa, future research directions, and policy and program suggestions to pr....
Male attitudes towards children, fatherhood, and childrearing: a descriptive profile from South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
South African male attitudes towards children, fatherhood and childrearing remain an important topic for research and policy development given concern....
HIV risk behaviour among orphaned and non-orphaned female and male youths in South Africa
This paper explored HIV risk behaviour among orphaned and non-orphaned youth in South Africa using cross-sectional population-based household survey d....
Effects of a community intervention on HIV prevention behaviors among men who experienced childhood sexual or physical abuse in four African settings: findings from NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043)
There is increased focus on HIV prevention with African men who report experiencing childhood sexual (CSA) or physical abuse (CPA). The objective was ....
HIV self-testing could
South Africa bears the world's largest burden of HIV with over 6.4 million people living with the virus. The South African government's response to HI....
Is it lawful to offer HIV self-testing to children in South Africa?
Health-facility-based HIV counselling and testing does not capture all children and adolescents who are at risk of HIV infection. Self-testing involv....
"The good and the bad?": childhood experiences with fathers and their influence on women's expectations and men's experiences of fathering in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Using qualitative data from Project SIZE: a study that explores child and family well-being in the context of HIV/AIDS and poverty, we interviewed the....
Father involvement in young children's care and education in southern Africa
Conceptualizing father presence or absence in discreet terms masks the fluidity of men's involvement with children. It is necessary, in the case of Af....
Children's experiences of support received from men in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Studies of fathers' involvement in their children's are usually based on men's self-reports, women's appraisals or children's accounts of men's involv....
Children's learning in the diverse sociocultural context of South Africa
Children develop in several interlocking systems in the context of their family, and within the interaction of such settings as home, school, and chur....
Fatherhood and families
In this chapter, we examine fathers and father figures, and their changing roles in different cultural contexts; we draw attention to the notion of so....
Review article: the moral tensions of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
This article reviews four recent (post-2003) books written by authors living and working in Africa which explore the connection between morality and t....
The status of fatherhood and fathering in South Africa
Having an involved father at home can make a big difference in the life of a young child. For one thing, the household with a father in residence is ....
Non-resident black fathers in South Africa
South Africa has one of the highest rates of non-resident fathers in Africa, after Namibia, with only about a third of preschool children co-residing ....
Use of the ages and stages questionnaire adapted for South Africa and Zambia
There are few readily available, relatively easy to use and culturally adaptable developmental assessment tools for young children in southern Africa.....
Trends in HIV testing and associated factors among men in South Africa: evidence from 2005, 2008 and 2012 national population-based household surveys
In Sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa, uptake of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among men remains a major challenge. Fe....
Regarding baba: perceptions about father and fatherhood in South Africa
Globally the 'family' has been a significant and growing focus of study across a variety of disciplinary perspectives in humanities, social sciences a....
Zwakala Ndoda: a cluster and individually randomized trial aimed at improving testing, linkage, and adherence to treatment for hard-to reach men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Men in sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than women to get tested for HIV, less likely to present for treatment, less likely to be maintained in trea....
Reframing the approach to heterosexual men in the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Despite the body of evidence on heterosexual men's inequitable access to HIV prevention, testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART), and poorer viral su....
Intersectionality of cultural norms and sexual behaviours: a qualitative study of young black male students at a university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sexual risk behaviors that occur among young men are based on dominant notions and practices that prevail in cultural contexts. As such, understanding....
HIV prevalence and associated factors among men in South Africa 30 years into the epidemic: the fifth nationwide cross-sectional survey
We investigated HIV prevalence and associated factors among men- 15 years in South Africa using data from a 2017 nationwide cross-sectional survey. HI....
Narratives of young black men on barriers to health care and poor health care seeking behaviours at a university setting: a qualitative study
Institutions of higher learning provide education, training, independence and life-long skills for young people. However, for students to achieve thei....
Intersections between masculinities and sexual behaviors among young men at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The university period provides a critical developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood. During this period, young people establish patterns ....
The impact of HIV prevention interventions targeted at adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) on HIV incidence and other biomedical, behavioural, and structural outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Tremendous progress has been made in the global fight against HIV. However, the impact of HIV interventions among adolescent girls and young women is ....