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Download full textAzzi-Lessing, Lenette; Schmidt, Kim – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: This article examines the development of early childhood development (ECD) home-visiting services in South Africa. Aim: To examine the factors that could support the success of home-visiting programmes as well as to explore the experiences of bachelor's-level home visitors rendering such services. Setting: This study was conducted in…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Child Development, Program Effectiveness, Poverty
Disempowerment and Psychological Distress in the Lives of Young People in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Direct linkNduna, Mzikazi; Jewkes, Rachel – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
A qualitative study was conducted in Butterworth, in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, to explore sources of distress for young people. Semi-structured, individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 men and 24 women aged 16-22 years. The findings revealed interconnections between structural factors such as death, poverty,…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Child Abuse, Females, Substance Abuse
Peer reviewedRickards, Jinny – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Addresses the topics of young children's survival, protection, and development in South Africa. Drawing from the findings of an analysis of the situation of women and children in South Africa, discusses children's health and children's rights, and offers suggestions for protecting children. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedLe Roux, Johann – Adolescence, 1996
Findings from interviews of street children in Pretoria, South Africa, are presented, discussed, and compared with past research. Indicates the average age of South African street children is 13 years. Most are males of African origin; have been on the streets three years or longer; and cited family violence, parental alcoholism, abuse, and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Peer reviewedSewpaul, Vishanthie – Child Welfare, 2001
Examines intervention models addressing the welfare of abused and neglected children and those affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Notes larger, government-sponsored interventions and innovative local programs working with at-risk children, including the National Strategy on Child Abuse and Neglect, the Gauteng Programme of Action for Children,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Peer reviewedle Roux, Johann; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia – Adolescence, 1998
The police, court officials, social workers, and the public in general perceive street children negatively: their behavior is deemed deviant. This paper examines the concept of deviance as a label placed on the powerless by those in positions of power. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse
Benninger-Budel, Carin – 2000
This report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child contains observations of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) concerning the application of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child by the nation of South Africa. Noting that the Convention is the only "mainstream" human rights instrument that…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Safety, Child Welfare
