Alan J. Flisher

TL;DR: Analysis of sub-scales of the CTC Youth Survey revealed that alcohol use was most strongly accounted for by the peer domain, tobacco use by the school domain, and marijuana useBy the peer and community domains.

TL;DR: There are significant relationships between many adolescent risk behaviours, even when the influence of other risk behaviours is taken into account, and the probability of adverse sequelae ofrisk behaviours, such as exposure to danger in getting home at night and sexual intercourse, is increased by the presence of selected other risk behaviors.

TL;DR: The consistency of the findings across studies highlights the increased risk for contracting HIV among methamphetamine users, and reinforces the importance of interventions addressing both methamphetamine use and unsafe sexual behaviour among young people and other sectors of the population.

TL;DR: Investigation of the impact of basic service reforms on households caring for a family member with a chronic mental disorder in Cape Town, South Africa indicates that factors associated with service reforms may increase the stress and burden experienced by households and in turn impact on the primary environment in which care is received.

TL;DR: Rates were lower in rural areas for behaviour involving motor vehicles, but there were no consistent urban-rural findings for violence-related behaviour.