Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2307%2F3343168.pdf

Development as Freedom

OBJECTIVE — To systematically review the incidence of posttransplantation diabetes (PTD), risk factors for its development, prognostic implications, and optimal management. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — We searched databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and others) from inception to September 2000, reviewed bibliographies in reports retrieved, contacted transplantation experts, and reviewed specialty journals. Two reviewers independently determined report inclusion (original studies, in all languages, of PTD in adults with no history of diabetes before transplantation), assessed study methods, and extracted data using a standardized form. Meta-regression was used to explain between-study differences in incidence. RESULTS — Nineteen studies with 3,611 patients were included. The 12-month cumulative incidence of PTD is lower (10% in most studies) than it was 3 decades ago. The type of immunosuppression explained 74% of the variability in incidence (P 0.0004). Risk factors were patient age, nonwhite ethnicity, glucocorticoid treatment for rejection, and immunosuppression with high-dose cyclosporine and tacrolimus. PTD was associated with decreased graft and patient survival in earlier studies; later studies showed improved outcomes. Randomized trials of treatment regimens have not been conducted. CONCLUSIONS — Physicians should consider modification of immunosuppressive regimens to decrease the risk of PTD in high-risk transplant recipients. Randomized trials are needed to evaluate the use of oral glucose-lowering agents in transplant recipients, paying particular attention to interactions with immunosuppressive drugs. Diabetes Care 25:583–592, 2002

A systematic review of the literature

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(07)61238-0.pdf

No health without mental health.

There is debate about the future path that medical and psychiatric research in South Africa should take. In particular, there have been calls to make research more relevant to the needs of the population. There is, however, little systematically collected data on the nature, strengths, and flaws of past psychiatric research in this country.

https://scholar.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.1/74223/fourie_psychiatric_2001.pdf;sequence=1

Psychiatric research in South Africa : a systematic review of Medline publications

Children's mental health in Afghanistan.

The results of a study on drug/substance use and sexual behaviours are reported for 1 573 teenagers from a rural district of South Africa (males = 834; females = 692; mean age = 16.27 years and SD = 2.77 years). The teenagers reported on their drug/substance use, use of condoms, experience with anal sex and number of sexual partners. The analyses considered the prevalence of drug/substance use, condom use and anal sex within sexually-active cohorts and the prevalence of drug/substance use in a sexually-inactive cohort. Drug/substance use and non-use of condoms were more prevalent among the sexually-active than the sexually-inactive. Within the sexually-active cohort, those with multiple sexual partners were more likely to use drugs/substances or not to use condoms. Anal sex occurred in both males and females to a greater extent than could be attributed to chance. Keywords: prevalence, health-risk, partners, teenagers Journal of Psychology in Africa 2005, 15(1): 11–15

Correlates of Drug Use in Rural Africa: Drug/Substance Use and Sexual Behaviour in Mankweng District, South Africa

Opinion leaders are influential members of their social networks strategically selected for their ability to sway community norms. The aims of the study were to assess: 1) whether it is feasible to identify student opinion leaders (SOLs) and their social networks among Grade 11 students at two high schools in Cape Town South Africa; and 2) whether these opinion leaders would be willing to be involved in an HIV/AIDS prevention program in their school. The students (N = 412) completed semi-structured anonymous self-administered questionnaire. We conducted key informant interviews among the students and teachers. Students in both schools provided a wide range of characteristics that define social networks which were generally consistent with those that emerged in the key informant interviews. Using information from the survey and key informant interviews we indentified 44 and 42 SOLs at the two schools respectively. Of these all but two at each school were willing and available to participate in a HIV/AIDS prevention program. (authors)

The Identification of Student Opinion Leaders for An HIV Prevention Programme in Cape Town High Schools

The 1993 World Bank Development Report identified school-based interventions as one of the most cost-effective approaches to health and development (World Bank, 1993). Several arguments support this conclusion.

Alan J. Flisher

Papers

Psychiatric research in South Africa : a systematic review of Medline publications

Children's mental health in Afghanistan.

Correlates of Drug Use in Rural Africa: Drug/Substance Use and Sexual Behaviour in Mankweng District, South Africa

The Identification of Student Opinion Leaders for An HIV Prevention Programme in Cape Town High Schools

Intervening through the School System