scholarly journals Impact of a mother–infant intervention in an indigent peri-urban South African context

2002 ◽  
Vol 180 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Cooper ◽  
Mireille Landman ◽  
Mark Tomlinson ◽  
Christopher Molteno ◽  
Leslie Swartz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Maternal Mood ◽  
Urban South ◽  
African Context ◽  
Controlled Evaluation

BackgroundA high rate of maternal depression and associated disturbance in the mother–infant relationship has been found in an indigent peri-urban South African community Khayelitsha. The question arises whether a community-based intervention could be beneficial.AimsTo train community workers to deliver an intervention to mothers and infants in Khayelitsha, and to compare mothers and infants receiving this intervention with a sample receiving no such intervention.MethodFour Khayelitsha women were trained in a mother-infant intervention, which they delivered to 32 women recruited in late pregnancy. At 6 months post-partum, maternal mood, the mother–infant relationship and infant growth were assessed. The findings were compared with a matched group of 32 mothers and infants.ResultsThere was no reliable impact of the intervention on maternal mood. However, compared with the comparison sample, the quality of mother – infant engagement was significantly more positive for those who had received the intervention.ConclusionsThe pilot study produced preliminary evidence of a benefit of a community-based mother – infant intervention delivered by trained, but otherwise unqualified, community workers, sufficient to warrant a formal controlled evaluation of this treatment.

scholarly journals Post-partum depression in a cohort of women from a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India

2002 ◽  
Vol 181 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mani Chandran ◽  
Prathap Tharyan ◽  
Jayaprakash Muliyil ◽  
Sulochana Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Adverse Life Events ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Post Partum Depression

BackgroundCommunity-based epidemiological data on post-partum depression from developing countries are scarce.AimsTo determine the incidence of and risk factors for developing post-partum depression in a cohort of women living in rural south India.MethodWe assessed 359 women in the last trimester of pregnancy and 6–12 weeks after delivery for depression and for putative risk factors.ResultsThe incidence of post-partum depression was 11% (95% CI 7.1–14.9). Low income, birth of a daughter when a son was desired, relationship difficulties with mother-in-law and parents, adverse life events during pregnancy and lack of physical help were risk factors for the onset of post-partum depression.ConclusionsDepression occurred as frequently during late pregnancy and after delivery as in developed countries, but there were cultural differences in risk factors. These findings have implications for policies regarding maternal and child-care programmes.

scholarly journals Integrating African Pentecostalism into the theological education of South African Universities: An urgent task

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mookgo S. Kgatle
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
High Rate ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The World ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Very High

African Pentecostalism continues to be a growing part of Christianity both in Africa and the rest of the world. Pentecostal churches in Africa are on the rise at a very high rate. However, theological education in South African universities does not reflect this reality, but continues to be of a western orientation. Therefore, there is an urgent need and demand for a theological education that will be relevant to Africa. It is an urgent need for African Pentecostalism to be integrated into the theological education of South African universities. This can be achieved by integrating African Pentecostalism into the curriculum, by decolonising Pentecostal research and by the emergence of critical African scholars that can address cutting-edge issues in a South African context. Thus, theological education in South African universities shall be a contextual and relevant one.

scholarly journals Reimagining Community Schools as Beacons of Hope and Possibility in the South African Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Damons ◽  
Avivit Cherrington
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban South ◽  
African Context ◽  
South African Education ◽  
And Function ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Schooling System

South African schools in poor communities are facing a crisis of inefficiency and inequality. The failure of the present education schooling system to address the needs of the majority of local communities requires a reimagining of the concept and function of schools. We posit that to adequately address the current education realities in the country, stakeholders in schools need to re-evaluate their role within communities, and how they can best serve these communities by opening up possibilities for a better future for all. Using findings from our respective studies with members of both rural and urban South African communities, we reflect on how fostering mutually beneficial partnerships between a school and its community can contribute towards the holistic development and well-being of all school stakeholders. The article advances an argument for the need to start a process of reimagining school as not only a space for pursuing academic outcomes for the learners, but as an evolving site of possibility of betterment of the community that it serves. As such, the aim of the article is to challenge the present deficit definitions of the “community school” in South African education discourses and to present a progressive reimagining of community schools. We further offer three propositions for enabling such community schools to become beacons of hope and possibility in socio-economically challenged South African communities.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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