Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic yet preventable events
that occur in childhood (0–17 years) and include exposure to neglect, abuse, and …

Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic
in South Africa.'DREAMS'aims to reduce HIV incidence through multi-level combination …

Increasing numbers of perinatally HIV (PHIV+)-infected youth are surviving into adulthood
with better access to treatment. However, few studies examine positive outcomes in the face …

Cognitive delay has been recorded in children infected and affected by HIV. This finding is
well established, yet few countries report provision of special educational interventions for …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), adolescent girls and young women are
three times more likely than boys to have depressive disorders. Understanding adolescents' …

The resilience of children and youth is an increasingly important area of research. Young
people growing up in distressed communities, characterized by poverty, crime and family …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 social control measures (eg physical distancing and lockdowns) can
have both immediate (social isolation, loneliness, anxiety, stress) and long-term effects …

Background Physical and emotional abuse of children is a large scale problem in South
Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. Although chronic household illness has …

The 2011 edition of the South African Health Review noted the historic release of the Green
Paper on National Health Insurance (NHI) that year, and predicted that" accurate data on …

Abstract South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) lecturers
and student development practitioners are not sufficiently equipped to address psycho …