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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Risk Behaviour"”.
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Leisure boredom and risk behaviour in adolescence
… research investigating leisure boredom and risk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa. The purpose of the research reported in this thesis was to investigate how adolescents experience leisure and boredom in their free time, and how this is associated with risk behaviour - specifically …
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An evaluation of a school-based intervention to reduce risk behaviour in adolescents
Risk-Avert is a school-based programme established by The Training Effect and Essex County Council with the aim of reducing risk behaviour and improving emotional health, resilience and self-efficacy in adolescents. Prior to beginning Risk-Avert adolescents complete the Risk-Avert Screening Tool to …
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Cardiovascular Risk Behaviour and Health Literacy among Patients with Cardiovascular Disease in Ethiopia
… significant gaps in knowledge of CVD and its risk factors among patients with CVD and in the general population. Despite the growing burden of CVD in developing countries, there is limited data available to improve awareness of this area. This study was conducted in two phases, and the overall …
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Predictors of sexual risk behaviour among adolescents from low socioeconomic settings in South Africa
… driven largely by new infections in adolescents. Behavioural change is key to successful prevention strategies. This study sets out to determine the prevalence and predictors of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents aged 12-18 from low socioeconomic settings in South Africa with the aim of …
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The epidemiology of risk behaviour of high-school students in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
… To document: (1) the prevalence of selected risk behaviours of high-school students in the Cape Peninsula; (2) whether the notion of a syndrome of adolescent risk behaviour is valid for this setting, and to investigate whether suicidal behaviour and behaviour exposing oneself to injury should …
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Self-Reported Racism, Transphobia, Their Intersection and Impact on Past-Year HIV Related Sexual Risk Behaviour
Background: Studies examining HIV prevalence and risk behaviors within trans subgroups have identified them as high risk. Yet few studies have addressed how discrimination impacts this prevalence. Minority stress theory suggests that there is a relationship between minority stress and HIV-related …
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Insights of urban and rural female youth regarding the nature and consequences of sexual risk behaviour
… Africa is dealing with the repercussions of risky sexual behaviour of female youth on a daily basis and these include: youth with STDs, teenage pregnancies, HIV infection, cervical cancer, abortion, and youth selling their bodies for money. All of these can lead to serious health risks. There …
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Determinants of sexual risk behaviour among HIV-infected individuals across different health service settings in Cape Town
Sexual risk behaviour is the underlying driving force of HIV transmission. The discovery and introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to significant changes in the treatment and management of HIV, the benefits of which manifest as reduced viral load and consequently attenuated morbidity …
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Learners exposure to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour : a study in a Western Cape high school
… to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour in and outside of a selected secondary school in the Western Cape. The study was exploratory and a self-report questionnaire - 'School Safety Survey' devised by Cornell and Loper of the Virginia University School Project, …
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Integrating Health Psychology into Hepatitis C treatment: a self-efficAcy intervention to reDuce injecting risk behAviour and hePatitis c reinfecTion rates (ADAPT)
… out to inform the latter two.<br/><br/>Injecting behaviour in people who inject drugs (PWID) is a significant risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Self-efficacy has been shown to be associated with injecting risk behaviour. The risk of HCV re-infection in people who inject drugs …
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The influence of family dynamics on adolescents deviant and sexual risk behaviour in a migration affected community in South Africa: an evidence for public health intervention
… has shown that adolescents engage in deviant and risky sexual behaviour, and such behaviour may have consequences for their present or future health. Likewise, it has been shown that adolescents are also known to conform to societal norms if they are given proper guidance. In the light of this, …
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A qualitative exploration of the perceived factors that influence alcohol consumption among South African girls and young women (AFYW) and the relationship with sexual risk behaviour
… increasingly problematic alcohol consumption behaviours. As alcohol is a key determinant of sexual risk behaviours, it increases AGYW's already disproportionate burden of potentially negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes. This paper reports on analysis of qualitative data from …
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An exploration of the determinants of sexual risk behaviour among adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years in South Africa: a sub-study of the 2019-2022 HERStory2 study
… girls and young women (AGYW) engage in sexual risk behaviours, such as unsafe sex and transactional and inter-generational sexual relationships. These behaviours lead to adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes, including HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancies, and forced sex. By …
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Risikoverhalten Jugendlicher im Kreis Heinsberg : eine detaillierte Auswertung der Jugendbefragung 2006
… analysis is to give a detailled overview of the risk-behaviour of young adolescents in the region of Heinsberg. Furthermore it is intended to point out a existing necessity of prevention and if possible, to give concrete proposals for prevention programs.EVALUATION: The analysis is based on the …
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Die verband van sportdeelname met gesondheidsrisikogedrag by adolessente in die Potchefstroomdistrik
Health risk behaviour is certainly one of the most crucial aspects in the life of the present-day adolescent. According to the literature a healthy lifestyle includes regular exercise, health meals, sufficient rest, recreation and managing stress successfully. Health behaviour activities therefore …
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Risk-Taking Behaviour and School Injury in Canadian Adolescents
… often result in serious consequences. Problem risk behaviours are known causes of injury and interventions have targeted these independent behaviours with modest success in the past. Although there is some research investigating relationships between risk behaviours, none have empirically …
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Linking community variables to parenting behaviours and youth risk behaviours
… monitoring, warmth, and knowledge) and to youth risk behavior (i.e., substance use and delinquency), measured both concurrently and one year after the assessment of parenting variables. The model builds on the work of Fletcher, Steinberg, and Williams-Wheeler (2004) but a) includes a more …
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Methamphetamine (tik) use, sexual risk, aggression and mental health among school going adolescents in Cape Town
… to investigate mental health problems and sexual risk behaviour related to methamphetamine use among adolescents. In addition the study aimed to establish whether methamphetamine use is associated with not continuing to attend high school. The results of the thesis are presented through five …
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The use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to explore how risk characteristics influence athletic pacing.
… athletic task has highlighted the importance of risk in sports. Athletes with lower perceptions of risk display relatively faster initial pacing strategies than higher risk perceivers, yet it is not understood how risk has this effect within individual athletes. This thesis is directed at gaining …
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