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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Risk behaviours"”.
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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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Negotiating masculinities : studying risk behaviours associated with performances of 'coloured' masculinities
… was to study masculinity roles and associated risk behaviours amongst a group of marginalised 'coloured' men from two deprived communities, one urban and one rural, in Cape Town, South Africa. To achieve this aim, the research examined two broad questions. The first question asked: What levels …
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Stress, social support, and health risk behaviours as mediators of the forgiveness-health relation /
… roles of stress, social support, and health risk behaviours in the relationships between dispositional forgiveness and mental and physical health were examined. Participants were 748 undergraduate students (554 women, 194 men) entering their first year of studies at Brock University. …
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Survey of health-risk behaviours among learners in selected secondary schools of Thembisile Hani Municipality, Mpumalanga
Background: The health risk behaviors of adolescent and youth, and factors associated with their physical and mental wellbeing are still a concern contributing a large amount of harm to both themselves and to others. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of health risk …
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Assessment of the factors associated with HIV risk behaviours amongst women in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia
… was to assess the factors associated with HIV risk behaviours in women in Livingstone, Zambia. A cross-sectional analytical survey using a structured questionnaire was carried out in two sites in Livingstone, which were selected on the basis of differences in socio-economic status. Married …
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The prevalence of health risk behaviours among high school learners in the city of Maseru, Lesotho
… of its nature in Lesotho. Engagement in health risk behaviours is a public health concern, due to the consequences thereof. Concurrent engagement in risk behaviours has severe consequences on health and occupational abilities of the youth. The aim of the study was to establish and document the …
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The influence of sexual coercion at first sex on subsequent risk behaviours among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa
… whether sexual coercion at first sex predicts risk behaviours in a sample of school going adolescents by reviewing existing literature and examining a study of youth in Cape Town, South Africa. ... The systematic review appraised literature which aimed to assess the influence of sexual coercion …
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Knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours regarding sexually transmitted infections among learners at a selected high school in Collins Chabane Municipality
… was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours related to STIs among learners at a selected high school in Collins Chabane Municipality. A quantitative-descriptive study was carried among 2018 officially registered high school learners in Malamulele. Malamulele West was …
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A qualitative exploration of acute mental health inpatient staff’s experiences of working with high-risk behaviours, and the support they receive
… staff’s experiences of working with high-risk behaviours, and what support they receive following exposure to these incidents. Background: Staff working in acute mental health inpatient environments are frequently exposed to high-risk behaviours. Emerging research indicates this can leave …
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Health knowledge and health-risk behaviours among undergraduate students in the faculty of community and health sciences at a university in the Western Cape
Health-risk behaviours are major causes of global mortality and morbidity, and they can be as a result of poor health knowledge. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between health knowledge and health-risk behaviours among undergraduate students in the Faculty of …
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Exploring the relationship between performance-related pay and risk behaviours: the role of emotion and contextual evaluation in a case study of financial traders
… between performance-related pay (PRP) and risk behaviours. Despite the conspicuous debate on this topic, we still do not fully understand how, when and why PRP influences risk behaviours. Extant PRP literature has produced mixed and inconclusive findings, primarily because it narrowly …
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The Relationship Between Youth Risk-Taking Behaviour and Activity Engagement
Youth have been found to engage in various risk-taking behaviours at higher rates than any other age group. However, there is a lack of research on the division between adaptive and maladaptive risk behaviours among adolescents and emerging adults. Adaptive risk-taking behaviours may present youth …
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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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Exploring the relationship between sexual risk behaviours and HIV Status awareness among men in South Africa: analysis of data from the 2017 South African National house-based HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey
… globally, with men being a key population at risk due to risky sexual behaviours and lower HIV status awareness compared to women. This study explored the relationships between sexual risk behaviours and HIV status awareness among 1,630 sexually active South African men (≥15 years, median age …
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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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HIV risk perception, actual HIV risk, sexual risk behaviours, and oral PrEP continuation at the 1-month follow-up in pregnant women not living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: A mediation analysis
… at the 1- month follow-up and the role of HIV risk perception and actual HIV risk in motivating oral PrEP continuation in pregnant women. Data from a cohort of pregnant and postpartum women without HIV in Cape Town, South Africa (PrEP-PP), were analysed using logistic regression models and …
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Exploring Contemporary Risk-Taking in Canadian Adolescents
This thesis explored contemporary risk-taking within the Canadian adolescent population. It involved two quantitative studies and one qualitative study. Quantitatively, it involved a psychometric analysis to develop and validate new adolescent risk-taking scales focused on engagement in …
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Applying evolutionary principles to the obesity problem and other issues in public health
… to better understand dietary and other health risk behaviours by considering the influence of evolutionary behavioural strategies, while controlling for other determinants of health risk behaviours, including childhood experience and socioeconomic variables. In the first study, young adults …
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The psychology of physical risk taking behaviour
This study investigates the psychology of risk taking, and in particular the personality profiles associated with different physical risk taking behaviours. It was hypothesised that there may be three fundamental approaches to risk: 'Risk avoiders' avoid activities they perceive to contain risk, …
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