Use of traditional medicine versus use of the community-based primary health care clinic by the San community at Platfontein [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2010 Introduction: Working amongst a San community led to the observation that, despite the availability of modern healthcare, high mortality and morbidity associated with disease, such as dehydration, malnutrition and tuberculosis, still prevailed.
G. F. de Jager +2 more
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Knowledge and risk perception of sexually transmitted infections and relevant health care services among high school students in the Platfontein San community, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. [PDF]
Adolesc Health Med Ther, 2018 The historically marginalized Platfontein San youths have a high rate of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and perception of male and female school-going youths in Platfontein of STIs and HIV/AIDS, and the health care services that are available to them.A descriptive cross ...
Nyasulu P +3 more
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Cultural conflicts, dilemmas and disillusionment among the San communities at Platfontein
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014 This article examines the cultural conflicts, dilemmas and disillusionment among the San communities at Platfontein in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
G.T. Batha
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The San values of conflict prevention and avoidance in Platfontein
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2017 The aim of this article is to identify measures that can prevent violent conflict through the maintenance of traditional cultural values that guide conflict avoidance.
Nina Mollema
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Endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms of the San people at Platfontein
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014 The objective of this study was to explore the endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms and practices of the San people at Platfontein, South Africa. To this end, data were collected from 304 interviews and 26 focus group discussions. The collected data
M Y Gebregeorgis
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Socio-economic factors as causes and remedies for conflict of the San community in Platfontein
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014 The study examines the role of socio-economic factors in conflict in the San community of Platfontein. This article’s analysis is based on the primary data collected from individual interviews and focused group discussions conducted in 2013 and 2014.
H G Beyene
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The militarisation of the Platfontein San (!Xun and Khwe): The initial years 1966–1974
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014 The resettlement of 372 San (Bushmen) soldiers with dependents from 31/201 and 203 Battalions in Namibia to Schmidtsdrift in the Northern Cape during March 1990 was the last chapter in the process of militarisation of the !Xun and Khwe communities ...
A S van Wyk
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014 NO ABSTRACT ...
John Faris
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Liver is widely eaten by preschool children in the Northern Cape province of South Africa: Implications for routine vitamin A supplementation. [PDF]
Matern Child Nutr, 2020 Abstract Previous research has demonstrated a virtual absence of vitamin A deficiency and adequacy of vitamin A intake through consumption of liver in preschool children of a community in the Northern Cape province of South Africa where sheep farming is common, and liver, an exceptionally rich source of vitamin A, is frequently eaten.
van Stuijvenberg ME +4 more
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Social Work and Society, 2021 It is important to develop evidence-based, culturally sensitive interventions in low-and middle-income countries. Information is needed to implement such interventions with the San people living in Platfontein in the Northern Province of South Africa ...
Angela K. Louw, Izanette Van Schalkwyk
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