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Reflections on the Proposed Ndebele–Shona/Shona–Ndebele Dictionary [PDF]

open access: yesLexikos, 2011
<p>ABSTRACT: The master plan of the ALLEX Project includes a Ndebele–Shona/Shona–Ndebele dictionary in its proposed dictionary projects. Bilingual dictionaries are common in Zimbabwe, especially earlier ones with the language pairs English–Ndebele ...
Samukele Hadebe
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Cultural adaptation of the facial emotion perception test for use in Zimbabwe: A pilot study [PDF]

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry
Background: In African countries, including Zimbabwe, about half of those with depression respond to first-line therapies like problem-solving therapy. Predicting who needs more intensive treatment is challenging.
Denford Gudyanga   +10 more
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A randomised equivalence study of the EQ-5D-5L Shona versions: evaluation of measurement equivalence between digital and paper formats [PDF]

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes
Introduction Routine assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is essential. We evaluated measurement equivalence between the digital and paper versions of the Shona EQ-5D-5L and examined known-groups validity.
Jermaine M. Dambi   +8 more
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Prenatal opioid exposure, and health, social and educational outcomes for school-aged children: A systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yesAddiction
Abstract Background and aims Recent decades have seen a rise in the number of pregnancies exposed to opioids. Whilst evidence of the impact of such exposure on pregnancy and infant outcomes is fairly robust, the impact of prenatal opioid exposure (POE) on longer‐term outcomes for children and young people remains unclear.
Marryat L   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Motherhood and biosafety measures: Negotiating a compromise between traditional funeral customs and public health needs in Zimbabwe in the wake of COVID-19

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Since the origins of humanity, motherhood has remained a central cog around which human societies revolve. With motherhood, it is not just the ability to give birth but the unbounded love, tolerance, patience and presence associated with a mother that ...
Canisius Mwandayi
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Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Rape culture is reportedly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Culture, patriarchy, poverty and religion continue to sustain rape culture. The notions of the objectification of women’s bodies amongst the Shona people are causatives for rape culture within ...
Nomatter Sande, Sophia Chirongoma
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Reliability and validity of the Shona version of the Exercise Benefits and Barriers Scale in Zimbabwean adult people living with HIV/AIDS

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionDespite the widely known benefits of physical activity (PA), only 25% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) meet the WHO-recommended minimum PA levels.
Jermaine M. Dambi   +8 more
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Challenges and Strategies in Translating Chinese and English Prepositions into Standard Shona

open access: yesTranscUlturAl, 2017
The present study focuses on the challenges and strategies in translating Chinese or English prepositions into Shona. These two languages were chosen mainly because Chinese is becoming one of the most influential foreign language in Zimbabwe while ...
Herbert Mushangwe
doaj   +1 more source

A philosophical interpretation of the significance of oral forms in I. Mabasa’s novel Mapenzi (1999)

open access: yesLiterator, 2008
The article critically analyses the use of Shona oral art forms in I. Mabasa’s novel “Mapenzi” (“Mad people”/“Foolish people”). It departs from the realisation that the writer identifies with Shona people’s oral experiences in the form of songs, “bembera”
D.E. Mutasa, I. Mutawi
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