Leisure boredom and high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa.

Leisure Boredom and Substance Use Among High School Students in South Africa

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of leisure boredom, and investigate the relationship between leisure boredom, substance use and demographic variables among high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. 621 students from 39 high schools selected through a multistage cluster sampling procedure completed a questionnaire which measured substance use and demographic informat...

South Africa’s COVID-19 Alcohol Sales Ban: The Potential for Better Policy-Making

Title: Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A cross-sectional study Authors

Authors Landon Myer MA, MPhil, PhD Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Regina Mlobeli, BA, Hons Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Di Cooper, PhD Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health & Family Medici...

Predicting substance use behavior among South African adolescents: The role of leisure experiences across time.

Using seven waves of data, collected twice a year from the 8th through the 11th grades in a low-resource community in Cape Town, South Africa, we aimed to describe the developmental trends in three specific leisure experiences (leisure boredom, new leisure interests, and healthy leisure) and substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) behaviors and to investigate the ways in which change...

An Evaluation of the Role of an Intermediate Care Facility in the Continuum of Care in Western Cape, South Africa

Background A comprehensive primary healthcare (PHC) approach requires clear referral and continuity of care pathways. South Africa is a lower-middle income country (LMIC) that lacks data on the role of intermediate care (IC) services in the health system. This study described the model of service provision at one facility in Cape Town, including reason for admission, the mix of services and ski...