Postcolonial Predicaments and Knowledge Production in South African Community Psychiatry

South African Psychiatry - charting a way forward.

The political context of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge in a South African township community.

The purpose of this study was to examine the presentation of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge within the political context of the South African government's response to the AIDS epidemic. It was during the 2000 - 2004 period that key government officials publicly challenged the orthodox views of HIV/AIDS, with the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, actively positing the primary role of pove...

Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward breast cancer screening in a rural South African community.

OBJECTIVES The study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and breast cancer screening practices amongst women aged 30-65 years residing in a rural South African community. METHOD A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional design was used and a systematic sampling technique was employed to select 150 participants. The questionnaire was pretested for validity and consistency. Ethical consideratio...

Knowledge about HIV in a Community Sample of Urban African Americans in the South

PURPOSE Race and HIV are intertwined in complex ways. African Americans, particularly those residing in the southern United States, are at great risk for contracting and subsequently transmitting HIV. Research on the extent to which members of this population understand the risks associated with engaging in specific behaviors is limited. This paper examines HIV knowledge among at-risk adult Afr...

efl learners collocational knowledge in writing and translation

این مطالعه به بررسی دانش همنشین های دانشجویان زبان انگلیسی فارسی زبان می پردازد. در ابتدا، ارتباط یین دانش عمومی زبان و دانش همنشین های زبان آموزان مورد بررسی قرار می گیرد. دومین هدف این مطالعه بررسی استراتژیهای مورد استفاده در ترجمه همنشین های انگلیسی به فارسی است. در نهایت، خطا های زبان آموزان در تولید و درک همنشین ها مورد آنالیز و بررسی قرار می گیرد. دویست و بیست هفت دانشجوی زبان در این مطال...