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With some exceptions, our work focuses on five inter-related programme areas – HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child health, public health nutrition, and non- communicable diseases – and three health systems areas which cut across all programmes – namely human resource development, health information systems and health promotion

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    Enablers and barriers to efective parenting within the frst 1000 days: an exploratory study of South African parents and primary caregivers in low socio-economic communities
    (2022) Adebiyi, Babatope O; Goldschmidt, Tessa; Benjamin, Fatiema; Sonn, Inge K
    Background: The frst 1000 days is the period between conception and a child’s second birthday. Globally, research on parenting is in an advanced stage, but parenting research focusing specifcally on parenting in this developmental phase is limited in South Africa. Therefore, this study explores the enablers and barriers to efective parenting within the frst 1000 days through the lens of parents and caregivers in low socio-economic communities. Methods: This study was conducted in communities in South Africa considered low socio-economic communities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. An exploratory qualitative research design explored the enablers and barriers to efective parenting within the frst 1000 days of life. Thirty participants were purposively selected and interviewed in this study. A semi-structured interview schedule was used for all interviews. The data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Two main categories emerged (efective parenting enablers and efective parenting barriers) during the data analysis. The main enablers of efective parenting within the frst 1000 days of life include a support system, healthy behaviours/environment, unemployment/job opportunities, religion, information/knowledge, and professional assistance. On the other hand, the main barriers to efective parenting were low socio-economic circumstances, environmental circumstances, lack of partner’s support, the negative impact of technology, and lack of access to services. Conclusion: Enablers that need to be promoted for efective parenting range from support systems to professional assistance for parents. Also, barriers that need to be removed for efective parenting range from low socio-economic circumstances to a lack of partner’s support for parents. This is because efective parenting is vital in improving developmental outcomes for children within the frst 1000 days of life. Therefore, there is a need to develop policies and interventions to promote efective parenting within the frst 1000 days in the communities.
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    Lessons learnt during covid-19 lockdown: A qualitative study of south african families
    (Elsevier, 2021-11) Donga, Gift T; Roman, Nicolette V; Adebiyi, Babatope O
    In a pandemic, such as COVID-19, with every single person struggling to deal with the unknown, it is often within the family that support is found but it is also within the family that circumstances, contexts and behaviours could further drive the pandemic and where they struggle to cope. This is novel research in the South African context with no known information regarding family life during and post the pandemic. This study, therefore, explores the lessons learnt during COVID-19 by South African families. A qualitative approach was employed to guide the gathering and analysis of the data. Data were collected from a sample of 31 family members above the age of 18 years from communities of the Western Cape Province and analysed through thematic analysis. According to the participants interviewed some of the significant lessons learnt from the lockdown include hygiene and health consciousness, appreciation for family, valuing life, self-introspection, less dependency, remote working, and financial savings. The realisation of such lessons even post-pandemic has the potential of strengthening families to be a resource of coping and resilience during very difficult times at the same time, contributing to greater physical, social, and economic functioning of families across South Africa.