Magister Artium - MA (Psychology)

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    Beliefs and attitudes about tuberculosis causation and treatment in Africa: A systematic review
    (University of the Western Cape, 2021) Petersen, Carinne Annfred Lorraine; Mwaba, Kelvin
    Tuberculosis continues to affect a third of the world’s population annually. Globally, Africa constitutes more than 25% of tuberculosis-related deaths. The high incidence of HIV/AIDS in Africa is associated with the severe tuberculosis fatality figures. The aim of this study was to systematically review literature with methodological rigour on people’s beliefs and attitudes regarding tuberculosis causation and treatment in Africa. Ethical approval was obtained from the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee at the University of the Western Cape (Reference: BM19/5/1). A systematic search was conducted from the months of June 2019 to September 2019 and March 2020 to April 2020 as part of the initial data collection phase and the verification process, respectively. Index keywords were divided into two phases to identify literature on both the beliefs and attitudes (Phase 1: N = 5; Phase 2: N = 19, respectively) on the topic.
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    Systematic review: Burnout and occupational stress in higher education employees
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Samuels, Taahirah; Smith, Mario
    Research findings indicated that the higher education sector is progressively experiencing occupational stress and burnout. There are many factors that contribute to the increase in stress and burnout, such as transformational policies, student protests, issues of retention and throughput, internalisation and student mobility, funding challenges, massification, curricular changes informed by decolonisation, providing epistemological access, and contextual relevance. Continuous changes in the academic landscape and student protests have become a reality of the past two decades. As a result, higher education is considered more stressful as functions are performed in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment.