Human and Social Capabilities
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A central concern for this division is to focus on human beings and their development in the face of the social realities of poverty and unemployment, and inequalities of class, race and gender. In particular, this work will actively explore the ways in which agency, attitudes, aspirations, capabilities and other psychosocial factors reinforce or liberate people from the constraints imposed by their social environments.
The division comprises two programmatic approaches namely:
As well as:
- The Centre for Community-based Research, and
- Impact and Research Development
Related Media:
SABSSM jobs April 2021Many South Africans Are Living With Undetected TB, Survey FindsMkhize encourages South Africans to use TB Health Check App for screeningMost people with TB don't seek treatment, HSRC survey finds - The Mail & GuardianNew survey shows South Africa has a long way to go in TB fight
Related HSRC in the News:
SABSSM jobs April 2021 (9 April 2021) | Many South Africans Are Living With Undetected TB, Survey Finds (8 February 2021) | Mkhize encourages South Africans to use TB Health Check App for screening (8 February 2021) | Most people with TB don't seek treatment, HSRC survey finds - The Mail & Guardian (8 February 2021) | New survey shows South Africa has a long way to go in TB fight (8 February 2021) |
Related Events:
TB Prevalence Survey findingsTHE IMPACT OF THE PRO-FAMILY MOVEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA School's Out: Linking Schools to Sexual Reproductive Health Support and ServicesIs COVID-19 threatening breastfeeding and early childhood development?
Related Projects:
COVID 19 DO ART: Demonstration of community-based HIV treatment to implement and evaluate a comprehensive community-based antiretroviral therapy delivery model.SABSSM VI proposed embedded SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence StudyUnderstanding the Demographic, Health, Psycho-Social and Economic Implications of COVID-19 on Older Persons in South AfricaDevelopment of a policy brief for transgender women in HIV/STI and TB.COVID vaccine hesitancy study in Ghana, India and South Africa
Related Research Outputs:
Health-care workers: the reluctant heroes?Viral life: Covid-19's destabilisation of our thinkingReframing the approach to heterosexual men in the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan AfricaSouth Africa's multilevel 'Shecession'HIV testing, knowledge and willingness to use PReP among partnered men who have sex with men in South Africa and Namibia