Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Steyn Kotze, J. (2020) Viral (un) freedom in the era of Covid-19: it is all about openness and rapid response. (Paper presented at HSRC webinar: On democracy and authoritarianism: systems, ideologies, freedom and vulnerabilities in the era of COVID-19, 15 April).
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Download this reportPienaar, G. & Cosser, M. (2020) Report on a scoping study on the potential added value of the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) in South Africa: final report. (Commissioned by the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST), January).
The 2018 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) published a full list of key infrastructure projects and has promised greater transpare...
Sobane, K. & Lunga, W. (2020) Developing a targeted behavioural change communication strategy for a linguistically and culturally diverse community. In: Weingart, P., Joubert, M. & Falade, B. (eds).Science Communication in South Africa: reflections on current issues. Cape Town: African Minds. 73-95.
Social and behavioural change communication (SBCC) as a domain in health communication is increasingly being recognised as a valuable tool f...
Adams, R. & Adeleke, F. (2020) Protecting information rights in South Africa: the strategic oversight roles of the South African Human Rights Commission and the Information Regulator. International Data Privacy Law. January:Online.
Over the history of the recognition of information rights in South Africas Constitution, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), ...
Staunton, C., Adams, R., Anderson, D., Croxton, T., Kamuya, D., Munene, M. & Swanepoel, C. (2020) Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 and data protection for health research in South Africa. International Data Privacy Law. January:Online.
The right to privacy is constitutionally protected in South Africa (SA) by virtue of section 14 of the Constitution. As a corollary to that,...
Bosch, T., Luescher, T.M. & Makhubu, N. (2020) Twitter and student leadership in South Africa: the case of #FeesMustFall. In: Taras, D. & Davis, R. (eds).Power Shift?: political leadership and social media. New York: Routledge. 220-233.
With the rapid proliferation of social media around the world, social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly bec...
Kohrt, B.A., Rai, S., Vilakazi, K., Thapa, K., Bhardwaj, A. & Van Heerden, A. (2020) Procedures to select digital sensing technologies for passive data collection with children and their caregivers: qualitative cultural assessment in South Africa and Nepal. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 2(1):1-22.
Populations in low-resource settings with high childhood morbidity and mortality increasingly are being selected as beneficiaries for interv...
Louw, J.G., Olivier, L., Skeen, S., Van Heerden, A. & Tomlinson, M. (2020) Evaluation of a custom-developed computer game to improve executive functioning in 4- to 6-year-old children exposed to alcohol in utero: protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 8(10):1-11.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one of the most common causes of preventable intellectual disability, and the key associated defic...
Mchiza, Z.J-R., Parker, W-A., Sewpaul, R., Onagbiye, S.O. & Labadarios, D. (2020) Body image and the double burden of nutrition among South Africans from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds: SANHANES-1. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17:Online.
This study investigated the associations between underweight, obesity and body image (BI) among 15+ year-old South Africans with diverse soc...