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| K PeltzerSummaryAffiliation: University of the North Country: South Africa Publications
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Brain fag symptoms in rural South African secondary school pupilsK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 83:1187-96. 1998..The findings are discussed in relation to the nature of brain fag symptoms, precipitating factors, and socioeconomic status...- AIDS awareness of secondary school pupils in the northern province of South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, South Africa
Psychol Rep 83:955-8. 1998..quot; Analysis of variance indicated no relationships for sex, age, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status with correct answers... - Factors affecting condom use among senior secondary school pupils in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Cent Afr J Med 46:302-8. 2000.... - Smokeless tobacco use among urban white and black South AfricansK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 85:933-4. 1999..Although a majority acknowledged negative effects of snuff use on their health and its addictive character, 42% either do not believe or do not know that snuff contains nicotine and causes cancer... - Knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS of a sample of school teachers in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 87:1065-6. 2000..Pearson product-moment correlations of .3 and .6 suggested weak association of knowledge about transmission and general knowledge with a supportive attitude... - Minor psychiatric morbidity in South African secondary school pupilsK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, South Africa
Psychol Rep 85:397-402. 1999..6% of the pupils had a possible clinically significant psychological disorder. Contributing factors identified were interpersonal, study, finance, illness, perceived stress, low self-efficacy, and low religious orientation... - Gambling attitudes among black South African university studentsK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 86:957-62. 2000..8 yr., SD = 3.9). Analysis showed that men held more positive attitudes than women did towards gambling. Positive attitudes toward gambling were related to individual differences in risk-taking, liberalism, and course of study... - Perception of illness among secondary school pupils in South Africa: malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholismK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 88:847-8. 2001.... - Tobacco use among black South African university students: attitudes, risk awareness and health locus of controlK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North
Curationis 24:4-8. 2001..CONCLUSION: For about 9% of the male students investigated, a high risk exists to become regular tobacco users for the next 30 years... - Perceptions of interventions for child sexual abuse in an urban South African sampleK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 88:857-60. 2001..Participants supported prosecuting offenders and longer prison sentences and did not favour leniency for first-time offenders. They further believed children, the family, and even less the offenders should receive treatment... - Opinion on AIDS prevention and education among rural secondary school pupils in the northern province of South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 87:593-5. 2000..75), 'knowledge of self-protection' (.68), 'how AIDS/HIV affects the body' (.66), and 'alcohol and sexual behaviour'. These findings should contribute to the development of health promotion initiatives directed at AIDS/HIV... - Substance use among urban and rural secondary school pupils in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 87:582-4. 2000..The three most predominantly used substances were alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis. Urban and rural differences in substances used were found... - Factors affecting behaviors that address HIV risk among senior secondary school pupils in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 89:51-6. 2001..It is suggested that these predictors should be included in intervention programs for HIV prevention... - Traumatic experiencing and post traumatic psychological symptoms in South African University studentsK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, South Africa
Cent Afr J Med 44:280-3. 1998..Traumatized and nontraumatized subjects were compared on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression and anxiety. In addition, gender differences, socio-economic and family background were studied... - Attitudes towards handicaps in South African and Indian university studentsK Peltzer
Health Behavior Research Unit, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 89:216. 2001..327 first-year students in South Africa showed a significantly more favourable attitude towards handicaps than 205 first-year Indian students... - Knowledge and practice of condom use among first year students at University of the North, South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North
Curationis 24:53-7. 2001..The most common reasons for not using a condom were 'I do not have the AIDS virus' and 'I thought I was safe' seems to indicate a low perceived susceptibility. Findings are discussed in view of condom promotion programmes... - Breast self-examination and cervical (Pap) smear test: attitudes and self-reported practices among South African womenK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Psychol Rep 89:27-32. 2001..Of the Black women 60.5% and 8.4% of White women had never had a cervical smear test. Logistic regression analysis indicated that attitudes were an independent predictor for these two tests... - Prevalence and patterns of child sexual abuse and victim-perpetrator relationship among secondary school students in the northern province (South Africa)S N Madu
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Arch Sex Behav 30:311-21. 2001..7%) perceived themselves as not sexually abused as a child, and many (50.2%) rated their childhood as "very happy." A call is made for more research, publicity, and campaigns in the area of child sexual abuse in the Province... - Concepts and treatment for diabetes among traditional and faith healers in the northern province, South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North
Curationis 24:42-7. 2001..The authors conclude that the concepts and treatment modalities for diabetes among traditional and faith healers should be taken note of by health workers while developing health education programmes in the Province... - Perceptions of epilepsy among black students at a university in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North
Curationis 24:62-7. 2001..Findings should be included in educational programmes for young adults... - Smokeless tobacco use among adults in the Northern Province of South Africa: qualitative data from focus groupsK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Subst Use Misuse 36:447-62. 2001..Generally, positive and medicinal effects were noted for snuff use. Most participants agreed that it is addictive, but only a few acknowledged the negative effects in terms of causing cancer... - Posttraumatic stress symptoms in a population of rural children in South AfricaK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Psychol Rep 85:646-50. 1999..71% had more than one score and 53% had more than four scores on the Reporting Questionnaire for Children. Posttraumatic stress symptoms were significantly related to age and experiences such as those mentioned above... - The prediction of condom use intention among South African university studentsS Mashegoane
Discipline of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of the North, Sovenga, Republic of South Africa
Psychol Rep 95:407-17. 2004..Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived self-efficacy were associated with female students' intention to use condoms. Implications for strategies of HIV/AIDS prevention are discussed... - Tobacco smoking in Black and White South AfricansK Peltzer
Department of Psychology, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
East Afr Med J 78:115-8. 2001..Stronger beliefs in the importance of not smoking, being female and lower age were identified as independent predictors among non-smokers than smokers... - HIV/AIDS/STI/TB knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaK Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council and University of Limpopo, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
AIDS Care 18:608-13. 2006..Randomized control trials are called for to test the effectiveness of traditional healing for HIV/AIDS, STI and TB prevention and care... - Characteristics of female sex workers and their HIV/AIDS/STI knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in semi-urban areas in South AfricaK Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council and University of KwaZulu-Natal
Curationis 27:4-11. 2004..One third were drinking alcohol daily, one quarter had had voluntary HIV tests, and three quarters had been exposed to HIV interventions. Findings are discussed and implications for HIV interventions outlined... - Black South African children's understanding of health and illness: colds, chicken pox, broken arms and AIDSK Peltzer
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Child Care Health Dev 29:385-93. 2003..To examine the understanding of both health and illness (colds, broken arms, chicken pox, AIDS) in the same black South African children.. - Nutrition knowledge and food choice among black students in South AfricaK Peltzer
Health Behaviour Research Unit, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Cent Afr J Med 48:4-8. 2002..To investigate the relationship between nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviour, and to assess the perceived influences on food selection among Black students in South Africa... - 'Brain fag' symptoms in apprentices in NigeriaO Morakinyo
Department of Mental Health, College of Health Sciences, Olufemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Psychopathology 35:362-6. 2002..The implications of these findings for two of the theories advanced for the pathogenesis of the brain fag syndrome were discussed... - Factors affecting behaviours that address HIV risk among black and white South AfricansK Peltzer
Health Behaviour Research Unit, University of the North
Curationis 25:19-22. 2002..HIV prevention intervention programmes should include the identified factors and cultural diversity... - Utilization of delivery services in the context of prevention of HIV from mother-to-child (PMTCT) in a rural community, South AfricaK Peltzer
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Private Bag X41, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Curationis 29:54-61. 2006..HIV knowledge, HIV testing behaviour and attitudes were found to be not associated with the delivery option... - New approaches, new activities and new outcomes in international conferences on HIV/AIDS in Africa--report of the 3rd African Conference on the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Dakar, 10-14 October 2005C I Niang
Human Sciences Research Council, 69-83 Plein Street, Cape Town, South Africa
SAHARA J 3:424-49. 2006..The conference offered food for thought around response construction while singling out the themes of urgency and acceleration of response, synergy construction, and coordination and conception of political responses... - Report and policy brief: 2nd Annual Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research, Cape Town, 9-12 May 2004S Kleintjes
SAHARA J 1:62-77. 2004 - Perceived HIV/AIDS impact among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South AfricaN Phaswana-Mafuya
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
SAHARA J 2:277-85. 2005..The results of the study showed that HIV/AIDS impacts negatively on duties at work, lowers staff morale and increases staff workload... - Training primary care nurses to conduct alcohol screening and brief interventions in South AfricaK Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council and University Limpopo, Cape Town, South Africa
Curationis 29:16-21. 2006..When delivered in the context of a comprehensive SBI implementation programme, this training is effective in changing providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practice of SBI for at-risk drinking... - Community perception of quality of (primary) health care services in a rural area of Limpopo Province, South Africa: a qualitative studyT A B Mashego
University of Limpopo
Curationis 28:13-21. 2005.... - Evaluation of HIV counselling and testing, self-disclosure, social support and sexual behaviour change among a rural sample of HIV reactive patients in South AfricaE Sethosa
Health Behaviour Research Unit, University of the North
Curationis 28:29-41. 2005..Social support was found to be significantly related to disclosure of HIV status, while counselling context and content and counselling satisfaction were not related with HIV disclosure... - Health beliefs and prescription medication compliance among diagnosed hypertension clinic attenders in a rural South African HospitalK Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council, University of the North
Curationis 27:15-23. 2004..Results are discussed in view of improving culturally sensitive compliance behaviour among hypertensive patients... - Knowledge and attitudes of primary care nurses and midwives towards health promotion in rural South AfricaK Peltzer
Health Behaviour Research Unit, University of the North
Curationis 24:46-51. 2001..3%) than knowledge about health promotion (33.3%). Finally, the study found that compliance with health promotion was seen as a problem but health counselling was nevertheless seen as cost effective... - Factors at first diagnosis of tuberculosis associated with compliance with the Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) in the Limpopo Province, South AfricaK Peltzer
Health Behaviour Research Unit, University of the North
Curationis 25:55-67. 2002.... - Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a rural primary care population in South AfricaK Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Psychol Rep 100:1115-20. 2007..8). A current indicative diagnosis of PTSD of 12.4% also compares with other studies; 19.9% among urban Xhosa primary care patients and 11.8% among American primary care patients...