Safety and Peace Promotion Research Unit

Publications 2008

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Published Articles

1. Bowman B, Matzopoulos R, Butchart A, Mercy JA. The impact of violence on development in low- to middle-income countries. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2008; 15(4), 209–219. Abstract
2. Mabunda, M., Swart, L., & Seedat, M. (2008). Magnitude and categories of pedestrian fatalities in South Africa. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40, 586-593. Abstract
3. Matzopoulos R, Bowman B, Butchart A, Mercy JA. The impact of violence on health in low- to middle-income countries. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2008; 15(4): 177-187. Abstract
4. Matzopoulos, R., Myers, J.E., Bowman, B. & Mathews, S. (2008). Interpersonal violence: prioritising interventions. South African Medical Journal, 98(9), 682-690. Full Text
5. Matzopoulos, R., Myers, J.E. & Jobanputra, R. (2008). Road traffic injury: prioritising interventions. South African Medical Journal, 98(9), 692-696. Full Text
6. Matzopoulos, R., Myers, J.E., Butchart, A., Corrigall, J., Peden, M. & Naledi, T. (2008). Reducing the burden of injury: An intersectoral preventive approach is needed. South African Medical Journal, 98 (9), 703-705. Full Text
7. Odendaal, W., Marais, S., Munro, S. & Van Niekerk, A. (2008). When the trivial becomes meaningful: Reflections on a process evaluation of a home visitation programme in South Africa. Evaluation and Program Planning, 31(2), 209-216. Abstract
8. Ratele, K. (2008). Analysing males in Africa: Certain useful elements in considering ruling masculinities. African and Asian Studies 7, 515-536. Full Text
9. Ratele K, (2008) Ruling masculinity and mortality in South Africa. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention, 6(2), 22-35. Full Text
10. Reed, J., Richardson, E., Marais. S. & Moyle, W. (2008). Older people maintaining well-being: an International Appreciative Inquiry study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 3(1), 68. Abstract
11. Savahl, S., September, R. L., Odendaal, W.A. & Moos, A. (2008). Information and communication technology: A descriptive study of children’s communication patterns. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 515-525. Abstract
12. Suffla, S., Van Niekerk, A. & Arendse, N. (2008). Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa. BMC Public Health, 8(363), doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-363. Full Text
13. Swart, L., Van Niekerk, A., Seedat, M. & Jordaan, E. (2008). Paraprofessional home visitation programme to prevent childhood injuries in low-income communities: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Injury Prevention, 14, 194-169. Abstract | Full Text
14. Tattersall, A., Clarke, M. & Marais, S. (2008). Management and control of agri-chemical pesticides: Any progress? Occupational Health Southern Africa, 14(2), 10-15.

Articles in Press

1. Burrows, S., Swart, L., & Laflamme, L. (in press). Adolescent injuries in urban South Africa: A multi-city investigation of intentional and unintentional injuries. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health.
2. Burrows, S., Van Niekerk, A. & Laflamme, L. (in press). Urban children and fatal injuries in South Africa: A global and specific agenda for prevention. WHO Bulletin.
3. Clowes, L., Lazarus, S. & Ratele, K. (in press). Risk and protective factors to male interpersonal violence: Views from male students on a university campus in the Western Cape. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention.
4. MacRitchie, V. & Seedat, M. (in press). Headlines and discourses in newspaper reports on traffic accidents. South African Journal of Psychology.
5. Odendaal, W.A., Van Niekerk, A., Jordaan, E. & Seedat, M. (in press). The impact of a home visitation programme on household hazards associated with unintentional childhood injuries: A randomised controlled trial. Accident Analysis and Prevention.
6. Prinsloo, M., Neethling, I., Laubscher, R & Bradshaw, D. (in press). Fatal violence among children in 4 cities of South Africa, 2001-2005. Bulletin of the World Health Organization