Publications: 2023

Journal articles

Ansell N, Mwathunga E, Hajdu F, Robson E, Hlabana T, van Blerk L, Hemsteede R. Ethical principles, social harm and the economic relations of research: negotiating ethics committee requirements and community expectations in ethnographic research in rural Malawi. Qualitative Inquiry. 2023; 29(6):725-736. doi:10.1177/10778004221124631
Biersteker L, Berry L, Gwele M. In whose best interests? The ECD regulatory framework, understandings of the best interests of the young child and access to quality early education. South African Journal on Human Rights. 2023; 38(3-4):215-239. doi:10.1080/02587203.2023.2169750
Collins TM, Gibson S. How businesses can assess the impacts of their charitable activities on the rights of children and youth. 2023; 3(3):913-934. doi.org/10.3390/youth3030059
De Laat J, Radner J, Holding P, Van Der Haar L, Slemming W, Krapels J, Van Der Harst M, Raikes A, Sanou AS, Dusabe C. Measurement for Change: Reflections from innovators' experiences with monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for early childhood development. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023; 11:1021790. doi.10.3389/fpubh.2023.1021790
Draper CE, Thwala N, Slemming W, et al. Development, implementation, and process Evaluation of Bukhali: An Intervention from Preconception to Early Childhood. Global implementation research and applications. 2023; 3:31-43. doi10.1007/s43477-023-00073-8
Drysdale RE, Slemming W, Momberg D, Said-Mohamad R, Richter LM. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on low birthweight in Soweto, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2023;113(10):1432-6. doi.10.7196/SAMJ. 2023.v113i10.746
Ellermeijer REC, Robinson MA, Guevara AF, O’Hare G, Veldhuizen CIS, Wessells M, Reis R, MJD Jordans. A systematic review of the literature on community-level child protection in low- and middle-income countries. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2023;18(3):309-329. doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2023.2230889
Fouw M de, Stroeken Y, Niwagaba B, Musheshe M, Tusiime J, Sadayo I, Reis R, Peters AAW, Beltman JJ. Involving men in cervical cancer prevention; a qualitative enquiry into male perspectives on screening and HPV vaccination in Mid-Western Uganda. PloS One. 2023; 18(1):1-14. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280052
Hulvey Rod M, Hulvej Rod N, Russo F, Demant Klinker C, Reis R, K Stronks. Promoting the health of vulnerable populations: Three steps towards a systems-based re-orientation of public health intervention research aimed at reducing health inequities. Health & Place. 2023; 80: 1-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102984
Kruger P, Wynberg R, Mafuyeka M, Laar A, Mialon M, Lake L, Witten C, Nisbett N, Baker P, Hofman K. The ultra-processed food industry in Africa. Nature Food. 2023; 4: 534-536. doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00802-0
Martens N, Hindori-Mohangoo AD, Hindori MP, Van Damme A, Beeckman K, Reis R, Crone M, RMJJ van der Kleij. Anticipated benefits and challenges of implementing group care in Suriname’s maternity and childcare sector: a contextual analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23, 592. 2023. doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05904-y
Molemans M, Reis R, Shabalala F, Dlamini N, Masilela N, Simelane N, et al. Reasons for using traditional and complementary care by people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy and association with interrupted care: a mixed methods study in Eswatini. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 23, 350. 2023. doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04184-5
Myburgh H, HoddinottG, SeeleyJ, BondV, Bock P, Hayes R, Reis R, Reynolds L. on behalf of the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team. Testing when I know my status: the social dynamics of household HIV testing in HPTN 071 (PopART) trial communities, South Africa. Social Science and Medicine: Qualitative Research in Health. 2023; 4:1-10. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100296
Posel D, Hall K, Goagoses L. Going beyond female-headed households: household composition and gender differences in poverty in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 2023; 40(5):1117-1134. doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2023.2182760
Rizzini I, Fletes R, Collins TM, Krishnamurthy S. International perspectives on decoloniality and children's rights. O Social em Questão. 2023; 26(56):1-24. doi.10.17771/PUCRio.OSQ.50870
Sumari-de Boer IM, Ngowi KM, Swai IU, Masika LV, Maro R, Mtenga AE, Mtesha BA, Nieuwkerk P, Reis R, Rinke de Wit T, Aarnoutse RE. Effect of a customised digital adherence tool on retention in care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in breastfeeding women, children and adolescents living with HIV in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study followed by clinical trials. Trials. 2023; 24(1):285. doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07293-1
Theilmann M, Ginindza N, Myeni J, Dlamini S, Cindzi BT, Dlamini D, Dlamini TL, Greve M, Harkare HV, Hleta M, Khumalo P, Kolbe LM, Lewin S, Marowa LR, Masuku S, Mavuso D, Molemans M, Ntshalintshali N, Nxumalo N, Osetinsky B, Pell C, Reis R, et al. Strengthening primary care for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini: study protocol for a nationwide cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2023; 24(1):210. doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07096-4
van de Sande MCE, Kocken PL, Diekstra RFW, Reis R, Gravesteijn C, Fekkes M. What are the most central social-emotional skills? Relationships between adolescents' social-emotional skills and psychosocial health variables: an explorative cross-sectional study of a sample of secondary-school students. Frontiers in Education. 2023; 8:1-12. doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1225103
Waithaka D, Gilson L, Tsofa B, Barasa E, Orgill M. Political Prioritisation for Performance-Based Financing at the County Level in Kenya: 2015 to 2018. Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2023; 12(1):1-13. doi.10.34172/ijhpm.2023.6909
Wright LH, Rizzini I, Gwele M, McNair L, Porto CL, Orgill M, Tisdall EKM, Bush M, Biersteker L. Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods. British Educational Research Journal. 2023; 00:1-17. doi.org/10.1002/berj.3940 [All authors are first authors]

Books and book chapters

Almeida L, Collins TM, Heynes DL, Jamieson L, Rizzini I, Walsh S. Affecting change in different contexts: Children’s participation in social and public policy dialogues in Brazil, Canada, and South Africa. In: Percy-Smith B, Thomas N, O’Kane C, Twum-Danso Imoh A, editors. A new handbook of children and young people’s participation: conversations for transformational change. New York: Routledge; 2023. p.179-185.
Brodie N, Mathews S, Abrahams N. Femicide in South Africa. In: Dawson M, Vega SM, editors. The Routledge international handbook of femicide. London: Routledge; 2023. p.10.
Gilson L, Nzinga J, Orgill M, Behlriti Z. Health system leadership development in selected African countries: challenges and opportunities. In: Chambers N, editor. Research handbook in leadership in healthcare. Edward Elgar online; 2023. p.686-698.
Jupp Kina D, van Blerk L. Using public space to escape violence and social exclusion in São Paulo, Brazil. In: Franck K, Huang T, editors. Routledge handbook of public space use, design, and management. New York: Routledge; 2023. p.16.
van Blerk L. Young people. In: Lees L, Demeritt D, editors. Concise encyclopaedia of human geography. Elgar encyclopaedias in the social sciences series. UK: Edward Elgar; 2023. p.456.
van Blerk L, Hunter J, Shand W. Case Study 7.2. Growing up on the Streets: a ‘big qual’ data analysis case study. In: Weller S, Davidson E, Edwards R, Jamieson L, editors. Deep excavations: in-depth interpretive analysis. In: Big Qual. A Guide to Breadth-and-Depth Analysis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; 2023. p.149-166.

Research reports

Biersteker L, Gwele M, Orgill M. Community report: Findings from the Safe Inclusive Participatory Project in early childhood education. Cape Town: Children's Institute, University of Cape Town; 2023 December.
Field S, Jamieson L, Honikman S. Pilot project evaluation: Nyamakela4Care (Child Protection). Cape Town: Children's Institute, University of Cape Town; 2023.
Hall K, Proudlock P, Budlender D. Reducing child poverty: A review of child poverty and the value of the Child Support Grant. Pretoria: National Department of Social Development; 2023.
Orgill, M. et al. South Africa site evaluation report: The implementation of Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC). Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; 2023.

Research and policy briefs

Hall K, Proudlock P, Budlender D. Reducing child poverty: A review of child poverty and the value of the Child Support Grant. Executive summary. Pretoria: National Department of Social Development; 2023.
Jamieson L, Mathews S, Titi N. Service responses to co-victimisation of mother and child. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; 2023.
Mallick R, Jamieson L, Mathews S, Titi N, Vutu S. Language as a barrier to access to services for victims of violence. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; 2023.
Walsh S, Collins TM. Children’s rights to education and non-discrimination in schools: young people with disabilities in the school system and the role of child and youth care. Dublin, Ireland; 2023 March.

Legal and policy submissions

Children’s Institute and partners’ submission to the Department of Health on draft Regulation R3337 on the Labelling and Advertising of Foodstuffs: Protecting child health – a child-rights imperative. 2023.
Lake L, Swart R, Witten C, Pereira K, du Plessis L, May J. Children’s rights to food and nutrition – findings from the 2020 South African Child Gauge. Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Health’s General Assembly Report on Food, Nutrition and the Right to Health. 2023 April 4.
Network of Child Health Advocates alternative report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. From survive to thrive: A call to safeguard children’s rights in times of crisis. 2023 August 2.
Pereira-Kotze K, Lake L, Witten C, May J. Towards a child-centred food system – what’s needed to stop the slow violence of malnutrition? Submission to the Food and Agricultural Organisation Report on the Realisation of the Human Right to Adequate Food. 2023 June 29.
Proudlock P, Nyathi M. Submission on the draft regulations for 2022/23 SRD Grant. 2022 March 13.
Proudlock P, Hall K. Shadow report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on South Africa’s Report. 2023.
Proudlock P, Hall K. Updated shadow report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. 2023.
Proudlock P. Submission to the Department of Home Affairs on the Draft National Identification and Registration Bill. 2023.
Proudlock P, Nyathi M. Amicus Affidavit in Mazibuko and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others CASE No: 14238/2021 Pretoria High Court. 2023.

Guides

Nyathi M, Van Skalkwyk C, Proudlock P. Social grants for children without birth certificates and caregivers without identity documents. Johannesburg: The Legal Resources Centre, the Children’s Institute at University of Cape Town, and the South African Social Security Agency; 2023.

Opinion editorials and press statements

Hall K. Budget short-changes those in greatest need - children. Business Day. 2023 March 1.
van Schalkwyk C, Nyathi M, Proudlock P. New guide released on how to apply for SASSA grants for children without birth certificates. Daily Maverick. 2023 April 25.

Presentations (international)

Biersteker L, Berry L, Gwele M, Orgill M. Equity and inclusion in early childhood care and education perspectives from a vulnerable community in Cape Town. World Forum Conference. 2023 May 5-7; Panama.
Battaglia S, Collins TM, Ruiz-Casares M. Child and youth activism in Canada: the legal frameworks of the right to protest. International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child. 2023 June 29; Moncton, New Brunswick. Available from: https://www.umoncton.ca/droitsdelenfant/en
Collins TM, Blanchet-Cohen N, Cuevas-Parra P, Jamieson L, Rizzini I, Ruiz-Casares M, Tisdall K, Wright LHV. Youth participation: What we have learnt and the questions we still have to answer. International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child. 2023 June 27; University of Moncton, New Brunswick.
Collins TM, Jamieson L, Rizzini I, Tisdall K, Wright L. Youth participation: What we have learned and the questions we still have to answer. International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child. 2023 June 25-30; Moncton, New Brunswick. Available from: https://www.umoncton.ca/droitsdelenfant/en
Collins TM, Sinclair L, Zufelt V. Young people’s participation in child and youth care college curriculum in Ontario. International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child. 2023 June 25-30; Moncton, New Brunswick. Available from: https://www.umoncton.ca/droitsdelenfant/en. [Originally planned for presentation in 2020 and postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic]
Collins TM. Engaging children and youth in research partnership: International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP). International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child. 2023 June 25-30; Moncton, New Brunswick. Available from: https://www.umoncton.ca/droitsdelenfant/en . [Invited keynote, co-presented with Costa M]
Hargovan M, Orgill M, London L. The influence of the COVID-19 crisis context on policy formulation: An illustrative case of alcohol regulation in South Africa, Global Alcohol Policy Conference. 2023 October 24-26; Cape Town.
Hall K. Lessons from COVID-19 and scenarios for the elimination of food poverty. 10th International Conference of the Southern African Social Protection Experts Network: A Decade of Social Protection with SASPEN: Taking stock to inform social protection systems strengthening in the SADC. 2023 October 25-26; University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
Lake L. Climate change and child health: raising awareness, building a movement. International Society of Social Paediatrics Conference. 2023 April 26; Kenya.
Slemming W, Thwala N. Contextualising and implementing Care for Child Development: reflections from the Bukhali study. WHO/UNICEF Care for Child Development Workshop, International Developmental Paediatrics Association (IDPA) Congress. 2023 November 28; Fourways, Johannesburg.
Uny I, Mbona Tumwesigye N, Kaneka B, Parry C, Orgill M, Fitzgerald N, Bauld L. Regulating alcohol packaging and supply to protect health in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from policy systems in Malawi and Uganda (RAPSSA). Global Alcohol Policy Conference. 2023; University of Stirling, Scotland.
van Blerk L. Creating stories for impact and activism, methods and methodologies in youth activism research. Centre for Urban Youth Research. 2023 February 21; University of Ottawa, Canada. [Plenary speaker]
van Blerk L. Language and emotion in refugee journeys, population and health research group, geography. 2023 January 24; University of St Andrews, Scotland. [Guest speaker, seminar]
Uny I, Tumwesigye M, Kaneka N, B. Parry C, Orgill M, Fitzgerald N, Bauld L. Regulating alcohol packaging and supply to protect health in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from policy systems in Malawi and Uganda (RAPSSA). Global Alcohol Policy Conference. 2023 October 26 -26; Cape Town.

Presentations (local)

Downing J, Jamieson L, Meiring M, Gibbs L. The law, ethics and shared decision making in children’s palliative care. Palliative care is everyone’s business: 2023 South African Palliative Care Conference. 2023 April 26-29; Cape Town.
Gwele M, Biersteker L, Berry L, Orgill M. The use of persona dolls to engage with children (four to five years) in participatory research. Africa in Conference Dialogue Series – engaging with participatory methodologies to decolonise research with children and young people. Dialogue one: Using participatory research to affect change for young children in their communities: learning from research in Brazil, Eswatini, Palestine and South African. 2023 May; Children’s Institute: University of Cape Town, Cape Town. [Hybrid event]
Gwele M, Biersteker L, Berry L, Orgill M. Building a common understanding of quality early childhood education: Hearing from practitioners, caregivers and children. Conference on Quality Early Childhood Development in South Africa: A Call to Action. 2023 September 27-29; Cape Town.
Hall K. The impact of the changing population on families, households and living arrangements in South Africa over the past 25 years. Population Policy +25 Conference. 2023 July 11-13; National Population Unit, Department of Social Development, Maropeng Conference Centre, Johannesburg.
Hall K, Proudlock P. Reducing Child Poverty: A review of child poverty and the value of the Child Support Grant. Launch of the Reducing Child Poverty report. 2023 October; National Department of Social Development and Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg.
Hall K. Situating child maintenance in a (changing) social context. National Prosecuting Authority and Department of Justice Planning Workshop on Child Maintenance. 2023 November; Johannesburg.
Hargoven M, Orgill M, London L. The influence of the COVID-19 crisis context on policy formulation: An illustrative case of alcohol regulation in South Africa. Human Sciences Research Council Emerging Researchers Conference. 2023 September 19; Milnerton, Cape Town.
Jamieson L. Child rights and the law. Hot topics in infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). 2023 June 30; Lentegeur, Cape Town.
Jamieson L. Violence against women and children in South Africa. Western Cape Government MHS Maternal, Women, Child, Adolescent and Neonatal Co-ordination Forum Meeting. 2023 September 21; Cape Town. [Invited speaker, online]
Jamieson L, Titi N. Responding to violence against women and children in two rural communities in South Africa. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 2023 September 15; University of Cape Town, Cape Town. [Seminar]
Jamieson L, Vutu S, Titi N. Responding to violence against women and children in two rural communities in South Africa. Engagement on the Intersections of violence against women and children. Ford Foundation Roundtable. 2023 November 30; Johannesburg.
Lake L. Let’s talk child and adolescent mental health: Making academic research accessible. South African Mental Health Conference. 2023 April 24; Johannesburg.
Lake L. The South African Child Gauge: Gauging progress for children – A process of engaged scholarship. Engaged scholarship and social responsiveness. Inter-Faculty Research Engagement. 2023 October 27; University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
Lake L. The South African Child Gauge: Gauging progress for children – A process of engaged scholarship. International Developmental Paediatrics Association Congress. 2023 November 29; Johannesburg.
Lake L, Richter L. Breastfeeding and commercial milk formulas. South African Paediatrics Association Congress. 2023 September 9; Johannesburg.
Lake L. Advocacy for our patients, in our workplaces: How to do this. South African Paediatrics Association Congress. 2023 September 9; Johannesburg. [Panel discussion]
Lake L. Hidden influences: Eliminating conflicts of interest. Breastfeeding Symposium. 2023 August 7; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Lake L. M&G/UNICEF Webinar on Front of Pack Food Labelling. 2023 July 4; Johannesburg. [Webinar]
Lake L. Child and adolescent mental health – a catalyst for development. Social Responsiveness lecture. Youth-focused solutions to mental health. Bertha Centre Collective. 2023 February 7; University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
Orgill M, Biersteker L, Gwele M, Berry L. Intersections between safety and early learning: The impact of violence in early childhood and how to respond appropriately. 2023 September 5-6; Franschhoek, Cape Town.
Orgill M. Gwele M. Slemming W. Preliminary implementation research results: Group antenatal care. 2023 December 4; Mowbray Maternity Hospital, Cape Town.
Orgill M, Slemming W, Gwele M. Stakeholder workshop: Antenatal Group Care stakeholder ‘learning together’ workshop. 2023 September 1; Mowbray Maternity Hospital, Cape Town.
Slemming W, Hall K. Keeping children at the centre: Population-level approaches. ELMA Foundation Ideas Exchange with African ECD Partners. 2023 July 11; Rosebank, Johannesburg.
Slemming W. Screening at scale – approaches to screening for developmental delay at primary health care level. 14th South African Child Health Priorities Association Conference. 2023 December 6. [Virtual]
Slemming W. Building an inclusive early childhood development system for young children with disabilities and their families in Africa. 2023 August 25; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cape Town.