Abigail Ornellas
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Ornellas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Ornellas |
| SIGNATURE | ORNELLAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0751-4752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cost-Effectiveness of a Digital Parenting Intervention for Reducing Violence and Related Health Burden Among Adolescents in Tanzania
Digital parenting interventions to prevent violence against adolescents: Lessons from the ParentApp for Teens trial for South African social work practice
Violence against children remains a critical challenge in South Africa, with disproportionate impacts on marginalised families. This note from practice reflects on the ParentApp for Teens trial in Tanzania — a blended digital parenting programme adapted from the Parenting for Lifelong Health model — and considers its implications for South African social work. Preliminary insights suggest the intervention may reduce adolescent physical, emotional…
Supporting pregnant and mothering adolescents in their schooling: Insights for policy and practice
Improving educational and reproductive outcomes for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional analysis towards realising policy goals
Adolescent mothers face numerous challenges. This study aimed to address the operationalisation of the new South African national policy for young mothers by testing the associations of potential protective provisions with three policy goals: School return, grade promotion, and pregnancy/HIV prevention. Adolescent mothers aged 12-24 from rural and urban communities of South Africa's Eastern Cape completed study questionnaires between 2017-2019. U…
Optimising engagement in a digital parenting intervention to prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania: Protocol for a cluster randomised factorial trial
Pan African Clinical Trial Registry, PACTR202210657553944. Registered 11 October 2022, https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=24051
The Fourfold Neoliberal Impact on Social Work and Why This Matters in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond
While social welfare policy forms a cornerstone of the social work profession, economic policy and its interactions often remain distant and of academic interest only. In this paper the authors argue that understanding how economic policy is impacting upon the profession is important for its day-to-day practice. This has become ever more apparent in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affirmed social work as an essential service. In part…
Authentication of an academic culture in a Social Work programme offered at a South African university: A value-driven approach towards a decolonised curriculum
In 2015, a campaign was launched by students and academics to decolonise university curricula in South Africa. As a response, we reflect on our experiences at Stellenbosch University, based on the premise that not only does our Social Work curriculum require adaptation and renewal through a process of authentication, but that a prerequisite for this process would entail a hybridisation of both a salutary authentic academic culture and curriculum.…
Mapping social work across 10 countries: Structure, intervention, identity and challenges
An emerging global consciousness and rising attention given to international social work development has seen the recognition of comparative research within the profession. Understanding the functioning and organisation of social work within various country contexts is critical in order to formulate knowledge around its overall impact, successes and challenges, allowing social workers to learn from one another and build professional consolidation…
Determining Holistic Child Well-being: Critical Reflections on Theory and Dominant Models
Mapping social work across 10 countries: Structure, intervention, identity and challenges
An emerging global consciousness and rising attention given to international social work development has seen the recognition of comparative research within the profession. Understanding the functioning and organisation of social work within various country contexts is critical in order to formulate knowledge around its overall impact, successes and challenges, allowing social workers to learn from one another and build professional consolidation…
Determining Holistic Child Well-being: Critical Reflections on Theory and Dominant Models
Determining Holistic Child Well-being: Critical Reflections on Theory and Dominant Models
Mapping social work across 10 countries: Structure, intervention, identity and challenges
An emerging global consciousness and rising attention given to international social work development has seen the recognition of comparative research within the profession. Understanding the functioning and organisation of social work within various country contexts is critical in order to formulate knowledge around its overall impact, successes and challenges, allowing social workers to learn from one another and build professional consolidation…
Authentication of an academic culture in a Social Work programme offered at a South African university: A value-driven approach towards a decolonised curriculum
In 2015, a campaign was launched by students and academics to decolonise university curricula in South Africa. As a response, we reflect on our experiences at Stellenbosch University, based on the premise that not only does our Social Work curriculum require adaptation and renewal through a process of authentication, but that a prerequisite for this process would entail a hybridisation of both a salutary authentic academic culture and curriculum.…
The Fourfold Neoliberal Impact on Social Work and Why This Matters in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond
While social welfare policy forms a cornerstone of the social work profession, economic policy and its interactions often remain distant and of academic interest only. In this paper the authors argue that understanding how economic policy is impacting upon the profession is important for its day-to-day practice. This has become ever more apparent in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affirmed social work as an essential service. In part…
Improving educational and reproductive outcomes for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional analysis towards realising policy goals
Adolescent mothers face numerous challenges. This study aimed to address the operationalisation of the new South African national policy for young mothers by testing the associations of potential protective provisions with three policy goals: School return, grade promotion, and pregnancy/HIV prevention. Adolescent mothers aged 12-24 from rural and urban communities of South Africa's Eastern Cape completed study questionnaires between 2017-2019. U…
Optimising engagement in a digital parenting intervention to prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania: Protocol for a cluster randomised factorial trial
Pan African Clinical Trial Registry, PACTR202210657553944. Registered 11 October 2022, https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=24051
Digital parenting interventions to prevent violence against adolescents: Lessons from the ParentApp for Teens trial for South African social work practice
Violence against children remains a critical challenge in South Africa, with disproportionate impacts on marginalised families. This note from practice reflects on the ParentApp for Teens trial in Tanzania — a blended digital parenting programme adapted from the Parenting for Lifelong Health model — and considers its implications for South African social work. Preliminary insights suggest the intervention may reduce adolescent physical, emotional…
Supporting pregnant and mothering adolescents in their schooling: Insights for policy and practice
Cost-Effectiveness of a Digital Parenting Intervention for Reducing Violence and Related Health Burden Among Adolescents in Tanzania
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works)