Vaughn M John
Biographic Data
| ID | 4871532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vaughn M John |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vaughn M |
| FAMILY NAME | John |
| SIGNATURE | JOHN V M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5991-5019 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Voices from the neonatal unit: Mothers’ and healthcare workers’ perspectives on respectful and collaborative care for small and sick newborns in rural districts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Neonatal care increasingly emphasizes improving the experience of care by engaging mothers as active partners alongside health workers providing clinical care for newborns. Guided by the World Health Organization's Standards for improving the quality of care for small and sick newborns, this study focuses on Standard 4, which promotes care that is respectful, responsive, and supportive of families' needs and preferences. We conducted a concurrent…
Developing peace and justice education praxes at a university – towards pedagogies for life-deep learning
Peace education remains marginal in higher education institutions in South Africa and elsewhere. Drawing on a three-decade-old peace education programme at a university in South Africa, this article shares the development of a peace and justice education programme amidst some of the highest levels of violence and inequality in the world. It discusses formal and non-formal curricula and the blending of these modes. This article explores partnershi…
Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: Developing a health system intervention in South Africa
Disrespect and abuse in maternity services in South Africa has been described over several decades and are rooted in the country's complex socio-political landscape and unequal health system which places strain on public sector health professionals. Strategies to improve the quality of health care typically involve once-off didactic teaching or outside technical consultants focused on improving specific health programmes. These approaches fail to…
Violence on truth and migrants in South Africa – learning and unlearning for humanisation
I am not only beneficial to the community but to the entire country, I am trained as a researcher now’: Developing health research skills in low-income countries
Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions in the global South and North have potential for building capacity in public health research in low-resource countries. We present experiences of partners involved in a North-South-South partnership between universities in Norway, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa. The partnership aimed to establish a postgraduate programme in nutritional epidemiology at the University of Ki…
Supporting trauma recovery, healing, and peacebuilding with the Alternatives to Violence Project
The Violence of South Africa’s Covid-19 Corruption
Additional informationNotes on contributorsVaughn M. JohnVaughn M. John is a professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His teaching and research interests are in Peace Education, Transformative Learning, and Research Methodology. He coordinates a Peace Education Program. E-mail: [email protected]
Developing Peace Praxes with Conflict Mapping
South Africa is becoming notorious for some of the worst levels of gender-based violence, murder and violent protests in the world. Many young people are involved in violence as perpetrators and su
An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding
Clinical guidelines are used to translate research findings into evidence-based clinical practice but are frequently not comprehensively adopted by health workers (HWs). HIV and infant feeding guidelines were revised by the World Health Organization to align feeding advice for HIV-exposed and unexposed infants, and these were adopted in South Africa in 2017. We describe an innovative, team-based, mentoring programme developed to update HWs on the…
Are We Still Running?’: Violent Migration to Violent Refuge
For most foreign nationals of African origin who lived in South Africa during 2008 and 2015, this period will be remembered with horror and fear. These were the years when South Africa’s growing culture of xenophobia matured into mass deadly violence. This violence has been widely reported in the press and is the subject of much scholarly engagement. The pre-migration life stories of many who take refuge in South Africa are laden with violence bu…
Teaching Peace Education at a South African University
Any reflections on teaching peace and war will invariably be shaped by the context in which such teaching occurs, by the teacher, and by a vision of the world that such teaching seeks to promote. T
Understanding Displaced and Refugee Groups in South Africa
The refugee crisis is also a crisis of understanding. The portrayal of crisis in the media and in the poignant personal narratives of those displaced by violence often focus on the immediacy of the
Peace Profile: The Alternatives to Violence Project
Despite having just marked one hundred years since World War I, and fifty years of independence for several countries in Africa, we find ourselves living with unacceptable levels of violence and in
Up close and personal: Theorising care work in adult education
How do we account for the close personal bonds and deeply caring relationships forged by educators with learners in many adult educational encounters? The literature is relatively silent on the emotional and relational basis to adult educator work. This is a serious silence, given the stressful nature of adult education in developing contexts such as South Africa and the relative vulnerability of such educators. This article addresses this gap by…
Working Locally, Connecting Globally: The Case of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
When considering the vast development needs and challenges in Africa, as reflected in post-2015 development plans, the cost of violence is both tragic and wasteful. In 2013 alone, the cost of deali
Supporting trauma recovery, healing, and peacebuilding with the Alternatives to Violence Project
The Violence of South Africa’s Covid-19 Corruption
Additional informationNotes on contributorsVaughn M. JohnVaughn M. John is a professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His teaching and research interests are in Peace Education, Transformative Learning, and Research Methodology. He coordinates a Peace Education Program. E-mail: [email protected]
Developing Peace Praxes with Conflict Mapping
South Africa is becoming notorious for some of the worst levels of gender-based violence, murder and violent protests in the world. Many young people are involved in violence as perpetrators and su
Are We Still Running?’: Violent Migration to Violent Refuge
For most foreign nationals of African origin who lived in South Africa during 2008 and 2015, this period will be remembered with horror and fear. These were the years when South Africa’s growing culture of xenophobia matured into mass deadly violence. This violence has been widely reported in the press and is the subject of much scholarly engagement. The pre-migration life stories of many who take refuge in South Africa are laden with violence bu…
Teaching Peace Education at a South African University
Any reflections on teaching peace and war will invariably be shaped by the context in which such teaching occurs, by the teacher, and by a vision of the world that such teaching seeks to promote. T
Peace Profile: The Alternatives to Violence Project
Despite having just marked one hundred years since World War I, and fifty years of independence for several countries in Africa, we find ourselves living with unacceptable levels of violence and in
Working Locally, Connecting Globally: The Case of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
When considering the vast development needs and challenges in Africa, as reflected in post-2015 development plans, the cost of violence is both tragic and wasteful. In 2013 alone, the cost of deali
Peace Profile: The Alternatives to Violence Project
Despite having just marked one hundred years since World War I, and fifty years of independence for several countries in Africa, we find ourselves living with unacceptable levels of violence and in
Up close and personal: Theorising care work in adult education
How do we account for the close personal bonds and deeply caring relationships forged by educators with learners in many adult educational encounters? The literature is relatively silent on the emotional and relational basis to adult educator work. This is a serious silence, given the stressful nature of adult education in developing contexts such as South Africa and the relative vulnerability of such educators. This article addresses this gap by…
Understanding Displaced and Refugee Groups in South Africa
The refugee crisis is also a crisis of understanding. The portrayal of crisis in the media and in the poignant personal narratives of those displaced by violence often focus on the immediacy of the
Teaching Peace Education at a South African University
Any reflections on teaching peace and war will invariably be shaped by the context in which such teaching occurs, by the teacher, and by a vision of the world that such teaching seeks to promote. T
An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding
Clinical guidelines are used to translate research findings into evidence-based clinical practice but are frequently not comprehensively adopted by health workers (HWs). HIV and infant feeding guidelines were revised by the World Health Organization to align feeding advice for HIV-exposed and unexposed infants, and these were adopted in South Africa in 2017. We describe an innovative, team-based, mentoring programme developed to update HWs on the…
Are We Still Running?’: Violent Migration to Violent Refuge
For most foreign nationals of African origin who lived in South Africa during 2008 and 2015, this period will be remembered with horror and fear. These were the years when South Africa’s growing culture of xenophobia matured into mass deadly violence. This violence has been widely reported in the press and is the subject of much scholarly engagement. The pre-migration life stories of many who take refuge in South Africa are laden with violence bu…
Developing Peace Praxes with Conflict Mapping
South Africa is becoming notorious for some of the worst levels of gender-based violence, murder and violent protests in the world. Many young people are involved in violence as perpetrators and su
I am not only beneficial to the community but to the entire country, I am trained as a researcher now’: Developing health research skills in low-income countries
Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions in the global South and North have potential for building capacity in public health research in low-resource countries. We present experiences of partners involved in a North-South-South partnership between universities in Norway, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa. The partnership aimed to establish a postgraduate programme in nutritional epidemiology at the University of Ki…
Supporting trauma recovery, healing, and peacebuilding with the Alternatives to Violence Project
The Violence of South Africa’s Covid-19 Corruption
Additional informationNotes on contributorsVaughn M. JohnVaughn M. John is a professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His teaching and research interests are in Peace Education, Transformative Learning, and Research Methodology. He coordinates a Peace Education Program. E-mail: [email protected]
Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: Developing a health system intervention in South Africa
Disrespect and abuse in maternity services in South Africa has been described over several decades and are rooted in the country's complex socio-political landscape and unequal health system which places strain on public sector health professionals. Strategies to improve the quality of health care typically involve once-off didactic teaching or outside technical consultants focused on improving specific health programmes. These approaches fail to…
Violence on truth and migrants in South Africa – learning and unlearning for humanisation
Voices from the neonatal unit: Mothers’ and healthcare workers’ perspectives on respectful and collaborative care for small and sick newborns in rural districts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Neonatal care increasingly emphasizes improving the experience of care by engaging mothers as active partners alongside health workers providing clinical care for newborns. Guided by the World Health Organization's Standards for improving the quality of care for small and sick newborns, this study focuses on Standard 4, which promotes care that is respectful, responsive, and supportive of families' needs and preferences. We conducted a concurrent…
Developing peace and justice education praxes at a university – towards pedagogies for life-deep learning
Peace education remains marginal in higher education institutions in South Africa and elsewhere. Drawing on a three-decade-old peace education programme at a university in South Africa, this article shares the development of a peace and justice education programme amidst some of the highest levels of violence and inequality in the world. It discusses formal and non-formal curricula and the blending of these modes. This article explores partnershi…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Peace and Human Rights Education (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works)