Nicole De Wet

Dados Biográficos

ID341846
NOMENicole De Wet
PRENOMESNicole
SOBRENOMEDe Wet
ASSINATURADE WET N
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-5750-2851
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS25
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES11
TOTAL COMO AUTOR25
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2014
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ÍNDICE H3

  • Climate and competing priorities in South Africa

    Nicole De Wet, Nicole De Wet-BillingsARTICLEDevelopment Southern Africa2023

    The known and expected consequences of climate change are dire and will hamper social and development. However, competing priorities, such as poverty, HIV and violence tend to be more visible on government agendas. In South Africa, growing inequalities result in the population being more concerned with socioeconomic problems. However, issues of poverty and unemployment, among others, are also the result of environmental degradation. This study ex…

  • Socio-ecological determinants of under-five mortality in Nigeria

    Open AccessChukwuechefulam Kingsley Imo, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2023

    Globally, despite the decline in under-five mortality rate from 213 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 132 per 1000 live births in 2018, the pace of decline has been slow, and this can be attributed to poor progress in child survival interventions, including those aimed at reducing children’s exposure to household pollution. This study examined the influence of neighbourhood poverty and the use of solid cooking fuels on under-five mortality in Niger…

  • Exploring the effect of kin caregivers' family functioning on child survival in South Africa

    Open AccessKhuthala Mabetha, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEChild & Family Social Work2023Referências: 6

    The survival of children who are raised in kinship care is largely influenced by the way their primary caregivers manage their family dynamics. Although research has focused on the effects of family structure and other extended kin effects on various child health outcomes, it remains largely unknown how kin caregivers' family functioning influences child survival, particularly in the South African context where the practice of kinship care is wid…

  • Destination Substitution and Social Networks among Urban Refugees in Kampala, Uganda

    Open AccessFrancis Anyanzu, Nicole De WetARTICLEAFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW2022Referências: 31

    A significant number of refugees and asylum seekers live in Kampala as opposed to the rural settlement areas. However, what is less known is the extent of destination substitution among these refugees and factors associated with changes in destination. Using a survey of 479 refugees from eight nationalities, this study examined the influences of social networks on destination substitution among refugees in Kampala. It was found that more than hal…

  • The prevalence and contextual correlates of non-communicable diseases among inter-provincial migrants and non-migrants in South Africa

    Open AccessChukwuedozie K Ajaero, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    These findings, therefore, among other things underscore the need for increased education and awareness campaigns, especially among the older populations on the preventive and mitigative strategies for NCDs. In addition, changes in lifestyles with regard to smoking and physical exercises should be more emphasized in specific contextual situations for the migrant and non-migrant populations, as highlighted by the results of this study

  • Family structure and socio-demographic factors associated with binge drinking among adolescents in South Africa

    Nicole De Wet, Paballo MatabogeARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2021

    Binge drinking is associated with risky behaviours and long-term addiction. Among adolescents, binge drinking should be prevented to avoid these and other hazardous consequences. Adolescent behaviours are known to be influenced by their household and family structures. However, the association between family structure and binge drinking in developing countries remains unknown. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of various family str…

  • Characteristics of men who engage in cross-generational sexual behaviour in Nigeria

    Open AccessChristiana A Alex-Ojei, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2020

    Cross-generational sexual relationships are a major route of transmitting HIV and STI between older and younger generations. However, previous research has focused mainly on the young women in these relationships. This study examined the characteristics of men engaging in non-marital sexual relationships with girls aged 15–19 in Nigeria. The data were drawn from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, and the analysis was restricted to a …

  • Compounded Exclusion

    Open AccessElizabeth Walton, Joanna Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2020

    International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system constraints, resource limitations and negative attitudes. Our concern is the intersectional and compounding effect of being a disabled refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Disabled refugees have been invisi…

  • The levels and factors associated with inconsistent condom use among young males with older, same-sex partners in South Africa

    Open AccessNicole De Wet, Nicole De Wet-Billings et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2020

    Condom use among females with older, male sexual partners is well documented in South Africa. To a far lesser extent, condom use among males with older same-sex partners is known. However, the sexual health of young males is of pivotal importance to social and economic development. The purpose of this study is to determine the association between age of older same-sex partner and the likelihood of condom use among young males in South Africa. In …

  • Integrating rural–urban differentials in the appraisal of prevalence and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in South Africa

    Open AccessChukwuedozie K Ajaero, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2020Referências: 3

  • I’m in love with an older man’

    Nicole De Wet, Christiana A Alex-Ojei et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2019

    The literature on intergenerational sexual relationships in Africa focuses predominantly on economic motivations. This paper aims to identify the common reasons for older male sexual partners among young women in South Africa. Data for the study came from the Fourth South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey 2012. A representative sample of 620 young women (15-24 years old) with older male sexual partners was extracted. A multiple lo…

  • The association between mother's socioeconomic status and non-orphan kinship care arrangements in South Africa

    Open AccessNicole De WetARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Citada por: 1Referências: 34

    Non-orphan kinship care is where children are placed in the primary care of extended relatives, even though one or both parents are still alive. This practice is fairly common across sub- Saharan Africa. However, when elderly grandparents are the primary caregivers, the resulting financial and emotional strain compromises child health and development. Yet the practice persists and while research has examined the socioeconomic factors associated w…

  • “We Are Small, But We Have Jobs”

    Open AccessNicole De Wet, Jude EwemadeARTICLESociety in Transition2018

    Starting from young ages, children and youth are dealing with adult problems such as poverty and food security. For this reason, children and youth enter the labour market earlier than expected, compromising their scholastic performance and future earnings if they drop out of school. This study profiles the children and youth of South Africa who are engaged in labour market activities using a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. The …

  • Ethnic heterogeneity in the determinants of HIV/Aids stigma and discrimination among Nigeria women

    Open AccessClifford O Odimegwu, Olatunji Alabi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Stigma and discrimination remains a barrier to uptake of HIV/AIDS counselling and treatment as well as effective HIV reduction programmes. Despite ethnic diversity of Nigeria, studies on determinants of HIV stigma incorporating the ethnic dimension are very few. This paper provides empirical explanation of the ethnic dimension of determinant of HIV stigma and discrimination in Nigeria. Nationally representative data from Nigerian Demographic and …

  • Extra-curricular activities and youth risky behaviours in South Africa

    Open AccessNicole De Wet, Takalani Muloiwa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    The purpose of this study is to examine the association between extra-curricular activities and risky sexual and illicit drug use behaviours among youth (12–22 years old) in South Africa. The study uses nationally representative data. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models are used. Results show that a high percentage of youth engage in at least one type of risky sexual behaviour (33.84%) and have used at least one type of illicit …

  • Social cohesion and self-rated health among adults in South Africa

    Open AccessEmmanuel Olamijuwon, Emmanuel O Olamijuwon et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2018Citada por: 3Referências: 10

  • Adult mortality in sub-saharan Africa, Zambia

    Open AccessVesper Hichilombwe Chisumpa, Clifford O Odimegwu et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2017

    Place of death remains an issue of growing interest and debate among scholars as an indicator of quality of end-of-life care in developed countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, however, variations in place of death may suggest inequalities in access to and the utilization of health care services that should be addressed by public health interventions. Limited research exists on factors associated with place of death in sub-Saharan Africa. The study ex…

  • Abortion attitudes among South Africans

    Elizabeth A Mosley, Elizabeth J King et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2017

    Abortion is legal in South Africa, but over half of abortions remain unsafe there. Evidence suggests women who are (Black) African, of lower socioeconomic status, living with HIV, or residents of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, or Limpopo provinces are disproportionately vulnerable to morbidity or mortality from unsafe abortion. Negative attitudes toward abortion have been documented in purposively sampled studies, yet it remains unclear what attitudes e…

  • Premarital birth, children’s sex composition and marital instability among women in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessClifford O Odimegwu, Joshua Akinyemi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Research2017Citada por: 3Referências: 8

  • Risky behaviour

    L Graham, Lucy P Jordan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2017Citada por: 4Referências: 15

    Theories of youth risk taking range from the realist to the sociocultural. Much of this theorising, particularly in the field of epidemiology, has been strongly influenced by the Health Belief Framework. More recently, attention has shifted to understanding how young people perceive risk and what makes some of them resilient to risk taking. In this article we develop a framework that brings together diverse theoretical perspectives on youth risk …

  • Risky sexual behaviour among women

    Clifford O Odimegwu, Nicole De Wet et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2016

    The link between economic empowerment and high risky sexual behaviour has been debated by different scholars in various settings. However, no consistently clear connection between poverty and lack of education has been found regarding engagement in risky sexual behaviour. Also, not much research has been done to examine the strength of these relationships for adolescents and women. The objectives of this study were to assess the relationship betw…

  • Gendered differences in Aids and Aids-related cause of death among youth with secondary education in South Africa, 2009-2011

    Open AccessNicole De WetARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2016Referências: 30

    BACKGROUND: The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is higher among females than males in Sub-Saharan Africa. Education is associated with better health outcomes. For this and other reasons, African countries have made a concerted effort to increase youth education rates. However, in South Africa males have lower secondary education rates than females, yet females have a higher prevalence of…

  • Barriers to accessing health care in Nigeria

    Open AccessSunday A Adedini, Clifford O Odimegwu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Existing studies indicate that about one in every six children dies before age five in Nigeria. While evidence suggests that improved access to adequate health care holds great potential for improved child survival, previous studies indicate that there are substantial barriers to accessing health care in Nigeria. There has not been a systematic attempt to examine the effects of barriers to health care on under-five mortality in Nigeri…

  • Sharing perspectives and experiences of doctoral fellows in the first cohort of Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa

    Open AccessBabatunde Adedokun, Peter Nyasulu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Resolution of public health problems in Africa remains a challenge because of insufficient skilled human resource capacity. The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) was established to enhance capacity in multi-disciplinary health research that will make a positive impact on population health in Africa. OBJECTIVE: The first cohort of the CARTA program describes their perspectives and experiences during the 4 year…

  • Youth mortality due to HIV/Aids in South Africa, 2001–2009

    Nicole De Wet, Somefun Oluwaseyi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2014

    South Africa has one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the world. It is estimated that 5.38 million South Africans are living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, new infections among adults aged 15+ were reportedly 316 900 in 2011. New infections among children (0-14 years old) was also high in 2011 at 63 600. This paper examines South Africa's mortality due to HIV/AIDS among the youth (15-34 years old). This age group is of fundamental importa…