Barriers and facilitators of alcohol abstinence during pregnancy.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a common and under-recognised health burden in South Africa. There is a limited understanding of why pregnant women drink in the South African context, particularly in rural settings, where the prevalence of FASD is highest. A purposive sample included eight women from a rural ante-natal clinic in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Living with someone else's penis: The lived experiences of two South African penile allograft recipients: A descriptive phenomenological study.

Background: In South Africa, penile loss is a recognised complication of ritual circumcision which has a profoundly negative effect on these men's psyches and their everyday lives. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the experiences of the first two South African penile allograft transplantation recipients in order to assess the psychosocial impact of this surgery.

Materials And Methods: A qualitative descriptive phenomenology approach was used.

Prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy: perspectives of South African parents of children with Down syndrome.

This study aims to evaluate the attitudes of a group of South African parents with a preschool child with Down syndrome (DS) towards prenatal diagnosis (PND) and termination of a Down syndrome-affected pregnancy (TAP). This study employs a qualitative phenomenological approach with the use of semi-structured interviews. Twelve participants were recruited from two state sector hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa.