Publications by authors named "Michelle De Jong"
Alcohol harms threaten global population health, with youth particularly vulnerable. Low - and middle-income countries (LMIC) are increasingly targeted by the alcohol industry. Intersectoral and whole-of-community actions are recommended to combat alcohol harms, but there is insufficient global evidence synthesis and research examining interventions in LMIC.
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- Developing sustainable strategies for gender equality can enhance resilience in African countries, enabling them to better cope with future crises.* -
- Leveraging promising practices already in place can provide a foundation for broader systemic changes that promote women's empowerment and participation.* -
- A focused approach on gender equality not only supports social justice but also contributes to economic stability and stronger governance in times of crisis.*
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- Alcohol-related harm is increasing globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where it contributes to violence, traffic accidents, and diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
- The study aims to gather existing knowledge on multisectoral community interventions that effectively prevent or reduce alcohol-related harms, as current methods often focus too narrowly on individual behaviors.
- The review will utilize a structured six-step process to identify, select, and analyze relevant literature from 2010 to 2021, with findings organized and presented according to systematic review standards.
Social science research on health in South Africa tends to focus on illness and how to address health problems. Qualitative empirical research focussing on lay understandings and experiences of healthiness, or health discourses, in South Africa is fairly limited. This article addresses this gap by critically exploring how young South African adults used discourses of balance to make sense of what it means to be a healthy person and highlights the implications of these discourses for identity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFoetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects babies born to mothers who consume alcohol while pregnant. South Africa has the highest prevalence of FASD in the world. We review the social determinants underpinning FASD in South Africa and add critical insight from an intersectional feminist perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Global Strategy (2016-30) emphasize that all women, children and adolescents 'survive, thrive and transform'. A key element of this global policy framework is that gender equality is a stand-alone goal as well as a cross-cutting priority. Gender inequality and intersecting social and structural determinants shape health systems, including the content of policy documents, with implications for implementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"To be healthy to me is to be free": how discourses of freedom are used to construct healthiness among young South African adults.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
December 2019
Purpose: Healthiness is constructed, in Western culture, as a moral ideal or supervalue. This paper will interrogate the assumption that health and the pursuit of healthiness is always and unquestionably positive, by exploring how discourses of health and freedom interact to reinforce the current inequalities and detract from social transformation.
Method: Twenty young South African adults were interviewed about their understandings and experiences of health.