Maputle SM

Department of Advanced Nursing Science, University of Venda, Limpopo, South Africa

Publications

• Review Article   
  Educators? views of alcohol use at a selected high school in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
  Author(s): Chueng MJ*, Lebese RT, Maputle SM and Makhado L
  
  Alcohol use among school learners in South Africa is documented as a seri- ous health problem. Learners who use alcohol display antisocial behaviour such as hostility, attacking, fighting and hurting others with dangerous objects. Life orientation teachers face the challenge of assisting learners to change this behaviour. This study aimed to explore and describe the educa- tors’ views about learners’ alcohol use at selected schools in the Capricorn District of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study was conduct- ed at two secondary schools in rural areas of the Capricorn District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was utilised. Purposive sampling was used to select the schools based on the percentage of learners who abused alco- hol. Twenty three learners participated in two focus group di.. Read More»
  

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