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Abigail Simons

University of the Western Cape
Verified email at uwc.ac.za
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[HTML][HTML] South African higher education institutions at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic: Sense-making and lessons learnt

M du Plessis, CD Jansen van Vuuren, A Simons… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19
pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on …

Fatal drowning in the Western Cape, South Africa: a 7-year retrospective, epidemiological study

CJ Saunders, R Adriaanse, A Simons… - Injury …, 2019 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Introduction Drowning is a neglected public health threat in low-income and middle-income
countries where the greatest drowning burden is observed. There is a paucity of drowning …

Parental supervision and discomfort with children walking to school in low-income communities in Cape Town, South Africa

A Simons, K Koekemoer, A Niekerk… - Traffic injury …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The risk of pedestrian injury is compounded for children living in low-income
communities due to factors such as poor road and pedestrian infrastructure, reliance on …

Childhood vulnerability to drowning in the Western Cape, South Africa: Risk differences across age and sex

A Simons, R Govender, CJ Saunders… - Child: care, health …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Drowning is amongst the leading causes of death of children and young people
worldwide, with high concentrations in Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa. In the …

Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university

FL Jasson, M Du Plessis, A Simons - Journal of Psychology in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Academic employees at Higher Education Institutions face numerous challenges, ranging
from workload, student protests, and emergency remote learning. We explored the lived …

A systematic review of literature reporting on the strategies/interventions addressing research capacity building in new academics

A Simons - 2014 - etd.uwc.ac.za
It is often assumed that postgraduate students and neophyte academics have the capacity to
conduct research independently. Thus, upon qualification, it is expected of postgraduate …

Occupational Stress and Coping Strategies in Health Professions Academics at a Historically Disadvantaged Institution in South Africa

E Munnik, M Smith, A Simons - … African Journal of Social Work and …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Health professions academics experience additional profession-related stressors that
negatively affect health and performance outcomes. Understanding these stressors in the …

[PDF][PDF] Non-Western Perspectives in Framing Global Citizenship Education

MR Smith, A Simons, E Wagener… - Pedagogy of Hope for …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
The aim of this chapter is to provide an alternate conceptual framework of global citizen
education that espouses social justice principles through a threetiered approach. This …

PW 0276 Fatal drowning in the western cape province of south africa: a seven-year retrospective, epidemiological study

C Saunders, R Singh, A Simons, A van Niekerk - 2018 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Drowning is a neglected public health threat in low-and middle-income countries where the
greatest drowning burden is observed. Current trends in global drowning prevention are …

The relationship between occupational stress, coping and emotional intelligence in a sample of health profession academics at a historically disadvantaged university

A Simons - 2016 - etd.uwc.ac.za
Academe is no longer a low stress profession caused by the changing nature of academic
work. Academics in health professions perceived a considerable degree of pressure related …