Department of Occupational Therapy
Publications

Mogammad Shaheed Soeker (PhD)

List of Publications (latest 10 publications)

  • Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, L., Beatrix Cloete, B. & Soeker, M.S. (2022) Quality of life and return to work of individuals with chronic low back pain after the completion of a work hardening programme in Cape Town, South Africa: A pilot study. Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs. DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000405
  • Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, L., Swart, E. & Soeker, M.S (2022) Towards occupational resilience: A model to facilitate high school participation post traumatic brain injury. Work. 72(2):463-482. DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205200
  • Soeker, M.S, Heyns, M., Kaapitirapi, P., Shoko, S. & Modise, W. (2021) The challenges that people with intellectual disabilities experience when adapting to their worker roles in the open labour market. Work; 68(1):255-266. (https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-203372)
  • Soeker, M.S., Hare, S. Mall, S. & van der Berg, J. (2021) The value of occupational therapy intervention for the worker roles of forensic mental healthcare users in Cape Town, South Africa. Work; 68(2):399-414
  • Olaoye, O. Soeker M.S. & Rhoda, A. (2021) Predictors of Work Resumption Among Stroke Survivors in South-west Nigeria. Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1569186120926614)
  • Abbas, I & Soeker, M.S. (2020) The Model of Occupational Self Efficacy, a model to enhance self-efficacy and identity in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50 (3), 22- 29.
  • Olaoye, O., Soeker, M.S. & Rhoda, A. (2020) The Development of a Return to Work Intervention Programme for Stroke Survivor (SReTWIP): A Delphi Survey. BMC Neurology (https://bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12883-020-01668-6)
  • Soeker, M.S. (2020). A descriptive, qualitative study of the challenges that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience when transitioning from skills training programs into the open labor market in Cape Town, South Africa Work (https://content.iospress.com/articles/work/wor203127)
  • Soeker, M.S & Pape C. (2019) The Use of the Model of Occupational Self-Efficacy for Work Retraining: A Multiple Case Study, Occupational Therapy International, page 1- 8 Article ID 3867816, 8 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3867816.
  • Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, L., Swart, E. & Soeker, M.S. (2019) A service user perspective informing the role of occupational therapy in school transition practice for high school learners with TBI: An African perspective. Occupational Therapy International, 3:1- 15.

Professor Lisa Wegner

Recent Publications (2018-2023)

  • David, I., Wegner L., & Majee, W. (2023). “We want to see youth that would be better people than us”: A case report on addressing adolescent substance use in rural South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 3493; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043493
  • Layland, E.K., Caldwell, L.L., Ram, N., Smith, E.A., Wegner, L. Jacobs, J.J. (2022). Adolescent substance use behavior change through school intervention is improved by teacher and school implementation support together, especially for girls. Prevention Science, 23, 1251–1263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01394-0
  • Majee, W., Conteh, N., Jacobs, J.J., Wegner, L. (2022). Needs ranking: A qualitative study using a participatory approach. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, e5095-e5104. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13924
  • Malema, M.J., Kock, L., Caldwell, L.L., Young, M., Wegner, L. (2022). Guidelines for leadership development of youth with physical disabilities through leisure education: A Delphi study. African Journal of Disability.
  • Malema, M., Young, M., Wegner, L. (2022). Leisure programmes that promote leadership amongst youth with, and without, disability: A scoping review. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences. 28(1), 47-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37597/ajphes.2022.28.1.4
  • Marais, J.E., Wegner, L., Mthembu, T.G. (2022). Support programmes for parents of children with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 12. DOI:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-049965
  • Van der Westhuizen, Y., Hess-April, L., & Wegner, L. (2022). Rediscovering identity through leisure travel: Lived experiences of persons with disabilities. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 52(1) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2021/vol52n1a
  • Wegner, L., Stirrup, S., Desai, H., & De Jongh, J. (2022). “This pandemic has changed our everyday lives”: Young adults’ leisure experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Journal of Occupational Science. DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2022.2078995
  • Wegner, L. & Majee, W. (2022). “Sport, taverns and church”: Leisure engagement among rural youth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences. 28(4), 386-401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37597/ajphes.2022.28.4.7
  • Weybright, E., Beckmeyer, J.J., Caldwell, L.L., Wegner, L., Doering, E., Smith, E.A. (2022). Can’t you see I’m getting bored? The social context as a moderator of adolescent boredom and alcohol use. Youth & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221081152
  • Layland, E.K., Ram, N., Caldwell, L.L., Smith, E.A., Wegner, L. (2021). Leisure Boredom, Timing of Sexual Debut, and Co-Occurring Behaviors among South African Adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02014-8
  • Majee, W., Conteh, M., Jacobs, J.J., Jooste, K., Wegner, L. (2021). Rural voices: A social-ecological perspective on youth substance use in rural South Africa. Health & Social Care in the Community. doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13292. 29, 1824-1832.
  • Motamedi, M., Caldwell, L., Smith, E., Wegner, L. Jacobs, J. (2020). Supporting South African high school teachers’ implementation of a prevention program via abridged consultation: Outcomes and moderators. American Journal of Community Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12494. 68(1-2), 61-72.
  • De Jongh, J., Brandt, L, Wegner, L. (2019). Occupational therapy students’ perspectives of ethics in two countries. International Journal of Health Sciences. 13(4), 39–47.
  • Motamedi, M., Caldwell, L.L, Weybright, E.A., Jones, D., Wegner, L., Smith, E.A. (2019). Doing a leisure activity because there is nothing else to do: Related outcomes and intervention effects for adolescents. Journal of Leisure Research. DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2019.1590748
  • Weybright, E.H., Beckmeyer, J.J., Caldwell, L.C., Wegner, L., Smith, E.A. (2019). With a little help from my friends? A longitudinal look at the role of peers versus friends on adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Adolescence. 73, 14-17.
  • Xie, H., Weybright, E.H, Caldwell, L.L, Wegner, L., Smith, E.A. (2019). Parenting practice, leisure experience, and substance use among South African adolescents. Journal of Leisure Research. DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2019.1620144
  • Miller, J.A., Smith, E.A., Caldwell, L.L., Mathews, C., Wegner, L. (2018). Boys are Victims, too: The Influence of Perpetrators’ Age and Gender in Sexual Coercion against Boys. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.   https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518775752
  • Mthembu, T.G., Wegner, L. & Roman, N.V. (2018). Educators’ and students’ needs for teaching and learning strategies for integrating spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences (AJPHES), 24(2), 127-141.
  • Wegner, L., Brink, M.L., Jonkers, M., Mampies, S., & Stemmet, R.L. (2018). “We are the Peace Team”: Exploring transformation among previously gang-involved young men in Cape Town. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 48(2), 34-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2018/vol48n2
  • Weybright, E. H., Palen, L. A., Caldwell, L. L., Wegner, L., Jacobs, J., & Smith, E. A. (2018). Profiles of adolescent leisure motivation and substance use in the HealthWise South Africa research trial. Leisure Sciences. doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2018.1499055

Professor Lucia Hess-April

List of Publications

  • Hansen, A., Engel-Hills, P., Jacobs, C. Blitz J, Cooke R, Hess-April L et al ( 2023) et al. Understandings and practices: Towards socially responsive curricula for the health professions. Adv in Health Sci Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-023-10207-0
  • Ned L., Hess-April L., Hansen A., Gabriels S. & Sonday, A. (2022). Towards the Integration of      Critical Disability Studies in Rehabilitation Sciences Curricula. In Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World. Rioux M. & Viera J. Buettgen A. & Zubrow E. (eds). Springer International: Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1278-7_20-1
  • Van der Westhuizen, Y., Hess-April L. & Wegner, L (2022). Rediscovering identity through leisure travel: Lived experiences of persons with disabilities. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 52(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2021/vol52n1a
  • Hess-April L, Alexander M, Stirrup S, & Khan AB (2021). Moving fieldwork online: innovations in an occupational therapy curriculum. African Journal of Health Professions education. 13 (3). 210-212.
  • Ned L., Tiwari R., Hess-April L., Lorenzo T. & Chikte U. (2020). A Situational Mapping Overview of Training Programmes for Community-Based Rehabilitation Workers in Southern Africa: Strategies for Strengthening Accessible Rural Rehabilitation Practice. Frontiers in Public Health. 8:569279. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.569279
  • Dison A. & Hess-April. L. (2019) Integrating academic literacies into the curriculum in Occupational Therapy: Currents of disruption and congruence in a collaborative process. In L. Quinn (ed). Reimagining Curriculum: Spaces for Disruption. African Sun Media: Cape Town. 106 -124.
  • De Jongh, J., Hess-April, L. & Vermeulen, N. (2018). Reflecting on ethics in occupational therapy within community development practice in South Africa. In N. Nortje, B. Hoffman and J. de Jongh (Eds). African Perspectives on Ethics for Healthcare Professionals. Springer: USA. 61-71.
  • Hess-April L., Dennis L., Ganas N., Phiri L. & Phoshoko P. (2017). Occupation-based practice in a tertiary hospital setting: occupational therapists perceptions and experiences. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 47(3). 25-31. 
  • Hess-April, L.; Smith, J. & De Jongh J. (2016). Exploring occupational therapy graduates’ conceptualisations of occupational justice in practice: curriculum implications. African journal of Health Professions Education. 8(2):184-188. 
  • Julie H.; Hess-April L.; Wilkenson J.; Cassiem W. & Rhoda A. (2016). Academics’ Knowledge and Experiences of Interprofessional Education and Practice. African journal of Health Professions Education. 8(2). 222-224. 
  • Firfirey, N. & Hess-April, L. (2014). The occupational adaptation of adults with MDR TB undergoing long-term hospitalisation. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 44(3). 18-24. 
  • De Jongh, J., Hess- April, L. & Wegner, L. (2012). Curriculum transformation: a proposed route to reflect a political consciousness in occupational therapy education. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 42 (1): 16-20. 

Professor Thuli Mthembu

List of Publications

  • Mthembu, T.G., Jarvis, J., Kujingi, J., Ruites, J., & Williams, F. (2022). An exploration of occupational therapy students’ perceptions of family support regarding their academic performance. Journal of Educational Studies,
  • Mthembu, T.G., & Kniepmann, K. (2022). Exploring the clergy’s role in supporting family caregivers of relatives living with stroke. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Marais, J., Wegner, L., & Mthembu, T.G. (2022). Support programs for parents of children with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 12 (5), e049965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049965
  • Mthembu, T.G., Nkosi-Mafutha, N.G., & Maunye, T.J. (2022). South African nursing students' awareness and knowledge of the occupational therapy profession. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52 (1), 45-55.
  • Mthembu, T.G. (2021). A commentary of occupational justice and Occupation-based Community Development frameworks for social transformation: The Marikana event. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 51(1), 72-75.
  • Mthembu, T.G., & Rhoda, A. (2021). Exploring experiences of using case study as a teaching strategy to learn about spirituality in occupational therapy education: A short report. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 13(2), 96-98.
  • Hoosen, M., Roman, N.V., & Mthembu, T.G. (2021). The role of spirituality and spiritual care in complementary and alternative medicine: A scoping review. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 20(4), 714-724 https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v20i4.54125
  • Hoosen, M., Roman, N.V. & Mthembu, T.G. (2020). The Development of Guidelines for the Inclusion of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Unani Tibb Practice in South Africa: A Study Protocol. J Religion Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01105-5
  • Roman, N. V., Mthembu, T. G., & Hoosen, M. (2020). Spiritual care - 'A deeper immunity' - A response to Covid-19 pandemic. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 12(1), e1–e3. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2456
  • Meuser, T.M., Mthembu, T.G., Overton, B.L., Roman, N.V., Miller, R.D., Lyons,K.P., & Carpenter, B.D. (2019). Legacy beliefs across generations: Comparing views of older parents and their adult children. International Journal of Aging Human Development, 88(2), 168-186. doi: 10.1177/0091415018757212.
  • Soomar, N, Mthembu, T, & Ramugondo, E. (2018). Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA) Position Statement: Spirituality in occupational therapy. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(3), 64-65.Retrieved March 11, 2019, from: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?
  • Kalam. A., & Mthembu, T.G. (2018). Parents’ experiences of parenting an adolescents abusing substances. Social Work/Maatskaplike, 54(4), 468 – 480. http://dx.doi.org/10.15270/54-4-673
  • Mthembu, T.G., Wegner, L. & Roman, N.V. (2018). Educators’ and students’ needs for teaching and learning strategies regarding integrating spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, 24(2), 127-141

Mrs Aziza Kalam

List of Publications (2015-2018)

  • Kalam, A., & Mthembu, T. G. (2018). Parents' experiences of parenting an adolescent abusing substances. Social Work, 54(4), 469-480.
  • Kalam, A., Francke, B., Jainodien, A., Petersen, J., Silo, T., Turnbull, R. (2016). Exploring educator’s perceptions of the challenges affecting grade one learners’ academic performance in two low socio-economic schools. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46(2), 59 – 63.
  • Kalam, A. (2015). A Health professional’s reflections on her own health and wellbeing and its contribution towards the Millennium Goals of South Africa. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 10(1) 23 – 29.

Mrs Teneil Bell

List of Publications

  • Bell, T., Wegner, L., Blake, L., Jupp, L., Nyabenda, F., & Turner, T. (2015) Clients’ Perceptions of an Occupational Therapy Intervention at a Substance Use Rehabilitation Centre in the Western Cape. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 45(2) 10-14.
  • Vermeulen, N., Amod, A., Bell, T., Cloete, A., Johannes, T., & Williams, K. (2015) Students’ fieldwork experiences of using community entry skills within community development. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 45(2) 51-5






 
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