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Handbook of Quality of Life in African Societies

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Cultures of Positivity: Interconnectedness as a Way of Being
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    Chapter 2 Communities in Action: The Participation of Communities in Two South African Literacy Campaigns
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    Chapter 3 The Development of an Integrated, Multi-level Process to Facilitate the Promotion of Holistic Wellbeing in School Communities
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    Chapter 4 Wellbeing as Positive Outcome of a Social Connectedness Pathway to Resilience: An Indigenous Psychology Perspective
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    Chapter 5 Adolescent Resilience in the Face of Relentless Adversity: The Role of Strong, Black Women
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    Chapter 6 Conversations as Carriers of Meaning to a Common Good
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    Chapter 7 Economic Growth and Quality of Life in Africa
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    Chapter 8 Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life for African Adolescents: The Role of Digital and Mobile Games
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    Chapter 9 Research, Innovation and Education Towards Malaria Elimination: Improving Quality of Life in Africa
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    Chapter 10 How Prioritised Policy Commitment Has Improved Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
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    Chapter 11 Changing Trends in the Provision of Psychosocial and Health Resources for Quality Childhood Development in Cameroon
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    Chapter 12 Humanising Silence: The Representation of HIV & AIDS in South African Narratives
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    Chapter 13 The Use of Support Groups to Facilitate Resilience and Quality of Life in Families Affected by HIV
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    Chapter 14 Decolonial Approaches to AIDS, Children’s Wellbeing, and Education in Malawi
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    Chapter 15 An EI Approach to Parent Communication Amongst In-Service Teachers
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    Chapter 16 Quality of Life Through Capacity Development in Junior Primary Teacher Education
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    Chapter 17 Developing Capacity for Teacher Inservice Education in Rural Tanzania: Embracing Emergent Phenomena
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    Chapter 18 Improving Quality of Life Through Teaching and Learning Innovations in Multilingual Contexts: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
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    Chapter 19 The Quality of Life of Teachers in Sudan
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    Chapter 20 Traditional Views of Black South Africans on Quality and Successful Family Life
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    Chapter 21 “Whatever Small Thing I Have, I Should Be Grateful for”: Gratitude as Understood and Experienced by African Adolescents
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    Chapter 22 Researching Children’s Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: Considerations for Method, Theory, and Social Policy
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    Chapter 23 An Outsider in South Africa: Critical Reflections on Ubuntu
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    Chapter 24 Narratives of Quality of Life in Africa: A Kaleidoscope of Hope
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Chapter title
Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life for African Adolescents: The Role of Digital and Mobile Games
Chapter number 8
Book title
International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
Published in
International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life, August 2019
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-15367-0_8
Book ISBNs
978-3-03-015366-3, 978-3-03-015367-0
Authors

Tyra M. Pendergrass, Kimberly Hieftje, Lynn E. Fiellin, Pendergrass, Tyra M., Hieftje, Kimberly, Fiellin, Lynn E.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 2 12%
Other 1 6%
Lecturer 1 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Student > Master 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 10 59%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 3 18%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 12%
Computer Science 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Unknown 10 59%
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