Handbook Of Quality Of Life In African Societies

Description

This handbook reflects on quality-of-life in societies on the continent of Africa. It provides a widely interdisciplinary text with insights on quality-of-life from a variety of scientific perspectives. The handbook is structured into sections covering themes of social context, culture and community; the environment and technology; health; education; and family. It is aimed at scholars who are working towards sustainable development at the intersections of multiple scientific fields and it provides measures of both objective and subjective quality-of-life. The scholarly contributions in the text are based on original research and it spans fields of research such as cultures of positivity, wellbeing, literacy and multilinguism, digital and mobile technologies, economic growth, food and nutrition, health promotion, community development, teacher education and family life. Some chapters take a broad approach and report on research findings involving thousands, and in one case millions, of participants. Other chapters zoom in and illustrate the importance of specificity in quality-of-life studies. Collectively, the handbook illuminates the particularity of quality-of-life in Africa, the unique contextual challenges and the resourcefulness with which challenges are being mediated. This handbook provides empirically grounded conceptualizations about life in Africa that also encapsulate the dynamic, ingenious ways in which we, as Africans, enhance our quality-of-life. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Cultures of Positivity: Interconnectedness as a Way of Being (Marié P. Wissing, Lusilda Schutte, Angelina Wilson Fadiji)....Pages 3-22 Communities in Action: The Participation of Communities in Two South African Literacy Campaigns (Veronica McKay)....Pages 23-44 The Development of an Integrated, Multi-level Process to Facilitate the Promotion of Holistic Wellbeing in School Communities (Ansie Elizabeth Kitching)....Pages 45-69 Wellbeing as Positive Outcome of a Social Connectedness Pathway to Resilience: An Indigenous Psychology Perspective (Janna de Gouveia, Liesel Ebersöhn)....Pages 71-95 Adolescent Resilience in the Face of Relentless Adversity: The Role of Strong, Black Women (Linda C. Theron, Michael Ungar)....Pages 97-111 Conversations as Carriers of Meaning to a Common Good (H. Á. Marujo, L. M. Neto, M. P. Wissing)....Pages 113-128 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 Economic Growth and Quality of Life in Africa (Carolyn Chisadza, Elsabé Loots)....Pages 131-147 Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life for African Adolescents: The Role of Digital and Mobile Games (Tyra M. Pendergrass, Kimberly Hieftje, Lynn E. Fiellin)....Pages 149-176 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Research, Innovation and Education Towards Malaria Elimination: Improving Quality of Life in Africa (Christiaan de Jager, Taneshka Kruger, Cheryl Tosh)....Pages 179-200 How Prioritised Policy Commitment Has Improved Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (Nokuthula Vilakazi, Sheryl L. Hendriks)....Pages 201-219 Changing Trends in the Provision of Psychosocial and Health Resources for Quality Childhood Development in Cameroon (Therese Mungah Shalo Tchombe)....Pages 221-237 Humanising Silence: The Representation of HIV & AIDS in South African Narratives (Vasu Reddy)....Pages 239-253 The Use of Support Groups to Facilitate Resilience and Quality of Life in Families Affected by HIV (Michelle Finestone)....Pages 255-274 Decolonial Approaches to AIDS, Children’s Wellbeing, and Education in Malawi (Zikani Kaunda, Nancy Kendall, Upenyu Majee)....Pages 275-292 Front Matter ....Pages 293-293 An EI Approach to Parent Communication Amongst In-Service Teachers (Giulietta Domenica Harrison)....Pages 295-311 Quality of Life Through Capacity Development in Junior Primary Teacher Education (C. B. Villet, J. Weiss)....Pages 313-326 Developing Capacity for Teacher Inservice Education in Rural Tanzania: Embracing Emergent Phenomena (Elaine Simmt, Andrew Binde, Florence Glanfield, Joyce Mgombelo)....Pages 327-344 Improving Quality of Life Through Teaching and Learning Innovations in Multilingual Contexts: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa (Margaret Funke Omidire)....Pages 345-358 The Quality of Life of Teachers in Sudan (Amani Ibrahim Abdelgafar)....Pages 359-372 Front Matter ....Pages 373-373 Traditional Views of Black South Africans on Quality and Successful Family Life (Motlalepule Ruth Mampane, Selogadi Ngwanagwato Mampane, Sylvia Ocansey)....Pages 375-390 “Whatever Small Thing I Have, I Should Be Grateful for”: Gratitude as Understood and Experienced by African Adolescents (Tharina Guse, Tshiamo Matabane)....Pages 391-405 Researching Children’s Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: Considerations for Method, Theory, and Social Policy (Shazly Savahl, Sabirah Adams, Elizabeth Benninger, Maria Florence, Kyle Jackson, Donnay Manuel et al.)....Pages 407-430 An Outsider in South Africa: Critical Reflections on Ubuntu (Sheila Trahar)....Pages 431-447 Narratives of Quality of Life in Africa: A Kaleidoscope of Hope (Irma Eloff)....Pages 449-458