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Kaymarlin Govender is a research psychologist who has an MA from University of Natal and a DLitt et Phil from UNISA. He was appointed director of research at HEARD in 2011. He began his professional career at HSRC in 1995 as a senior researcher working on early child development and children in contexts of adversity. In 1998, he joined the then University of Durban Westville (School of Psychology). He stills hold a partial appointment in School of Psychology, UKZN.
His main research interests include the psychological, social, and behavioural issues related to HIV/AIDS. He has a number of publications and commissoned reports related to risk and resiliency issues facing children and, more generally, youth in the context of HIV/AIDS. His recent dedicated area of research is in the field of masculine identities and its implications for risk behaviours. He a research methodologist by training and specializes in quantitative and qualitative research methods including, M&E approaches as well as discourse analysis. He is also previously acted as a research consultant/advisor to a number of bodies (NGOs, research institutions and government) on social and behavioural research. He is also actively involved in health promotion research/advocacy activities at a local and national level.
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HEARD PublicationsChapters in Books
- Govender, K and Peterson, I. (2011) Understanding Risk and Risk Behaviour. In L. Swartz.., de la Rey, C., & Duncan, N (Eds): Psychology: An Introduction. (3rd)edition. Cape Town: Oxford.
Journal Articles
- Reardon, C and Govender, K. (2011) 'Shaping up': The relationship between traditional masculinity, conflict resolution and body image among adolescent boys in South Africa. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 6(1), 78-87
- Bhagwanjee, A., Govender, K., Petersen, I., Akintola, O., George, G., Johnstone, L and Naidoo, K. (2011) Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention, African Journal of AIDS Research, 10(3), p357–68
- Govender, K. Akintola, O., George, G. Petersen, I., Bhagwanjee, A. and Reardon, C. (2011) Psychosocial and behavioural correlates of attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a sample of South African mineworkers.. SAHARA, VOL. 8 No. 2, June 2011
- Govender, K. (2011) The cool, the bad, the ugly, and the powerful: identity struggles in schoolboy peer culture. Taylor & Francis Online
- Govender, K., Penning, S., George, G and Quinlan, T. (2011) Weighing up the burden of care on caregivers of orphan children: The Amajuba District Child Health and Wellbeing Project, South Africa, AIDS Care, doi:10.1080/09540121.2011.630455
- George, G., Govender, K., and Reardon, C. (2010) Which teachers talk about sex? Psycho-social determinants of educator engagement with high school learners on HIV/AIDS and sexual practices, Journal of Education, (50), 83-114
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