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Leila Patel

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Leila Patel's Degrees

PhD Social Work University of Southern California
Bachelors Psychology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Leila Patel is a professor of Social Development and Social Work at the Centre for Social Development in Africa based in the University of Johannesburg. Education She obtained Diploma and Higher Diploma degrees both in Social Work from the University of the Western Cape in 1976 and 1977 respectively. She proceeded to the Western Michigan University where she earned a MSW in Social Policy, Social Planning and Administration in 1979. Finally, she obtained a Ph.D. from Wits University in 1992.

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Leila Patel's Published Works

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Social Welfare and Social Development (2016) (79)
Poverty, Gender and Social Protection: Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa (2012) (63)
It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa (2011) (60)
Developmental social work in South Africa: Translating policy into practice (2013) (55)
Five-Country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa (2007) (41)
The Gender dynamics and impact of the Child Support Grant in Doornkop, Soweto (2012) (38)
How broad-based is broad-based black economic empowerment? (2012) (37)
Civic Service in Sub-Saharan Africa (2004) (36)
Indigenous Welfare and Community-Based Social Development: Lessons from African Innovations (2012) (36)
Child Support Grants in South Africa: A Pathway to Women's Empowerment and Child Well-being? (2015) (36)
Social welfare & social development in South Africa (2005) (33)
Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development (2019) (32)
Gender and child sensitive social protection in South Africa (2013) (30)
Getting it Right and Wrong: An Overview of a Decade of Post-Apartheid Social Welfare (2008) (29)
Developmental Social Policy, Social Welfare Services and the Non‐profit Sector in South Africa (2012) (29)
Household Resource Flows and Food Poverty during South Africa’s Lockdown: Short-Term Policy Implications for Three Channels of Social Protection (2023) (28)
Transforming Social Work Services in South Africa: Perspectives of NPO Managers (2012) (27)
Research partnerships build the service field in Africa: special issue on civic service in the Southern African Development Community (2007) (24)
Does school breakfast make a difference? An evaluation of an in-school breakfast programme in South Africa (2016) (22)
The implementation of the white paper for social welfare in the NGO sector (2008) (20)
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5 (2022) (19)
The Gendered Character of Social Care in the Non- Profit Sector in South Africa (2009) (18)
Social Development in a Society in Transition (2003) (17)
‘Children, families and the conundrum about men’: Exploring factors contributing to father absence in South Africa and its implications for social and care policies (2016) (16)
South Africa: Social Security, Poverty Alleviation and Development (2008) (16)
Food insecurity, sexual risk taking, and sexual victimization in Ghanaian adolescents and young South African adults (2018) (15)
Volunteering in Africa: An overview of volunteer effort in Africa and its potential to contribute to development (2013) (15)
Homelessness and mental illness in Hillbrow, South Africa: A situation analysis (2015) (15)
The interaction of local and international child welfare agendas: A South African case (2016) (14)
South African Women's Struggles in the 1980's (1988) (14)
Corporate social responsibility and development: a study of stakeholder perspectives of listed South African companies (2015) (14)
How might a national minimum wage affect the employment of youth in South Africa? (2018) (13)
EARLY MOTHERHOOD IN SOWETO: THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE CHILD SUPPORT GRANT AND DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES (2014) (13)
How cash transfers enable agency through livelihoods in South Africa (2020) (11)
Family contexts, Child Support Grants and child well-being in South Africa (2017) (11)
Perspectives of South African caregivers in receipt of Child Support Grants: Implications for family strengthening interventions (2018) (11)
Towards a critical theory and practice in social work with special reference to South Africa (1987) (8)
Gender: toward gender equality and poverty reduction (2019) (8)
Social grants, food parcels and voting behaviour: a case study of three South African communities (2016) (7)
Why Is Youth Unemployment So Intractable in South Africa? A Synthesis of Evidence at the Micro-Level (2020) (6)
Family life and family policy in South Africa: responding to past legacies, new opportunities and challenges (2018) (6)
Voting behaviour and the influence of social protection in South Africa (2015) (5)
CHILD-ON-CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: RESULTS OF A SURVEY IN JOHANNESBURG (2012) (5)
How Theory Shapes Practice: Approaches to Woman Abuse and Child Abuse in South Africa (2014) (5)
Thematic paper : the gendered character of social care in the non-profit sector in South Africa (2009) (5)
The Child Support Grant in South Africa: gender, care and social investment (2017) (4)
Youth Service in Comparative Perspective (2009) (4)
Men and the child support grant : gender, care and child well-being (2018) (4)
Social protection in South Africa: history, goals and strategies (2013) (4)
Assets, cash transfers and urban livelihoods in South Africa (2021) (4)
Linking the Circles of Violence: Woman and Child Abuse in the Same Family System in South Africa (2010) (4)
Connecting Cash Transfers with Care for Better Child and Family Well-Being: Evidence from a Qualitative Evaluation in South Africa (2020) (3)
Race, Inequality and Social Welfare: South Africa’s Imperial Legacy (2011) (3)
Special Issue: Social protection in southern Africa: new opportunities for social development (2013) (3)
Evidence of non-economic indicators as markers of success for youth in youth employability programs: Insights from a South African study (2020) (3)
Social Welfare and Social Development (2ndEdition) (2016) (3)
Social Protection in Africa: Beyond Safety Nets? (2018) (3)
Social Workers Shaping Welfare Policy in South Africa: The White Paper for Social Welfare and Lessons for Policy Practice (2014) (3)
Who votes? Preliminary findings from an exit survey of voters in the 2019 national elections (2)
Introduction: Social Policy Change in a Transition Society – The Case of South Africa (2012) (2)
Doornkop in perspective: Context and approach (2018) (2)
How family and child cash transfers can empower women: Comparative lessons from Brazil and South Africa (2020) (2)
Transforming child and family services in urban communities in South Africa: lessons from the South (2017) (2)
A comparative case study of the voting behaviour of poor people in three selected South African communities (2016) (2)
Welfare regimes in the global South: does the capability approach provide an alternative perspective? (2019) (2)
The Influence of the Child Support Grant on Education and Health Capabilities of Children (2018) (1)
The Role of Household Networks in Mutual Assistance and Emergency Relief: Evidence from Zimbabwe (2021) (1)
Development, social policy and community action: lessons from below (2017) (1)
Livelihood activities and well-being outcomes of cash transfer beneficiaries in Soweto, South Africa (2021) (1)
Zuma versus Ramaphosa: Factors Influencing Party Choice of South Africans in the Run-up to the 2019 Elections (2020) (0)
Social Protection and Social Development (2017) (0)
CASH TRANSFERS AND CAREGIVERS: WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND HIV RISK AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (2021) (0)
Social development and social research in Africa (2017) (0)
Transformation 1986–2016 (2016) (0)
Context Matters—Child Growth within a Constrained Socio-Economic Environment (2022) (0)
Zimbabwe’s Agrarian Child Welfare Regime: Evolution, Distinctive Characteristics and Implications for Future Policy (2020) (0)
A comparative case study of well-being in a rural versus an urban coal mining community in Mpumalanga, South Africa (2019) (0)
Learning from below: Implications for welfare research, policy and practice (2018) (0)
Teacher awareness of psychosocial support available as per the Integrated School Health Policy in South Africa (2022) (0)
Social Security and Social Development in South Africa (2021) (0)
Connecting Cash Transfers with Care for Better Child and Family Well-Being: Evidence from a Qualitative Evaluation in South Africa (2020) (0)
Editorial (2013) (0)

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