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Prof Thandisizwe Mavundla
Board Member
Contact Info
Board Secretariat: Nizar Davids
Tel: +27 21 9380858
Email: Nizar.Davids@mrc.ac.za
Education
D Cur Psychiatric-Mental Health (RAU)
AUDNE (natal)
M Cur Advanced Psych-Mental Health (natal)
IPHC (chiang mai)
B Cur (Fort hare)
Profession & Current Position

Professor and Executive Editor: Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery (AJNM)

Awards
  • Rotary Exchange Program to Northern India
  • Edcon Bursary Fund
  • Thai-D’Tec Fellowship award
Top Publications
  1. MAVUNDLA, T.R., BOTTOMAN, B. & NETSWERA, F.G., TOTH, F., & TENGE, V. 2010: How boys become dogs: Marginalization and stigmatization of uninitiated Xhosa men in East London, South Africa. Qualitative Health Research, 20(7) 931–941.
  2. MAVUNDLA, T.R., NETSWERA, F.G., BOTTOMAN, B. & TOTH, F., 2009: Rationalization of Indigenous Male Circumcision as a Sacred Religious Custom: Health Beliefs of Xhosa Men in South Africa. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 20(4), 395-404.
  3. BOTTOMAN, B., MAVUNDLA, T.R. & TOTH, F., 2009:  Peri-rite Psychological Issues Faced by Newly Initiated Traditionally Circumcised South African Xhosa Men. Journal of Men’s Health, 6 (1), 28-35.
  4. MAVUNDLA, T.R., TOTH, F., & MPHELANE, M. 2009: Caregiver experience in mental illness: A perspective of a rural community in South Africa. 2009. International Journal of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 18, 357-387.
  5. MAVUNDLA, T.R., 2000: Professional nurses’ perception of nursing mentally ill patients in general hospital settings. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(6), 1569-1578.
Expertise
Male Sexual and reproductive Health
Psychiatric-Mental Health
Qualitative Research and theory development