Piet Swanepoel

List of John Benjamins publications in which Piet Swanepoel is involved.

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Adapting Health Communication to Cultural Needs: Optimizing documents in South-African health communication on HIV and AIDS

Edited by Piet Swanepoel and Hans Hoeken

The question of what constitutes effective health communication has been addressed mainly by scholars working in American and European cultural contexts. Many people who could benefit most from effective health communication, however, come from different cultures. A prime example is the threat… read more

[Not in series, 140] 2008. v, 178 pp.

Articles (6) | Order by:

Hoeken, Hans and Piet Swanepoel 2008 1. Optimizing health communication in South Africa: An introduction Adapting Health Communication to Cultural Needs: Optimizing documents in South-African health communication on HIV and AIDS, Swanepoel, Piet and Hans Hoeken (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article

Swanepoel, Piet, Marije Burger, Anne Loohuis and Carel Jansen 2008 6. Promoting VCT among South African students: Are we missing the message? Adapting Health Communication to Cultural Needs: Optimizing documents in South-African health communication on HIV and AIDS, Swanepoel, Piet and Hans Hoeken (eds.), pp. 89–105 | Article

Mass media campaigns promoting VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing) form a cornerstone of the efforts to curb the spread of HIV in South Africa. In this chapter the focus falls on determinants of South African students’ VCT uptake and on the efficacy of a brochure that aims to persuade them to… read more

Swanepoel, Piet 2003 1.5 Dictionary typologies: A pragmatic approach A Practical Guide to Lexicography, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 44–69 | Chapter

Swanepoel, Piet 2003 Review of Kreuter, Farrell, Olevitch, Brennan & Rimer (2000): Document Design 4:3, pp. 282–284 | Review

Swanepoel, Piet 1996 Review of Rey, Sager & de Bessé (1995): Essays on Terminology Terminology 3:1, pp. 177–179 | Review

Zawada, Britta E. and Piet Swanepoel 1994 On the empirical adequacy of terminological concept theories: The case for prototype theory Terminology 1:2, pp. 253–275 | Article

The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that classical concept theories and hybrids thereof are empirically inadequate for the terminological analysis and description of concepts in a number of sciences. Examples of the classification and definition of minerals in the field of mineralogy… read more