Dr Ghouwa Ismail

Qualifications

PhD Psychology (Unisa)

Fields of academic interests

• Community Engagement
• Child well-being
• Violence Prevention
• Instrument Development

Books

• Taliep, N., Rawathal, K., Bulbulia, S., & Ismail, G. (2019). Building Organisations For Compassionate Communities: Guidelines for Transformation. Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa: ISHS & SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. ISBN: 978-1-928340-43-0
• Taliep, N., Lazarus, S., Bulbulia, S., Ismail, G., Hornsby, N. (Eds.). (2018). Ukuphepha: Manual on Community Engaged Violence Prevention, Safety and Peace Promotion. Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. ISBN: 978-1-928340-35-5
• Ismail, G., & Taliep, N. (2020) Community Engagement in Instrument Design: The Delphi Consensus Technique. In S. Kramer, S. Laher, A. Fynn, & H. H. Janse van Vuuren (Eds.), Online Readings in Research Methods (ORIM). (Chapter 7). Psychological Society of South Africa: Johannesburg. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BNPFS
• Ismail, G., & Hornsby, N. Piloting and implementation. (2018). In N. Taliep, S. Lazarus, S. Bulbulia, G. Ismail, & N. Hornsby (Eds). (2018). Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., pp. 139-149). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. ISBN: 978-1-928340-35-5.
• Ismail, G., & Rawathal, K. Community readiness. (2018). In N. Taliep, S. Lazarus, S. Bulbulia, G. Ismail, & N. Hornsby (Eds). (2018). Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., pp. 69-80). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. ISBN: 978-1-928340-35-5.

Journal articles

• Ismail, G., & Van Niekerk, A. (2021). Validation of an Assessment Tool to Measure Psycho-Social Factors Associated with Willingness to Participate in Child-Centred Initiatives. Sage Open, 11(3), 1-26.
• Taliep, N., Bulbulia, S., & Ismail, G. (2021). Using Community Asset Mapping to foster social inclusion in developing an interpersonal violence prevention program in South Africa. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of Social Inclusion, Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences (pp. 1-16). New York: Springer. 
• Ismail, G., Isobell, D., Arendse, N., Suffla, S., & Seedat, M. (2021). Caregiver’s and Interventionists’ Perceptions of a Child-centred Home Visitation Intervention. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7(2), 60-80. (0.2)
• Taliep, N., Ismail, G., & Bulbulia, S. (2021). Fidelity of Implementation of the Building Bridges Mentoring Intervention to Prevent Violence among Youth in Low Income Settings. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2021.1995441
• Taliep, N., Ismail, G., Bulbulia, S., & Louw, S. (2021). Stimulating and Building Compassionate and Humanizing Networks for Promoting Sustainable Safer and Healthier Communities: Researcher Reflections on the Local Network of Care (LNOC). Qualitative Inquiry. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7(1), 54-70.
• Ismail, G., & Van Niekerk, A. (2020). Enablers and inhibitors associated with community willingness to participate in child-centred safety initiatives. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 1(2/1), 1-19.
• Louw, S., Taliep, N., Ismail, G., & Bulbulia, S. (2020). Navigating and Reimagining Community Engagement amidst COVID-19. Social and Health Sciences, 18(2), 48 – 69.
• Taliep, N., Ismail, G., & Titi, N., (2018). Reflections on parenting practices that impact child-rearing in a low-income community. Child Abuse Research in South Africa, 19(2), 1-13.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Managing Editor : Social and Health Sciences
• Research Psychologist: Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
• Member: Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA)
• Member: International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)