Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)

Prof Naiema Taliep

College of Human Sciences
Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
Associate Professor
Tel: 021 938 0817
E-mail: talien@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • BA (Honours) Psychology (University of the Western Cape)
  • MA (Research Psychology) Psychology (University of the Western Cape)
  • DLitt et Phil Psychology (Unisa)

NRF Rating

C

Fields of academic interests

Dr Naiema Taliep is a registered research psychologist with expertise and extensive experience in community-based participatory action research, community engagement, violence prevention and programme development and evaluation. She has conducted research in the development and psychometric testing of questionnaires in the field of violence, family functioning, safety and peace and health-related quality of life.

Books

  • 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
  • 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., Bulbulia, S., Lazarus, S., Seedat, M., Building Bridges Team. (2022). Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) as an Emancipatory Modality Promoting Social Transformation, Empowerment, Agency, and Activism. In: Walker, C., Zlotowitz, S., Zoli, A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Innovative Community and Clinical Psychologies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71190-0_24
  • 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. New York: Springer.
  • Ismail, G., & Taliep, N.  (2020). Community  Engagement  in  Instrument  Design:  The  Delphi Consensus Technique. Online Readings in Research Methods (ORIM). Johannesburg: Psychological Society of South Africa. Available at https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/WoZrCqjpP5FOQ9WpSZZ502/

Journal articles

  • Taliep, N., Ismail, G., & Bulbulia, S. in collaboration with Building Bridges NPO (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., Bulbulia, S., & Louw, S., (2021). Stimulating and building compassionate and humanising networks for promoting sustainable safer and healthier communities: researcher reflexivity on the local network of care (LNOC). Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7(1/2).
  • Ratele, K., Malherbe, N., Suffla, S., Cornell, J., & Taliep, N. (2021). Three pathways for enlarging critical African psychology. South African Journal of Psychology, 51(3), 430-440. doi: 10.1177/008124632096320.
  • Taliep, N., Lazarus, S., & Naidoo, A. V. (2021). A qualitative meta-synthesis of interpersonal violence prevention programs focused on males. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36(3-4), NP1652-1678NP. doi: 10.1177/0886260517748414. Epub 2017 Dec 24.
  • Taliep, N., Lazarus, S., Cochrane, J., Olivier, J., Bulbulia, S., Seedat, M., Swanepoel, H. & James, A. (Online, 2020). Community asset mapping as a strategy for developing an interpersonal violence prevention program. Action Research. DOI: 10.1177%2F1476750319898236.
  • Louw, S., Taliep, N., Ismail., & Bulbulia, S. (2020). Conversations and reflections of community activist researchers on navigating and reimagining community engagement amidst COVID-19. Social and Health Sciences Journal. 49-69.
  • Taliep, N., Ismail, G., & Titi, N. (2018). Reflections on parenting practices that impact child-rearing in a low-income community. Child Abuse Research: A South African Journal, 19(2), 1-13.
  • Isobell, D., Taliep, N., Lazarus, S., Seedat, M., Toerien, E., & James, A. (2018). Reflections on the development and utility of a participatory community violence surveillance methodology. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention, 16(1), 20-37.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • NRF C-Rating
  • Women in Research funding awarded, 2022-2024
  • NRF Rated-Researcher fund awarded, 2022- 2024

Other

  • Taliep, N., Lazarus, S., Bulbulia, S., Ismail, G., & Hornsby, N. (Eds). (2018). Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed.). Tygerberg: UNISA Institute for Social and Health Sciences, and the SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).
  • Simons, A., & Taliep, N. (2018). Phase 4: Participatory research and action planning. In N. Taliep, S. Lazarus, S. Bulbulia, G. Ismail, & N. Hornsby (Eds.), Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion, pp. 97-116. Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit. ISBN: 978-1-928340-35-5
  • Bulbulia, S., Taliep, N.  Lekoba, R., Hornsby, N., & Lazarus, S. (2018). Introduction. 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. 8 – 51). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).
  • Taliep, N., & Bulbulia, S. (2018). Community Entry. Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., pp. 52-68). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).
  • Taliep, N.  & Bulbulia, S. (2018). Negotiation and recognition. Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., pp. 81 – 96). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).
  • Malherbe, N. & Taliep, N. (2018). Dissemination. Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., pp. 174 - 196). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).
  • Momsen, K., & Taliep, N. (2018). Sustainability Planning. Ukuphepha: Manual on community engaged violence prevention, safety and peace promotion (1st ed., 197 - 218). Tygerberg: SAMRC-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit (ISBN 978-1-928340-35-5).