Full Member
Leigh Adams Tucker
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
Pets as Therapy (NPO)
Degrees:
2018
Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Cowden, R.G., Tucker, L.A., & Govender, K. (2020). Conceptual pathways to HIV risk in Eastern and Southern Africa: An integrative perspective on the development of young people in contexts of social-structural vulnerability (pp. 31-47). In K. Govender and N. Poku (Eds.), Preventing HIV among young people in Eastern and Southern Africa. New York, NY: Routledge.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2019). Delivering sexuality education: A review of teaching pedagogies within South African schools. Perspectives in Education, 37(1), 75-87.
Davids, E., Tucker, L.A., et al. (2019). Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 31(2), 93-107.
Govender, K., Tucker, L.A., & Coldwell, S. (2019). Sense and Sensibilities: Schoolboys talk about sex in the private conversational space. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 36(4), 391-398.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2018). Challenges facing life orientation educators in the delivery of sexuality education in South African schools. Southern African Review of Education, 24(1), 43-57.
Tucker, L.A. (2017). Underdogs on top: Troubling positions for boys and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2017). Ethical considerations for research involving boys diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), 1147-1156.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2016). Sexuality education in South African schools: The challenges for Civil Society Organisations. Health Education Journal, 76(1), 77-88.
Tucker, LA., Govender, K., Kuo, C., Casale, M., & Cluver, L. (2016). Child prosociality within HIV-affected contexts: The impact of carer ill-health and orphan status. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 11(4), 352-362.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2016). Stick and Stones: Masculinities and Conflict Spaces. Gender and Education, 29(3), 352-368.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2015). ‘Learning the basics’: young peoples’ engagement with sexuality education at secondary schools. Sex Education, 16(4), 337-352.
Adams, L.A., & Govender, K. (2008). “Making a Perfect Man”: Traditional Masculine Ideology and Perfectionism among adolescent boys. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 551-562.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2019). Delivering sexuality education: A review of teaching pedagogies within South African schools. Perspectives in Education, 37(1), 75-87.
Davids, E., Tucker, L.A., et al. (2019). Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 31(2), 93-107.
Govender, K., Tucker, L.A., & Coldwell, S. (2019). Sense and Sensibilities: Schoolboys talk about sex in the private conversational space. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 36(4), 391-398.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2018). Challenges facing life orientation educators in the delivery of sexuality education in South African schools. Southern African Review of Education, 24(1), 43-57.
Tucker, L.A. (2017). Underdogs on top: Troubling positions for boys and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2017). Ethical considerations for research involving boys diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), 1147-1156.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2016). Sexuality education in South African schools: The challenges for Civil Society Organisations. Health Education Journal, 76(1), 77-88.
Tucker, LA., Govender, K., Kuo, C., Casale, M., & Cluver, L. (2016). Child prosociality within HIV-affected contexts: The impact of carer ill-health and orphan status. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 11(4), 352-362.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2016). Stick and Stones: Masculinities and Conflict Spaces. Gender and Education, 29(3), 352-368.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2015). ‘Learning the basics’: young peoples’ engagement with sexuality education at secondary schools. Sex Education, 16(4), 337-352.
Adams, L.A., & Govender, K. (2008). “Making a Perfect Man”: Traditional Masculine Ideology and Perfectionism among adolescent boys. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 551-562.
International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Durban, South Africa.International Congress of Psychology
2025
Cape Town, South AfricaAnimal Assisted Therapy Conference
2025
Durbanville, Cape TownCape Town Animal Conference
2025
University of Cape Town, Cape Town23rd Congress of the International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Prague, Czech RepublicSouth African Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (SA ACAPAP) 2017 Congress
2025
Stellenbosch, South AfricaInternational Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Durban, South AfricaInternational Congress of Psychology
2025
Cape Town, South AfricaAnimal Assisted Therapy Conference
2025
Durbanville, Cape TownCape Town Animal Conference
2025
University of Cape Town, Cape Town