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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Consumer Science

de Klerk, HM

BSc(Huish) BSc(Hons)(Huish) MSc(Huish) PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor and Head

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Telephone number: 012 420 2853
Fax number: 012 420 2855
E-mail address: helena.deklerk@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

A social-psychological social-cultural approach in the study of human behaviour in textiles, clothing, foods, nutrition and interior merchandise

A marketing and consumer approach in the development of clothing, food and interior merchandise products for small business and retail markets in South Africa

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Donoghue S, de Klerk HM: 2009. The right to be heard and to be understood: a conceptual framework for consumer protection in emerging economies. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 33 (4), pp 456-467.

Lubbe SJ, de Klerk HM: 2009. The early-adolescent girl's experience of weight gain: A symbolic interactionism and life-course conceptual framework. Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences/Tydskrif vir Gesinsekologie en Verbruikerswetenskappe, 37, pp 1-11, Full Text

 

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