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Women, HIV/AIDS and stigma: an anthropological study of life in a hospiceSkhosana, Nokuthula Lucinda 24 August 2012 (has links)
MA, Faculty of Humanities (Social Anthropology), University of the Witwatersrand, 2001
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Problems experienced by professional nurses caring for HIV/AIDS patients in public hospitals of Polokwane Municipality, Limpopo ProvinceMametja, Victoria Lesetja January 2013 (has links)
Thesis (M. Cur.)-- University of Limpopo, 2013 / Background: The growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic continues to make a serious impact on all countries throughout the world. Globally, countries have responded to the HIV/AIDS pandemic by investing millions of dollars to help fight the disease, but the impact of HIV/AIDS is even greater in developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa. Aims: The aims of this study were to describe the perceived problems experienced by professional nurses who provide health care to patients living with HIV/AIDS in public hospitals of Polokwane municipality, Limpopo Province and to identify guidelines to support these professional nurses. Study method: A qualitative, descriptive and contextual method was used in this study. Semi-structured, one-to-one interviews were conducted with professional nurses who participated voluntarily in the study. Tesch’s open-coding method was used for data analysis. Results: Professional nurses who provided care to people living with HIV/AIDS at Polokwane Hospital expressed feelings of frustrations and work overload, treatment delay, lack of knowledge on HIV/AIDS, lack of support systems, poor prognosis and patients presenting with confusion and mental disturbances. Conclusion and recommendations: Despite the fact that the professional nurses expressed negative experiences as they carried out their daily activities, and they still continued rendering care to HIV/AIDS patients, notwithstanding the obstacles they encountered. Recommendations were made with regard to nursing practice and nursing education, staff support by
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management, education and counselling for relatives, reaching out to the relatives and community, and further research.
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An assessment of attitudes toward people with AIDS, knowledge of AIDS, and associated variables in rural OregonWild, Diane 30 October 1992 (has links)
Graduation date: 1993
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Exploration of Hong Kong nurses' perceptions and experiences towards HIV/AIDS caringKo, Shuk-chun, 高淑珍 January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice
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A haven for the people with HIV/AIDSLaw, Sin-hang, Billy., 林善恒. January 2001 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture
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Workplace HIV and AIDS management : the case of Thetsane industrial area in Maseru, Lesotho.T'Seole, Nkeka Peter. January 2011 (has links)
The aim of this study was to investigate outcomes of approaches used to mitigate the
negative impacts of HIV and AIDS at workplaces in Lesotho using Thetsane Industrial Area
as a case study. Garment industries in Lesotho are faced with a serious threat due to the HIV
and AIDS prevalence in the country. A huge number of the labour force is leaving firms due
to increased morbidity and mortality associated with HIV and AIDS. In view of this, this
study investigated approaches used in managing HIV and AIDS in the workplace. In order to
optimize the accuracy of the research results, a triangulation research method was utilized.
The results indicate production levels to have improved since the advent of the Apparel
Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS (ALAFA). The findings suggest ALAFA to have taken over
the responsibility of HIV and AIDS prevention and management, especially in the garment
industries, providing HIV and AIDS victims with all the necessary services needed to keep
HIV and AIDS under control. These findings therefore suggest overdependence on ALAFA
by the garment industries for HIV and AIDS management. The findings also imply that
garment industries had no resources in the form of human capital specializing in the
knowledge of HIV and AIDS management from the individual garment industries. Despite
the fact that HIV and AIDS still spreads at an alarming rate, the larger implications of this
research’s findings, especially relating to the serious challenge faced by the garment
industries of losing their labour force to HIV and AIDS, is that the pandemic has lately
become manageable given that there are now ARVs and ART to be used as treatment by HIV
and AIDS victims. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Mentorship : the perspectives of HIV/AIDS counsellors and mentors.Nott, Vicki Margaret. January 2004 (has links)
The devastating impact and spread of HIV/AIDS is well recognized throughout the world. HIV/AIDS counselling is one element of Voluntary Testing and Counselling (VCT), a process designed to encourage testing, provide support, care and prevention knowledge. Quality assurance,ongoing training and counsellor support are vital components for VCT to succeed. The implementation of mentorship for HIV/AIDS counsellors is recommended as an appropriate way of addressing current counselling concerns and providing professional and psychsocial support structures to produce benefits for the quality of VCT in the long term. This study aimed at contributing to the limited field of research on the topic of mentorship by conducting an in-depth examination of mentorship in general and in an HIV/AIDS context specifically. A qualitative, interpretative method, using both in-depth interviews and focus groups, was used to address three specific research questions relating to mentorship views of HIV/AIDS counsellors and mentors in KwaZulu-Natal. A grounded theory analytic technique revealed that mentorship provides multiple functions such as guidance and support to counsellors, ongoing training and monitoring counsellor performance, which inevitably contributes to more motivated counsellors and improved quality of work. This study hopes to give greater insight into mentorship, specifically from the perspective of VCT counsellors and mentors, to those key role players and policy makers that are involved in the development of programmes for HIV/AIDS counsellors. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.
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Families in crisis : a comparative hermeneutic study of the impact of cancer and HIV/AIDS on familes.Du Plessis, Eugene. January 2002 (has links)
This study employed a qualitative hermeneutic methodology to compare and explore the stress faced by families caring for a family member with cancer or HIV/AIDS. Four 'Indian' families, two with a family member with cancer and two with a family member with HIV/AIDS, were purposiveiy sampled through NGOs in Pietermaritzburg and Durban. Generally it appeared that the illnesses brought about a range of stressors in families including fmancial and care-related stressors, role changes, difficulties accessing medical treatment, uncertainty and the psychological responses of family members. The impact of these on families was mediated by the families' abilities, social support, a variety of meaning factors and stigma. It did however, appear that families caring for a family member with HIV/AIDS had to cope with several additional burdens including coping with a more prolonged and variable period of illness, fears of infection, increased difficulties accessing medical treatment, less social support and stigma. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002. / Konrad Schrenk
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A social capital perspective regarding available support : informal HIV/AIDS carers in KwaNgcolosi, KwaZulu-Natal.Dada, Fatimah. January 2011 (has links)
South Africa has one of the highest country HIV/AIDS statistics in the world. The large
number of ill individuals has created an unprecedented care work crisis in the country. In
the absence of an adequate state supported care work response, the task of caring for
people living with HIV/AIDS has fallen on community members. Under-resourced
communities often do not have the capacity to engage in such intensive care work, and
this shift has resulted in deleterious emotional, physical and financial consequences. This
study sought to create greater understanding of the support available and accessible to
friends and family members who serve as informal carers of people living with
HIV/AIDS.
Methodologically, this is a qualitative study. Nine participants from KwaNgcolosi, a periurban
area in KwaZulu Natal, were interviewed. A semi-structured interview schedule
was directed to elicit participants’ perceptions of the support that is available and
accessible to them. Data was thematically analysed. Perceptions of support were
understood in the context of the elements of social capital, namely trust, reciprocity,
norms and networks, as well as the sociological strata in which these elements function,
the bonding, bridging and linking levels.
Findings suggest that informal carers perceive low levels of support. Participants reported
poor support from local community and extra-community members which include friends
and family members, local political and traditional leadership and leadership at a
governmental level. Low levels of social capital exist in the community evidenced by
lack of reciprocity, norms that isolate the carer, mistrust, lack of control over resources,
and weakened networks which inhibit the participants’ pool of human resources. Stigma,
discrimination and conditions of extreme poverty were major impediments to the
availability and accessibility of beneficial social capital and thus the social support
inherent in it. On the converse, the home-based carer (HBC) emerged as the strongest
source of assistance to informal carers. The support reportedly received by the HBC
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include emotional, instrumental and informational assistance. However, these
contributions were insufficient, evidenced by the testimony from all participants that they
were still experiencing extreme hardships in their care work.
The findings suggest that development, project and policy initiatives should focus on
empowerment, greater involvement of all stakeholders ranging from individual
community members to government policy makers, greater networking and participation
and finally that there should be greater investment in the HBC and the informal carer in
terms of resources and capacity building. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Understanding the experiences of doctors who undertake elective operations on HIV/AIDS patients.Gwala-Ngozo, Jacqueline Nomaswazi. January 2007 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (MMed)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.
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