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91	Hearing all the drums: towards a more inclusive congregation Mongwe, Justice Mavanyisi 28 February 2007 (has links) HEARING ALL THE DRUMS: TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE CONGREGATION is about increasing the participation of women in positions of both leadership and church ministry praxis within the Seventh Day Adventist church in South Africa. Women have been excluded in the office of elder, and have been generally excluded from preaching during the worship hour. The research process followed a participatory way of doing research, while using theories on social construction and post-modernist epistemological approach. The theologies that inform this work are contextual in nature and include African and Feminist theologies. In the pursuit for change, however, care is maintained to use inclusive practices that attempt to avoid polarising the congregation and their concomitant theologies. / Practical Theology / M.Th. (Pastoral Therapy) Inclusiveness Social Construction Pastoral care Evangelical theology Contextual theology Feminist theology Participatory ethic African theology Postmodernism Seventh-day Adventist Church 262.146768 Seventh-Day Adventists -- Doctrines Women in church work -- South Africa Ordination of women -- South Africa Feminist theology -- South Africa Women and religion -- South Africa
92	Foster care : the experiences of birth children Van der Riet, Karin Ernestine 06 1900 (has links) Family foster care is the main resource of alternative care for children in South Africa. The researcher is of the opinion, and is supported in this by literature, that very little is known about the dynamics within the foster family and its effects on the different family members. Of special interest to the researcher is to understand what happens in the lives of birth children of foster parents when they have to share their “world” with a foster child. Up till now little attention has been given to the children who are directly involved in the fostering process. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of birth children in the foster care system within the context of the family systems theory. The qualitative method implemented in the research made it possible to come to an understanding of the effects of fostering on these children and to give a true description to their voices. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Work) Birth children Experiences Family systems theory Foster care Foster parents 362.7330968 Family services -- South Africa Foster parents -- South Africa Family social work -- South Africa
93	Empowering grandprents who fulfil the role of parents in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic : a psycho-educational perspective Wood, Cecil James 02 1900 (has links) This study firstly investigates the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the resulting deaths from an international, African and South African perspective. These statistics provide a backdrop to the phenomenon of grandparent-headed households. The needs of orphans and the characteristics of grandparent-headed households are explained. The researcher describes the services offered to these households by a number of supporting agencies internationally and in South Africa. Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development is used as a structure to explain childhood grieving during the various psychosocial development stages, including adolescence. The views and experiences of a number of South African grandparent-headed households are described as well as the views of stakeholders offering support to these families. Lastly the researcher offers guidelines to professionals and lay people who endeavour to empower grandparents who fulfil the role of parents in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling) HIV/AIDS Empowering grandparents Parents Psycho-educational perspective 362.825320968 Family social work -- South Africa
94	The association of night-shift work with the development of breast cancer in women Moukangoe, Phaswane Isaac Justice 10 1900 (has links) Breast cancer poses a serious public health concern. This case-control study describes the relationship of night-shift working on the development of breast cancer in 57 women diagnosed with breast cancer compared to 49 women with other types of cancer in the Vaal Triangle area (selected through non-probability purposive sampling from CANSA). The study revealed that women who work night-shift developed breast cancer 1.24 times more often than women who do not work nightshift (OR=1.24 [95% CI 0.52 to 2.89]). The odds ratio was further increased in women who worked rotating-shift (OR=1.44 [95% CI 0.58 to 3.59]). Night-shift work exposure was not statistically related to the development of breast cancer. It is recommended that the relationship between night-shift exposure and breast cancer risk be further explored through cross-sectional and cohort studies, and other breast cancer pathways. / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health) Breast cancer Cancer Night-shift Rotating-shift Regular night-shift Parity Genetic predisposition 616.994490968223
95	The experiences and perceptions of social workers on the provision of family preservation services in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan, Gauteng Province Nhedzi, Felistas 11 1900 (has links) Many South African families are beset by social, psychological and economic challenges placing children at risk. Family preservation services, capitalising on families’ strengths to resolve their problems, are crucial to avoid the removal of children from their homes. Using a qualitative approach, this study reveals the experiences and perceptions of twelve social workers providing family preservation services in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan of Gauteng Province. These social workers articulate their understanding of and experiences with the Children’s Act (Act No. 38) of 2005. They are generally optimistic that family preservation services can offer a helping process with the potential to improve family functioning. Nevertheless, there are stumbling blocks to effective service delivery, such as the kinds of social problems experienced by families, lack of funding, high caseloads, lack of resources and little co-operation from other disciplines and agencies. Based on these findings, recommendations are made for practice, policy and further research. / Social Work / MA (Social Work) Child welfare Family preservation services Prevention services Early intervention services Statutory intervention services Aftercare services Social workers’ experiences 361.3096822 Social workers--South Africa--Ekurhuleni Child welfare--South Africa--Ekurhuleni Public welfare--South Africa--Ekurhuleni Intervention (Administrative procedure)
96	Participatory research with hospital social workers in a primary health care context Sihlobo, Alice 01 1900 (has links) We conducted the study to explore and define the role of the social worker in Primary Health Care. The medical care model on its own is viewed as inappropriate for developing countries. We see Primary Health Care as holding the key to improving the health status of the many disadvantaged communities in South Africa. The Primary Health Care approach demands those health care providers, including social workers work collaboratively to provide the best possible services to the communities. Social Work is a profession concerned with the disadvantaged. However, social workers are assigned a very limited role in Primary Health Care. Since participants are concerned about subjective and experiential realities, participatory research was the appropriate research method. The major findings and conclusions were that, social workers have a role in Primary Health Care. They have to be assertive and tell others what is it that they do to find a place in Primary Health Care / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health)) Primary health care Social work research Social work in health Social work role Participatory research Human inquiry Dialogical research Collaborative research Experiential research Participatory inquiry 362.104250968 Primary health care -- South Africa Medical social work -- South Africa Participant observation
97	The attitudes of social workers towards troubled teenagers Thies, Celeste Anne 12 1900 (has links) Social work / M.A. (Social Work) 362.7083 Gauteng (South Africa) -- Social policy.
98	The feasibility of intensive family preservation services in South Africa Willson, Stella Ingrid 11 1900 (has links) Children are being removed unnecessarily from their families and placed into substitute care because service programmes lack resources to keep families intact. There are overseas programmes, which provide home services to families, with children at risk of out of home placement. Although there has been an IFPS project there is no established intensive short-term programme in South Africa that deals with families at the brink of dissolution.The objective of the research is to investigate whether an Intensive Family Preservation Programme is feasible in South Africa. The researcher received training in the United States and met with leaders in the field, to discuss the development and implementation of the programme in South Africa. Surveys obtained the attitudes and opinions of the local social workers and commissioners of Child Welfare in Durban towards the programme. The results from opinion surveys indicate that an Intensive Family Preservation Programme is feasible in South Africa. / Social Science / M.A.(Social Work) Intensive family preservation Feasibility Home based services Family based prevention Family based service Attitude Children at risk Out of home placement 362.820968 Family social work -- South Africa. Social service -- South Africa. Family life surveys -- South Africa. Family services -- South Africa. Family counseling -- South Africa.
99	Die effek van militêre ontplooiing op die soldaat in Kwazulu-Natal met spesifieke verwysing na die gesin Mathee, Anél. 11 1900 (has links) Text in Afrikaans / Na aanleiding van die toename in tendense wat voorkom by die ontplooide soldate, byvoorbeeld aansoeke om verplasings nader aan die huis, afwesigheid sander verlof en alkoholmisbruik, het die navorser ondersoek ingestel na die effek van die ontplooiing op die soldaat en sy gesin. 'n Verkenningstudie is gekies om die probleemareas te verken. Die nominale groepstegniek is gebruik om die inligting te verkry vanaf die 16 gesinne wat deur doelbewuste seleksie gekies is. Die Die navorser het bevind dat daar wel verskeie probleme tuis ontstaan het as gevolg van die ontplooiing. Beide die blanke en Zoeloe gesinne het probleme ervaar as gevolg van die ontplooiing, alhoewel die probleme verskil het by die verskillende kulture. Verskeie aanbevelings is gemaak en sluit die samewerking van die maatskaplike werkers, kompanie bevelvoerders, eenheidsbevelvoerders om die omstandighede van die soldate in die ontplooiingsituasie, asook die van hulle gesinn, te verbeter. / M.A. (Maatskaplike Werk) Militere ontplooiing Verkenningsnavorsingsontwerp Blanke en Zoeloe gesinne Nominale groepstegniek Gesinsprobleme as gevolg van ontplooiing Maatskaplike werkers Kkompaniebevelvoerders Eenheidsbevelvoerders Samewerking Verbetering van omstandighede 362.8209684 Draft -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal.
100	Absent fathers : an ecosystemic exploration of context Mabusela, Moipone Hilda Martha 09 1900 (has links) The aim of this study was to explore absent fathers' experiences. This involved determining absent fathers' conceptualisation of fatherhood, exploring the psychological well-being of absent fathers, and how absent fathers cope with being absent from their children‟s lives. An ecosystemic approach was employed as the epistemology to understand the participants in terms of organisation of their behaviour in social contexts. Qualitative research was used, and in-depth interviews were conducted to collect the data. The research found that these fathers' experiences of being absent from their children's lives have negatively affected several aspects of their lives, both emotionally and behaviourally. Furthermore, the study concluded that fathers who are absent from their children‟s lives, while aware of the roles they need to play, seem unable to fulfil these roles. Lastly, the absent fathers revealed a tendency to react ambivalently towards their identities as fathers. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Absent fathers Behavioural impact Ecosystemic approach Single parenthood Children Psychological impact 306.87420968 Custody of children -- South Africa Father and child -- South Africa Fatherless families -- South Africa Fathers -- South Africa -- Psychology Family psychotherapy -- South Africa Family social work -- South Africa Parents -- Services for -- South Africa

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