The study attempts to investigate the availability, accessibility and utilization of
health care services in a rural area. The study has been conducted in one of the
rural areas (Ndwedwe) in the Province of KwaZulu Natal (Durban) near the town
called Verulam. The Ndwedwe area consists of a population of about 170 000
and the number of households is hard even to estimate because of the
geographical setting of the area. The study has been conducted at the centre of
the entire area called Ndwedwe central w!:lere the Ndwedwe municipality is
located. Most of the people spend most of the time in this area because it has
most of the services that are needed by the community.
The questionnaires administered and the interviews conducted were systematic
because in all the sixteen areas, interviews were conducted (at least two
ihterview encounters in one area consisting of the entire Ndwedwe area) and
questionnaires were administered the same way. The findings show that the
majority of people in the Ndwedwe area do not have enough health care service
institutions and the very services are not equally and evenly distributed amongst
areas that constitute the entire Ndwedwe area. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2002
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/10389 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Nene, Minenhle Mbuso. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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