A dissertation submitted to the FACULTY OF ARTS
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK
In the Department of Social Work, University of Zululand, 2009. / This study examined health caregivers’ approach towards the rehabilitation
of HIV and AIDS persons in uMhlathuze, from a social work perspective.
The study was necessitated in a bid to know the efficacy of the approaches
used in rehabilitating HIV and AIDS persons. In generating data for the
study, the descriptive method was utilised to gather data through the
administration of the questionnaire and interview schedule. A sample of 50
respondents was drawn from three health centres, namely: Ngwelezana
Hospital, Richards Bay Clinic and eNseleni Community Health centre, for
the questionnaire method. While the interview schedule was administered on
15 respondents on a face-to-face interview, who were also a part of the 50
respondents that answered the questionnaire: 3 respondents from Richards
Bay, 6 from eNseleni CHC and 6 from Ngwelezana Hospital.
A hypothesis was formulated and tested. The result showed among others,
that approaches utilised by health professionals have fared successfully in
rehabilitating HIV and AIDS infected persons. The set objectives for the
study were also achieved. It is recommended that effort be made towards the
overhauling of equipment, facilities and man-power, in the rehabilitation
process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/406 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Cobham, Esien Ikpeme |
| Contributors | Ntombela, N.H. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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