M.Cur. (Community Health Nursing) / During employment as a registered nurse and while rendering mobile family planning services on farms in the Eastern Transvaal, it was found that appreciable time was spent on non-nursing tasks. The impression gained, was that the people who visited the clinics were only a part of the total farm community and that possibly a mutual communication gap existed between the formal health sector and the community. The purpose of this study was to establish whether the lay health worker should be formally recognised as a member of the primary health team. The research design was a descriptive, quantitative study in a contextual framework. Data was collected using a literature study and a survey using a questionnaire. The research has confirmed that a gap exists between the formal health sector and the rural community. This gap is bridged by the lay health worker, implying that she should be formally recognised as a member of the primary health team.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12031 |
| Date | 12 August 2014 |
| Creators | Clarke, Marina |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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