Educators play an essential role within the education system as role models. Many
educators, in addition to being affected by learners living with HIV and AIDS, are
themselves living with HIV and struggle to cope. SMTs have to play a role in the
provision of psychosocial services. The purpose of this study was to explore the types
of psychosocial services provided to ELWHIV by their SMTs in order to gain insight and
understanding and to make suggestions on how psychosocial services can be
improved. A qualitative study was undertaken in 2008. Fifteen interviews were
conducted with ELWHIV and members of SMTs at four primary schools in Bela-Bela,
Limpopo Province. The findings reveal that SMTs are failing to implement government
policies and are not providing adequate support for ELWHIV. None of the participating
schools had a functional AIDS policy. Support structures were found to be inadequate
and ineffective. Disclosure was identified as one of the major obstacles to the provision
of effective services. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/4820 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Thindisa, Johanna Ntlwaneng |
| Contributors | Allais, Carol |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (101 leaves), application/pdf |
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