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Hanlon, Brooke Catherine June
author
2017-05
This study examined the gender socialisation process among ten recent high school
graduates and the reasoning behind their chosen career paths. Three institutions: the
family, school, and media, were examined to explore how these institutions could possibly
have affected the participants’ career choices. This was accomplished through qualitative
research by conducting in-depth interviews among five nursing students (three females
and two males) and five engineering students (three females and two males) who were 18
or 19 years of age. The interviews revealed that the participants were aware of current
gender stereotypes and had experienced gender socialisation through bedroom décor
and/or parental roles. The interviews further revealed ‘influencers’ (such as one’s peer
group or a close relative) as a significant factor leading males into nursing and females
into engineering. Participants within each program revealed differences in personal
definitions of success and thoughts on work-family balance.
Hanlon, Brooke Catherine June (2017) A sociological investigation of gender and non-gender specific career choices by young adults in saint John, Canada, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22942>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22942
Sociology
Socialisation
Institutions
Young adults
Gender
Career choices
STEM careers
Nursing
Engineering
Canada
A sociological investigation of gender and non-gender specific career choices by young adults in Saint John, Canada
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Washington, Dione
author
2010-06
The author presents original research findings on the subject of the impact of a youth mentoring program, Fresh Start, on a group of at-risk adolescents in the United States. The article opens with an introduction and overview of the subject of youth mentoring, and proceeds to a review of the literature that describes types of mentoring and the varied outcomes mentoring programs have been documented to have on target populations. The literature also explains the concept of at-risk adolescents, and explains how and why mentoring programs are believed to be effective interventions for working with this population. The author then presents the methodology, research design, and procedures that were used for the study, and identifies the organization that served as the subject of the study. The researcher explained that data were collected from three distinct participant groups: students, teachers, and parents. The researcher documents the data collection and analysis techniques, and reports the results. Based on the study conducted, the researcher concluded that the Fresh Start mentoring intervention influenced statistically significant positive outcomes for participants with respect to the at-risk students’ behaviour and academic performance. Taking this conclusion into consideration, the researcher reflected upon the components of a mentoring program that are most likely to predict academic and social success for students who have been deemed at-risk, and offered recommendations for future research and program development.
Washington, Dione (2010) A fresh start : an evaluation of the impact of mentoring programs on young people, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3604>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3604
Adolescence
Mentoring programs
Self-esteem
Youth development
Youth mentoring
A fresh start : an evaluation of the impact of mentoring programs on young people
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Lobaka, Simon Tebogo
author
2023-02-08
This study examines the role non-resident fathers play in the raising of their children over the life course. The main question posed in this study is What caregiving roles do non-resident biological fathers play in raising their children over the life course? The following are the three subsidiary questions formulated to address this:
What are the indicators of responsible fathering in a South African context?
Which and whose positive fathering roles do we exclude by assuming that father presence equals active involvement?
How do non-resident fathers care for their children?
The life course perspective was chosen to trace the caregiving role played by non-resident fathers in raising their children. The life course perspective was chosen because it recognises that the core principles of an individual's life course comprise a complex interplay of biological, psychological and social elements. The approach also examines developmental inferences of changes in environmental elements while tracing individual role transitions, turning points and trajectories throughout the course of a person's life. A qualitative study was conducted by way of 30 in-depth interviews with 23 non-resident fathers based in Gauteng province. The data collection process lasted for 12 months – from August 2020 to August 2021. The methodology was adjusted in line with COVID-19 restrictions; as such, some interviews were conducted telephonically and online.
The study found that non-resident fathers play a significant role in the raising of their children. However, many face a myriad of challenges in their attempt to be more involved in child-rearing. The identified challenges varied from maternal gatekeeping to unfair treatment by the judiciary. Despite the challenges, participants indicated having embarked on measures to gain custody of, or at least access to, their children.
This study makes an important contribution by dispelling two myths that have dominated popular discourse in South Africa in the last decade. Firstly, it dispels the myth that Black South African fathers, especially non-resident fathers, are all irresponsible and uncaring towards their children. Secondly, the study shows that co-residence with children is not the only predictor of paternal involvement, and research participants make sustained efforts to remain active in the lives of children.
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/29818
Non-resident fatherhood
Life course perspective
Paternal involvement
Maculinity
Responsible fathering
Black fathers
Caregiving roles
Maternal gatekeeping
Positive fathering
Father-child relationship
Parental plans
Qualitative research
Turning point
Paternal involvement beyond residence : the role of non-resident fathers in raising their children in Tshwane Metro, Gauteng
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Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher
author
2017-02
The discourse on youth in South Africa’s post-apartheid era attempts to explore black African youth as agents for social change in their locale. Various perspectives define methods that are utilised by the youth to overcome the social challenges in this era. A case study approach was adopted in conducting this research. The role(s) played by the youth to influence social change were also investigated. The term youth in this research, refers to black African youth between 18 and 29 years of age, living in the township of KwaMashu in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. This investigation attempted to unravel the contributions made by youth towards community development, as well as the strategies that they adopted to secure their day-to-day livelihoods. In addition, various stereotypes and attitudes connected to youth were examined and were also documented. This study also investigated the role played by social agencies such as government institutions, education sector and also non-governmental and faith-based organisations in relation to the empowerment of young people in defining their futures. This investigation enabled the exploration of the impact of contemporary cultural value system(s) in shaping youth’s identities and their perceptions. The findings revealed that there is a need for relevant stakeholders and policy makers to consider interventions that will ensure support of youth initiatives, to curb the scourge of unemployment and poverty. It also recommends that the academic sphere needs to consider the decolonisation of the curriculum towards an Afrocentric Indigenous Knowledge orientation to enhance the aspirations of the Constitution of South Africa. The study also discovered evidence that suggests that the youth have a critical role to play in the development of their locales. Finally, the findings of this research acts as the baseline that could assist future studies in identifying possible themes that can provide [a fuller] understanding of the role played by black African youth in different social settings, i.e. township life, academic and political spheres in the post-apartheid era.
Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher (2017) Black African township youth survival strategies in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of the kwamashu township within ethekwini municipality, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22136>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22136
Youth discourse
Black African
Survival strategies
KwaMashu township
Afrocentricism
Indigenous knowledge system
Experiences
Post-apartheid South Africa
Black African township youth survival strategies in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of the KwaMashu township within eThekwini Municipality
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Imenda, Mwenda Sitwala
author
2022-02
This was a qualitative case study exploring and describing the role that stigma plays
in the spread of HIV among young women between the ages of 18 and 24.
The study locale was Johannesburg, South Africa. The social ecology model and radical
feminism were adopted as the conceptual framework for the study. Data were
collected through interviews with thirteen young women. This study intended to
explore and describe HIV-related stigma, as experienced by young women living with
HIV. The major findings of the study were that (a) all the participants were familiar with
the notion of stigma and held the view that it made many young women vulnerable to
infection; (b) stigma kept many people living with HIV (PLHIV) from accessing
prevention and destigmatisation intervention programmes, as well as healthcare
facilities and services; (c) there were currently very few HIV reduction and
destigmatisation intervention programmes in their communities; (d) intervention
programmes could be strengthened by involving PLHIV in the planning and execution
of such programmes, as well as utilising HIV positive experts and (e) extant stigma
prevention and destigmatisation programmes could be strengthened at family, clinics,
hospitals and community levels. It is concluded that the study has made an important
contribution towards closing the literature gap in the paucity of studies on the personal
lived experiences of PLHIV.
In hierdie kwalitatiewe gevallestudie is die rol van stigma in die verspreiding van MIV
onder jong vroue tussen die ouderdom van 18 en 24 ondersoek en beskryf. Die studie
is in Johannesburg, Suid-Afrika onderneem. Die maatskaplike-ekologiemodel en
radikale feminisme het die konseptuele raamwerk daarvan gevorm. Data is ingesamel
deur onderhoude met dertien jong vroue te voer. Die oogmerk van die studie was om
die stigma van MIV wat kleef aan jong vroue wat met MIV leef, te verken. Die volgende
bevindings is gemaak: (a) al die deelnemers was vertroud met die idee van stigma.
Hulle was van mening dat dit tallose jong vroue vir infeksie kwesbaar maak; (b) die
stigma ontneem talle mense wat leef met MIV (MLMIV) van toegang tot nie alleen
voorkomings- en destigmatiseringsprogramme nie, maar ook van gesondheidsorg en
-dienste; (c) tans word weinig MIV-verminderings- en destigmatiseringsprogramme in
hulle gemeenskappe aangebied; (d) intervensieprogramme kan verbeter word deur
MLMIV by die beplanning en uitvoering daarvan te betrek; en (e) bestaande
stigmavoorkomings- en destigmatiseringsprogramme behoort in families, klinieke,
hospitale en gemeenskappe verskerp te word. Die slotsom is dat hierdie studie die
leemte aan literatuur oor die persoonlike, deurleefde ervarings van MLMIV aanvul
Ona e ne e le mokgwa wa ho etsa patlsisio moo ho ithutwang ka ketsahalo e boima
ka ho hlwaya dintho tse fapaneng tse amanang le yona, o fuputsang le ho hlalosa
karolo e bapalwang ke sekgobo phatlallong ya HIV basading ba dilemong tsa botjha
tse pakeng tsa tse 18 le 24. Phuputso e ne e etsetswa Johannesburg, Aforika Borwa.
Ho nkilwe dikamano tsa batho le dintho tse fapaneng tse amang maphelo a bona le
mohopolo o bontshang kgatello ya basadi e le moralo wa tshebetso. Datha e
bokelletswe ka ho inthaviuwa basadi ba leshome le metso e meraro ba dilemong tsa
botjha. Sepheo sa phuputso ena e ne e le ho ithuta le ho hlalosa sekgobo se amanang
le HIV, jwalo ka ha se etsahalla basadi ba dilemong tsa botjha ba phelang ka HIV.
Lesedi le fumanweng ka phuputso e ne e le hore (a)bankakarolo kaofela ba ne ba
tseba hore sekgobo ke eng, mme ba ne ba dumela hore se entse hore batho ba
bangata ba be kotsing ya ho tshwaetswa; (b) sekgobo se thibela batho ba bangata ba
phelang ka HIV (PLHIV) hore ba se kene mekgweng ya kalafo e thibelang tshwaetso
le ho tlosa sekgobo feela, empa le ho ya dibakeng tsa tlhokomelo ya bophelo le ho
fumantshwa ditshebeletso; (c) ha jwale ho fanwa ka mekgwa e menyane haholo ya
kalafo ya ho thusa ho fokotsa HIV le ho tlosa sekgobo baahing ba bona (d) mekgwa
ya kalafo e sebedisetswang ho ntlafatsa boemo e ka matlafatswa ka ho kenya PLHIV
tlhophisong le tshebedisong ya mekgwa eo, le ho matlafatswa ka ho sebedisa ditsebi
tse nang le HIV; le (e)mekgwa e ntseng e le teng ya ho thibela le ho tlosa sekgobo e
ka matlafatswa lelapeng, tleleniking, sepetlele le setjhabeng. Ho phethetswe ka hore
phuputso e bile le seabo sa bohlokwa dingolweng tse fokolang tsa diketshalo tsa nnete
tsa batho ba phelang ka PLHIV.
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Destigmatisation
HIV
AIDS
Discrimination
Stigma
Risk
Vulnerable groups
Women
Destigmatisering
MIV
VIGS
Diskriminasie
Risiko
Kwesbare groepe
Vroue
Ho tlosa sekgobo
Kgethollo
Sekgobo
Kotsi
Dihlopha
tse kotsing e kgolo ya fokollwa ke bophelo,
Basadi
Investigating how stigma AIDS the spread of HIV infections among young women in Johannesburg and possible interventions to ameliorate the problem
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Nnabugwu-Otesanya, Bernadette Ekwutosi
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2009-08-25T10:54:39Z
This study attempts to understand prostitution from their definition of the situation. It differs in its method from other studies on prostitution in that the investigation was based on the prostitutes' own perspectives as interpreted by the researcher using the interpretative epistemological tradition. A comparative analysis of prostitution in two economically stable African Countries, namely Nigeria and Botswana was made.
This study investigated society's perception of prostitutes and how it impacts upon their empowerment and emancipation as vulnerable members of the society and their participation in prevention and control of sexually transmitted infection including HIV/AIDS. Also the role of governments and individuals in creating and sustaining prostitution, an extensive insight to the modus operandi of prostitution and suggestions on how best to address prostitution in society, were discussed.
A triangulated methodology of three hundred and twenty five sexworkers (325) that includes a quantitative study of two hundred and five sex workers complimented with a qualitative study of one hundred and twenty sex workers participating in focus group discussion and case studies informed the study.
The findings of the research suggest that in the prostitutes' own definition of the situation; prostitutes contribute to the maintenance of societal equilibrium, the society creates and sustains prostitution. Economic need rather than lack of morals creates prostitutes and their situation of vulnerability as women is being reinforced by their status as prostitutes. Violence from partners that includes the police and the inability to reprimand their clients, are some hazards of prostitution and these result in their mobility and creates a challenge in adequately addressing the issue of prostitution in society, including their limited participation in the control of STDs.
Respondents in Botswana had a very good knowledge of STI's /HIV/AIDS and had no difficulties in going to hospital in the event of any STD's as compared with Nigerian respondents. The Nigerian respondents' indulged in self-medication with antibiotics and traditional herbs mixed in local gin before and after a sexual act, rather than go to hospitals.
The research findings should assist the government and international community's policies and programmes aimed at addressing prostitution and STDs/HIV/AIDS.
Nnabugwu-Otesanya, Bernadette Ekwutosi (2009) A comparative study of prostitutes in Nigeria
and Botswana, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1588>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1588
A comparative study of prostitutes in Nigeria
and Botswana
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Magada, Elizabeth Shambadza
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2014-02
This study was an attempt to investigate the influence of socio-cultural factors on HIV prevention strategies among HIV discordant couples in Harare, Zimbabwe. HIV sero-discordance is a scenario whereby one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative. HIV sero-discordant couples are a unique and vulnerable population that encounters many peculiar challenges. When dealing with this population, researchers have to deal with contradictory ideas and perceptions presented by each partner making up the couples and also understand the relationship in the context of cultural values, norms and the dynamic of power and oppression. In addition to this, the concept of HIV sero-discordance and the frequency of its occurrence are poorly understood in most African communities. Despite the growing evidence of HIV discordance, HIV prevention strategies have largely focused on clinical aspects at the expense of socio-cultural issues that impact on HIV prevention strategies targeted at HIV sero- discordant couples. The study seeks to contribute to the conceptualization and design of intervention programs dealing with sero-discordance. The study is underpinned by the symbolic interactionism theory and was qualitative in design involving 13 HIV discordant couples in heterosexual relationships enrolled in the HIV Preventions Trials Network 052 Study (HPTN 052 Study) being undertaken by the University of Zimbabwe’s department of medicine. The study utilized 2 Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and 10 in-depth interviews (IDI) to collect data. The study’s findings indicate that discordant couples are in fact critical stakeholders in the uptake of all the available HIV prevention strategies. Failure to acknowledge this tenet is self-defeating as evidenced by the perception of viewing condom use within a marriage as humiliating for a woman. The study further noted that practitioners in the HIV prevention domain must guard against over-relying on the scientifically demonstrated efficacy of the strategies. The study recommends that HIV prevention strategies must be socially and culturally acceptable and embedded for them to be more efficacious.
Magada, Elizabeth Shambadza (2014) An investigation into the influence of socio-cultural factors on HIV prevention strategies: a case study of HIV sero-discordant couples in Harare-Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14613>
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Influence
Socio-cultural factors
HIV prevention strategies
HIV sero-discordant couples
Zimbabwe
An investigation into the influence of socio-cultural factors on HIV prevention strategies : a case study of HIV sero-discordant couples in Harare-Zimbabwe
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Sithole, Bongani Mildred
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2013-06
This study sought to investigate factors that influence adherence to treatment amongst rural people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) at Shongwe hospital in Mpumalanga. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. From patients’ case files, a sample of twenty-eight respondents was recruited for the completion of questionnaires. A focus group discussion with nine participants was held, followed by qualitative interviews with three key informants. Findings indicated that a complex web of factors unique to each patient’s social context plays a role in determining whether or not patients adhere to their regimens. Obstacles to adherence are poor social support, problems relating to disclosure, unemployment and economic hardship, traditional and religious beliefs, the quality and nature of adherence counselling and treatment side effects.
Sithole, Bongani Mildred (2013) Factors that influence treatment adherence for people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral theraphy in rural communities in Mpumalanga, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11897>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11897
Antiretroviral therapy
Adherence
Compliance
Adherence counselling
Loss to follow up
Factors that influence treatment adherence for people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral theraphy in rural communities in Mpumalanga
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Liebenberg, Johannes Christiaan Rudolph (Ian)
author
2009-08-25T10:46:48Z
This work narrates a qualitative sociological exploration with auto-ethnographic underpinnings. It deals with the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SATRC) as a contextual case among others. The thesis seeks to answer the question of whether countries following a TRC route did better than those that did not use TRCs, when it comes to establishing civil control over the military. The author's exposure and involvement in the process as participant, participant observer, observer participant and observer inform the study. With the SATRC as one cornerstone other cases reflected upon include Argentina and Chile (Latin America), Spain and Portugal (Southern Europe), Namibia, Nigeria and Rwanda (Africa).
Liebenberg, Johannes Christiaan Rudolph (Ian) (2009) Truth and reconciliation processes and civil-military relations: a qualitative exploration, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/797>
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Truth and reconciliation
Democracy
Apartheid military
Military sociology
Auto-ethnography
South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
Civil control (South Africa)
Authoritarian rule
Liberation struggles
Reflexivity
Armed forces (in transition)
Scientific narratives
Truth and reconciliation processes and civil-military relations: a qualitative exploration
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Rabe, Maria Elizabeth
author
1997-11
In hierdie studie is adolessente se houdings teenoor bejaardes ondersoek. Die sosiale aard van houdings is beklemtoon en in verband gebring met sosiale afstand. Aspekte van subkulture, Cowgill se fotmulering van die moderniseringsteorie, die ouderdomstratifikasie model en Dowd se ruilingsteorie is as teoretiese orientering gebruik. Die doel van die studie is om vas te stel of daar 'n verband is tussen adolessente se houdings
teenoor spesifieke bejaardes en adolessente se houdings teenoor bejaardes in die algemeen. Die verband tussen houdings teenoor bejaardes en die volgende is ook ondersoek, adolessente se: geslag, huistaal, hoeveelheid kontak met bejaardes en evaluering van gesprekke met bejaardes. Die ondersoek is deur middel van 'n vraelys onder standerd sewe leerlinge in enkele skole in die Vanderbijlpark-Vereeniging gebied geloods. 'n Verband is tussen adolessente se houdings teenoor spesifieke bejaardes en adolessente se houdings teenoor bejaardes in die algemeen gevind.
In this study adolescents' attitudes towards the elderly were investigated. The social nature of attitudes were highlighted and then linked to social distance. Aspects of subcultures, Cowgill's formulation of the modernisation theory, the age stratification model and Dowd's exchange theory were used as a theoretical base. The aim of the study is to establish whether there is a relationship between adolescents' attitudes towards specific elderly persons and adolescents' attitudes towards the elderly in general. The relationship between attitudes towards the elderly and the following were also examined, adolescents': gender, home language, amount of contact with elderly persons and evaluation of conversations with elderly persons.
The study was conducted by way of a questionnaire administered to standard seven pupils in several
schools in the Vanderbijlpark-Vereeniging area.
A relationship was discovered between adolescents' attitudes towards specific elderly and
adolescents' attitudes towards the elderly in general.
Rabe, Maria Elizabeth (1997) Adolessente se houdings teenoor bejaardes : 'n ondersoek onder standerd 7 leerlinge in die Vanderbijlpark-Vereeniging gebied, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15843>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15843
Adolessente se houdings teenoor bejaardes : 'n ondersoek onder standerd 7 leerlinge in die Vanderbijlpark-Vereeniging gebied
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Moodley, Namoshini
author
2010-06
This sociological study investigates the effects of work stress on family dynamics. Job demands, like heavy workload and working overtime, could have an effect on family members to fulfill role obligations and vital family functions according to Parsons’s, Murdock’s and Merton’s functionalist theories.
By employing qualitative research techniques, fifty in-depth interviews guided by an interview schedule are conducted. The three research questions or tentative hypotheses, based on the functionalist theory, are answered by the findings from the data gathered. An inductive strategy is used to gather and interpret data to eventually build new theory. Theory is grounded in the data, hence grounded theory. The findings are categorized in terms of the research questions and describe and explain how the family is affected when work stress is experienced by the employee and family member. Possible explanations are offered as to why this occurs. Recommendations for further research are also made.
Moodley, Namoshini (2010) Work stress : the repercussions on family dynamics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3930>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3930
Job-related stressors
Role conflict
Work-family conflict
Social support
Workplace support
Roles
Functions
Dysfunctions
Manifest and latent functions
Spillover
Family adaptation to work stress
Work stress : the repercussions on family dynamics
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Fojo Gudina Abshula
author
2018-04
Despite the imperative of reintegration assistance for returnees of illegal migration, which will enable them to become independent and productive members of the community, the reintegration needs and experiences of returned illegal migrants are neglected in academic studies. The objectives of the study were to explore the socio-contextual factors that gave rise to the illegal migration of the study participants; their illegal migration abuse and exploitation experiences; the reintegration needs they sought after return; and the responses of relevant stakeholders to meet the reintegration needs of the returnees and help them reintegrate into the community. To this end, I conducted a qualitative study in Omo Nada district in 2017. I collected the data by means of indepth interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. I used thematic analysis to analyze the findings. The study revealed that the decision to migrate ‘illegally’ was the result of
numerous drivers: poverty, unemployment, political discrimination, family pressure, and absence of legal means, the influence of brokers and smugglers, and socio-cultural and religious factors. The returned migrants experienced various types of abuse and exploitation, including physical abuse, economic, labour and sexual exploitation both on the migration journey and at the place of destination. The long periods of isolation some experienced also resulted in the disintegration of their families. Participants identified the need for support in the form of health services, counselling, housing, employment, skills training, finances, loans and social support from relevant stakeholders such as family, the community, the government and non-governmental organizations. Despite the many needs identified, the relevant bodies provided very little reintegration support. Due to this, the returnees were not able to reintegrate into their communities. Returning to the premigration conditions which drove them to migrate ‘illegally' in the first place, with no hope of any reintegration assistance, led some returnees to re-migrate illegally. Reintegration is a key aspect for return migration. Therefore, to be sustainable and for the reintegration process to be successful it must be widely supported. The consequences of illegal migration and reintegration support must be taken seriously and supported by the government in all its aspects. Government agencies such as the Labour and Social Affairs Office must be capacitated to provide the necessary assistance and supports to effect sustainable integration.
Fojo, Gudina Abshula (2018) Reintegration of illegal migration returnees in Omo Nada District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25303>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25303
Illegal migration
Migrant smuggling
Human trafficking
Returnees
Reintegration
Economic reintegration
Social reintegration
Reintegration supports
Omo Nada
Jimma Zone
Oromia
Ethiopia
Reintegration of illegal migration returnees in Omo Nada District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
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Mnisi, Daphney Martha Abigail
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2011-11
This study was undertaken to identify the biographical characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of informal family care-givers caring for patients with mental illness in Dennilton. Data were gathered from 48 care-givers by using a cross-sectional survey approach in which structured questionnaires were completed. The results revealed that a sizeable proportion of the care-givers were 60 years and older. Only 10% were employed and a quarter married, suggesting that the care burden influenced their life choices. Many care-givers were mothers or female family members. Half of the patients cared for suffered from depression. Violent, aggressive behaviour was reported as a symptom that care-givers found difficult to deal with. Less than half of the care-givers reported that the patients accepted their health situation.
Mnisi, Daphney Martha Abigail (2011) The characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of informal caregivers caring for a mentally ill family member : a study in Dennilton, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6041>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6041
Family care-giving
Informal care
Mental illness
Mental health
Care-giving
Dennilton
The characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of informal caregivers caring for a mentally ill family member : a study in Dennilton
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Madebwe, Crescentia
author
2014-08
This thesis examined husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe. Data was collected from husbands and wives in married couple households where the wife had migrated alone. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with migrant women’s husbands in Zimbabwe while migrant women were interviewed in countries of destination telephonically. Empirical results showed that migrant women and their husbands were middle aged. Preferred countries of destination were in the region and the United Kingdom. Having a wife’s own social contacts in the preferred destination encouraged migration by reducing financial and emotional costs. Husbands' immobility facilitated wifely migration. Many wives exercised agency in migration decision making with more wives than husbands having initiated the discussion on migration. There were also cases of joint and wife sole decision making. With a few exceptions decision making was consensual. The women migrated as a survival strategy. In several households remittances were the primary source of income. Husbands were the main recipients of remittances. Some wives gave instructions on how the remittances should be used. Overall, remittances were used for paying fees, buying assets and for household upkeep. Some of the women had not visited their families since their migration. The physical separation of spouses had caused emotional distress in some marital relationships. The majority of respondents cited loss of consortium as a major problem.
Madebwe, Crescentia (2014) Husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18571>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18571
International migration
Husband immobility
Wifely migration
Migrant women
Remittances
Decision making
Family
Marriage
Networks
Gender relations
Empowerment
Economic crisis
Migration theories
Diaspora
Culture
Norms
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe
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Moola, Sabihah
author
2015-03
Interactive health communication between the health-care professional (HCP) and patient relationship for diabetes health-care positively contributes to patient-centred care. Hence individual patient concerns are addressed and catered for in the medical system. The purpose of this study was to analyse in-depth how HCP-patient relationships and HCP-HCP teamwork dynamics positively contribute to effective diabetes patient care and treatment adherence. Different health communication models and theories were reviewed and a conceptual framework was developed from the literature. A qualitative case study approach was used to collect data at Stanger Hospital’s diabetes clinic. Data was collected using three different methods, namely in-depth interviews with HCPs and patients individually, observations conducted at the clinic analysing both the HCPs and patients, and finally, documentation that emerged as a third data collection method where patient files and diabetes educational material were analysed at the clinic. Triangulation by means of the three methods ensured that reliable, valid and credible data was collected in the field.
Diabetes health-care and treatment management are affected by the social context/social system which includes family and culture. These social factors are acknowledged as core in the literature. However, a single comprehensive health communication model did not exist solely in this regard. The data indicated that at the Stanger Hospital’s diabetes clinic, patient-centred (individual tailor-made treatment plans) care was only implemented after patients had defaulted treatment for reasons linked to their social circumstances.
The findings of the study indicate that teamwork was favoured in the HCP-HCP relationship at the diabetes clinic, and that this made a positive contribution to effective diabetes patient care. HCPs were overburdened at the clinic since patient numbers were high and there were staff shortages. The patients’ empirical data indicated that interactive communication positively contributed to their medical concerns being catered for at the diabetes clinic, but this tended to occur only after non-adherence. Patients required care and support from HCPs in order to learn to accept diabetes and manage their illness.
Moola, Sabihah (2015) Communication dynamics in producing effective patient care: a case study at Stanger Hospital’s diabetes clinic in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20679>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20679
Interactive health communication
Persuasive communication
Communication exchange
Cognitive
Psychological
Social system/context
Family
Culture
HCP-patient relationships
HCP-HCP teamwork
Biomedical
Biopsychosocial
Apartheid medicine
Patient-centred care
Communication dynamics
Diabetes
Treatment adherence
Public health-care
Case study
Communication dynamics in producing effective patient care : a case study at Stanger Hospital’s diabetes clinic in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
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Damar, Alita P.
author
2009-08-25T10:51:59Z
The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a need for specific
bereavement counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS in Indonesia,
where death is believed to be fated.
Six AIDS-bereaved women were recruited. Data analysis was conducted based on the
women's interview transcripts and journal entries.
The women experienced at least three traumatic life events. The most challenging
experience was learning that they have contracted a disease they knew to be mostly
associated with prostitution. Given the short lapse of time between their husbands'
deaths and learning about their seropositivity, biographical disruption appeared to
have acted as an "analgesic", while concerns to protect their children seemed to have
triggered biographical reinforcement. This phenomenon may have brought about a
positive bereavement outcome.
Specific counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS are needed, but
emphasis should first be placed on improving their wellbeing and their perception of
stigma.
Damar, Alita P. (2009) Need analysis for AIDS-related
bereavement counselling programmes to assist women affected by HIV/AIDS
- an indonesian perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1348>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1348
Bereavement counselling
Indonesia
HIV/AIDS
Widows of HIV-positive
Need analysis for AIDS-related
bereavement counselling programmes to assist women affected by HIV/AIDS
- an indonesian perspective
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Thole-Muir, Wendy Harriet
author
2014-11
In many South African communities, socially constructed masculinity norms that promote unequal gender relations and high risk sexual behaviour are key contributing factors to HIV transmission. Following a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviews, this study engaged graduates of the Tavern Intervention Programme (TIP) in Gauteng to explore and describe their perceptions of traditional and modern masculinities, as well as their experience of the TIP. The findings indicated that, while there are differences between traditional and modern men, several masculinity practices, such as unequal gender relations, inconsistent use of condoms, infrequent accessing of HIV testing opportunities and entitlement to multiple partners endure as potential barriers to HIV prevention. Additionally, peer groups reinforce and reward HIV risk behaviour among modern men. Participants did, however, report changes in perceptions and behaviour regarding gender relations and HIV prevention as a result of their participation in the TIP. This study concluded that the role the TIP played in providing these men with an environment where alternative masculinity behaviour could be explored and supported was of particular value in terms of changes in their perceptions of masculinities, gender relations and HIV prevention.
Thöle-Muir, Wendy Harriet (2014) Masculinity ideals and HIV prevention: an analysis of perceptions among male graduates of the Tavern Intervention Programme (TIP) in Gauteng, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18840>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18840
Masculinities
Gender relations
HIV transmission
Peer groups
Alternative masculinity behaviour
HIV prevention
Gauteng
Masculinity ideals and HIV prevention: an analysis of perceptions among male graduates of the Tavern Intervention Programme (TIP) in Gauteng
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Lekubu, Gloria Stephinah Sebaetseng
author
2016-10
The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of adult offenders living with HIV (OLWHIV) not qualifying for antiretroviral therapy (ART). Such offenders are put on the pre-antiretroviral therapy (pre-ART) program after HIV diagnosis. Follow up of OLWHIV is done every six months to ensure prompt treatment. Research objectives include exploration of experiences of OLWHIV on the pre-ART program, the accessibility of the program and the challenges thereof. An exploratory, qualitative study with face-to-face interviews was conducted. Purposive sampling of the eight participants was done to conduct the study.
Seven out of eight participants accessed the pre-ART program well but had little knowledge of the pre-ART program. Furthermore, participants experienced little support from partners and health care workers. The study showed institutional constraints such as poor diet, shortage of staff and humiliation from Correctional officers. Participants portrayed commitment in the support group irrespective of the challenges experienced. The study further showed that the self-care theory could enhance the pre-ART program but that institutional constraints deterred the progress. Participants made recommendations such as strengthening of partnerships for support groups, good diet, and an increase of staff capacity. Overall study recommendations include implementation of universal test and treat and mixed methods for future studies.
Lekubu, Gloria Stephinah Sebaetseng (2016) Exploring the experiences of adult offenders living with HIV on pre-antiretroviral therapy program at the Losperfontein Correctional Centre, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22274>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22274
Exploring the experiences of adult offenders living with HIV on pre-antiretroviral therapy program at the Losperfontein Correctional Centre
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Mogane-Ramahotswa, Baby
author
1995-01
Community-based approaches are of fundamental importance in the development of rural water supply and sanitation.
Three case studies demonstrate that, by means of negotiation, need assessment, community participation, community-based management and appropriate technology, a reasonable degree of success can be achieved in providing an adequate and safe drinking water supply to most unserved communities.
The research also shows that necessary negotiations with the government are often more complex and time-consuming than those with the community itself. Either the weight of bureaucratic processes or the lack of capacity and willingness on the part of the government to implement small-scale water projects using community-based
approaches, were the reasons for the complexity of negotiations in one case study.
It was also found that self-initiated projects with strong back-up support from development agencies are more successful than are projects initiated from outside.
It was also noticed that community-based management is feasible and that it can lead to sustainable development.
Mogane-Ramahotswa, Baby (1995) A community-based approach to rural water supply and sanitation : three case studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17474>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17474
A community-based approach to rural water supply and sanitation : three case studies
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Kumswa, Sahmicit Kankemwa
author
2018-01
This thesis describes a family variation among urban Nigerian couples called a commuter marriage. A commuter marriage in this study is defined as a union between a dual earner/dual career couple where the husband and wife have decided to live apart from each other due to work commitments until such a time as is convenient for them to live continuously together again. This separation is mainly undertaken to improve their financial and career prospects. The study seeks to understand what dynamics are involved in a commuter marriage in Jos, Plateau State. The Life Course Perspective, with a focus on the gendered life course perspective, serves as a theoretical framework for this study. The perspective assumes that families undergoing the same transitions are likely to display the same characteristics which may not be necessarily relevant for all families in the same life stage, while the gendered life course perspective acknowledges the gendered context. At the same time the cultural context of the Nigerian society in terms of family norms are taken into account. An overview of commuter marriages, including characteristics of commuter marriages and non-traditional marriages linked to commuter marriages are provided. The differences between established and adjusting couples were repeatedly underlined. The research has an underlying interpretivist paradigm, therefore a qualitative research methodology was deemed best for the study. A semi-structured interview guide and time diaries were used to obtain data from seventeen participants. It was found that a commuter marriage is costly financially, socially and emotionally. An emphasis on the male provider and the wife as the manager of the resources was highlighted. Commuter couples report that their greatest support system constitute their family members who show the most understanding to their situation. Commuter fathers were generally passionate about their fatherly roles, but had conflicting feelings about balancing work and family, feeling the family is losing out. Generally, commuter couples in this study showed a sincere desire for the commuting relationship not to span an indefinite amount of time.
Kumswa, Sahmicit Kankemwa (2018) Going the distance : a description of commuter couples in Jos, Nigeria, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25132>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25132
African families
Commuter marriage
Dual earner couples
Gendered life course
Life course theory
Jos, Nigeria
Non-traditional marriage
Primary home of residence
Qualitative methodology
Time diaries
Going the distance : a description of commuter couples in Jos, Nigeria
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Mampane, Johannes Ntshilagane
author
2011-06
The impact of HIV and AIDS has threatened to destroy the education sector in South Africa.
This qualitative study set out to investigate the psychosocial problems and needs of educators
infected with HIV and/or affected by HIV and AIDS in Johannesburg Inner City schools. The
study explores and describes the need to develop and implement a comprehensive and
holistic treatment, care and support programme for educators infected with HIV and/or
affected by HIV and AIDS. This study also reviews HIV/AIDS policies and programmes
implemented by the Department of Education to indicate that these interventions are not
effective in addressing the problems and needs of these educators. Therefore, the study
contends that the Department of Education should revise and reformulate these HIV/AIDS
policies and programmes to cater for the needs of educators infected with HIV and/or
affected by HIV and AIDS. Ten educators infected with HIV and/or affected by HIV and
AIDS from two selected Johannesburg Inner City schools participated in this study.
Phenomenological strategies and in-depth interviews were used to capture day-to-day
personal life experiences of these educators. The findings of the study reveal that there is a
need for an urgent response by the Department of Education to develop and implement
treatment, care and support programmes for educators infected with HIV and/or affected by
HIV and AIDS.
Mampane, Johannes Ntshilagane (2011) Psychosocial problems and needs of educators infected with HIV and/or affected by HIV and AIDS in selected Johannesburg inner city schools, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4849>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4849
Psychosocial
Educators
HIV and AIDS
Johannesburg Inner City
Schools
Treatment
Care and support
Anti-Retroviral therapy
Policies and programmes
Education sector
Department of Education
Psychosocial problems and needs of educators infected with HIV and/or affected by HIV and AIDS in selected Johannesburg inner city schools
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Betel Getachew Alemayehu
author
2013-04-16
According to the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, HIV prevalence in Gambella
region where Fugnido refugee camp is located is 6%, which is the highest prevalence data
recorded in the country. Similarly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) Health Information System (HIS) demonstrates that Fugnido has the highest HIV
prevalence compared to other refugee camps in Ethiopia and furthermore shows variation in
prevalence among the two main ethnic groups in the camp, namely Agnuak and Nuer (about
8.5% and 2.3% respectively). The study seeks to investigate why a significant difference
exists in the number of people with known HIV positive status among the Agnuak
community compared to the Nuer community in the Fugnido refugee camp in Ethiopia. It
does this by investigating factors that are presumed to explain HIV high risk-behaviour and
vulnerability. This was a cross-sectional study of Agnuak and Nuer tribes living at the
Fugnido refugee camp. The sampled population involved men and women refugees from the
ages of 15 to 49 years. The study used a mixed method approach or methodological
triangulation. Cluster sampling technique was used for the quantitative data collection. The
sample size was 831 refugees (439 Agnuak and 390 Nuer). Seven (7) Focus Group
Discussions (FGDs) and 3 Key Informant (KI) interviews was used for the qualitative data
collection. Findings show that the Agnuak were almost 4 times (OR=3.8, 95% CI [1.9-7.4] p
< 0.05) more likely to practice risky behaviour compared to 0.3 times (OR=0.3, 95% CI [0.1-
0.9] p < 0.05) likelihood among the Nuer refugees. Factors associated with differences in
risky behaviour for both Agnuak and Nuer included, inter alia, primary education as the
highest level of education attained, 50% among the Agnuak (OR=0.5, 95% CI [0.3-0.8] p <
0.05), compared to Nuer community’s 30% (OR=0.3, 95% CI [0.2-0.6] p < 0.05). Access to
HIV and voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services was lower for the Agnuak
(OR=1.8, 95% CI [1.1-2.9] p < 0.05) compared to the Nuer (OR=2.9, 95% CI [1.6-5.1] p <
0.05). Unlike the Nuer refugees, the Agnuak refugees who had experienced forced sex
(OR=7.3, 95% CI [2.9-18.8] p < 0.05) and had a positive attitude (lack of or reduced stigma)
towards HIV (OR=2.1, 95% CI [1.3-3.7] p < 0.05) were more positively associated with risky
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behaviour (than the Nuer). The Nuer had no factor associated with risky behaviour that was
different from that of the Agnuak. The study revealed more Agnuak refugees than Nuer
refugees had been engaged in risky sexual behaviour by having multiple sex partners and
being involved in transactional sex. The Nuer was more closed and reserved to having sexual
relations outside of their group than the Agnuak were which contributed to their relatively
lower HIV prevalence. Furthermore, there was very low condom use among the Nuer
community compared to the Agnuak community, which was based on differential attitudes
between the two communities concerning trust of partner and monogamous relations. The
study findings recommend that humanitarian workers and community partners need to
collaborate to develop congruent HIV interventions that go beyond traditional strategies of
distributing condoms and focus on correct and consistent use of condoms in the camp.
Humanitarian and community workers’ understanding the socioeconomic context of the
communities and the influence of cultural and other factors, including behaviour with
intervention strategies,could also curb the epidemic.
Alemayehu, Betel Getachew (2013) Socio-cultural factors contributing to the differential HIV statuses between Agnuak and Nuer communities in Fugnido refugee camp, Ethiopia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8922>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8922
Socio-cultural factors contributing to the differential HIV statuses between Agnuak and Nuer communities in Fugnido refugee camp, Ethiopia
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Nyoni, Chamunogwa
author
2009-08-25T11:02:32Z
Women throughout the world are suffering the brunt of HIV/AIDS. They carry the unenviable tag of being the suffering group who are at risk. Women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS is a subject that has not received adequate attention to date. This empirical study examines the socio-cultural factors and practices that impede upon behavioural change of Zimbabwean women in an era of HIV/AIDS. Firstly, a sample of 1002 women respondents is purposefully drawn from the six major Zimbabwean ethnic groups to participate in this research study. A survey questionnaire is administered to respondents in the age group 18 to 59 years to quantify the levels and magnitude of the HIV/AIDS problem among women. Secondly, fifty in-depth interviews with key informants are conducted to assess the nature of the problem confronting and impeding upon women's quest to attain good reproductive health. Thirdly, six focus group discussions for each of the respective six ethnic groups are conducted with forty-eight mature women to understand broadly the concepts of the study. This study employs a combination of mainly qualitative and some quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, which is called triangulation. Underlying the methodology of this study is an overarching functionalist theoretical perspective, also referring to gender development theory which serves as the basis for data analyses.
The main findings of this study include the view that power dynamics, gender roles and cultural practices have impacted negatively on women's quest to attain safe sexual behaviour. The problem of HIV/AIDS remains a complicated and awesome one among Zimbabwe's ethnic groups. For Zimbabwean women the HIV/AIDS problem begins with a total lack of control over sexual lives and behaviour of their husbands especially outside marriage. The women have noted that the majority stay faithful to their husbands and partners according to cultural prescriptions and roles, while their husbands do not comply. Women noted that cultural prescriptions in their various ethnic settings condone male infidelity but expect women to stay faithful to their partners. As a result it is found that women sometimes contract HIV/AIDS straight on their matrimonial beds.
Nyoni, Chamunogwa (2009) Socio-cultural factors and practices that impede upon behavioural change of Zimbabwean women in an era of HIV/AIDS, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2323>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2323
Focus group discussions
Questionnaires
In-depth discussions
Male infidelity
Disempowerment
Inequality
Gender development theory
Functionalism
HIV/AIDS
Social-cultural factors
Socio-cultural practices
Socio-cultural factors and practices that impede upon behavioural change of Zimbabwean women in an era of HIV/AIDS
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Likalimba, Makhaliha Bernard Nkhoma
author
2018-02
This study was influenced by two sociological theories namely: Durkheim’s Structural
Functionalism and Relativism. In terms of Durkheim’s Structural Functionalism, I claim
that the aspects of social structures, cultural norms and values, which are among its main
components, are also among the main components of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
(IKS). In line with Relativism, this study argues against Durkheim’s claim that social
structures, and cultural norms and values determine human choices and behaviour. It is
claimed that in line with my understanding of IKS in this study social structures, cultural
norms and values are relative aspects, because they change and differ from context to
context even if their carriers are the same, and human choice in different times and places
play a vital role in determining decisions.
These theories have been applied practically by examining the relationship between
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and good governance. The study asserts that IKS
has the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policies at the local
municipality level. Thus, the study has sought to understand the extent to which IKS is
incorporated in the policy development and implementation at the local municipality level.
This investigation has been undertaken in the thematic context of HIV/AIDS. I investigated
the extent to which IKS is incorporated into policy development and implementation
related to HIV/AIDS at the local municipality level.
The study has argued that the extent to which IKS is appropriated into policy development
and implementation relies on the power dynamics between the provincial and national
spheres of government on the one hand, and the local municipality leaders and officials
on the other. The study has found that local municipality leaders and officials have a
strong affinity to the IKS due to their proximity to the local citizens. But, political leaders
at the national and provincial spheres of the South African government exert influence on
the local municipality leaders and officials to exercise their power with limited response
to the IKS needs of the local communities.
Likalimba, Makhaliba Bernard Nkhoma (2018) The influence of indigenous knowledge on the local goverment politicians in engaging with HIV/AIDS, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24967>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24967
Structural functionalism theory
Relativism theory
Indigenous knowledge systems
Good governance
Local municipality
Provincial government
National government
Policy development
Policy implementation
HIV and AIDS
The influence of indigenous knowledge on the local goverment politicians in engaging with HIV/AIDS
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Usher, Kimberley Ann
author
2015-11
South Africa is currently in the process health care reform as the Government has undertaken the task of providing universal health care to all South Africans through the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHI). This study took an in-depth look at the history and progression of the post-1994 South African health care policy, and applied the Power Resources Theory to the political economy of the current health care reform process in South Africa. Through a comparative study of the pivotal elements in the phases of health reform in Canada and Sweden this study drew lessons for the design and implementation of universal public health care provision in South Africa. This study found that a strong culture of care, strong political will, active civil society participation and a focus on equality as opposed to poverty in the creation of policy is essential to a successful implementation of universal health care.
Usher, Kimberley (2015) The politics of health care reform: a comparative analysis of South Africa, Sweden and Canada, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20077>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20077
Health care reform
Universal health care
Solidarity
Equality
Power resources
Political will
Civil society
Quality of government
Welfare state
National Health Insurance
The politics of health care reform: a comparative analysis of South Africa, Sweden and Canada
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Lawal, Afeez Folorunsho
author
2020-10
The challenge of accessing affordable healthcare services in the developing countries prompted
the promotion of community-based health insurance (CBHI) as an effective alternative. CBHI
has been implemented in many countries of the South over the last three decades for the purpose
of improving access and attaining universal health coverage. However, the sudden stoppage of
a CBHI programme in rural Nigeria raised a lot of concerns about the suitability of the health
financing scheme. Thus, this thesis examines the stoppage of the CBHI programme in rural
Kwara, Nigeria. Premised on the health policy triangle as a conceptual framework, mixed methods approach was adopted for data collection. This involved 12 focus group discussions,
22 in-depth interviews, 32 key informant interviews and 1,583 questionaires. The study
participants were community members, community leaders, healthcare providers,
policymakers, international partner, health maintenance organisation officials and a researcher.
Findings revealed that transnational actors relied on various resources (e.g. fund and
‘expertise’) and formed alliances with local actors to drive the introduction of the programme.
As such, the design and implementation of the policy were dominated by international actors.
Despite the sustainability challenges faced by the programme, the study found that it benefitted
some of the enrolled community members. Though, even at the subsidised amount, enrolment
premium was still a challenge for many. The main reasons for the stoppage of the programme
are a paucity of fund and poor management. The stoppage of the programme, however,
signified a point of reversal in the relative achievements recorded by the CBHI scheme because
community members have deserted the healthcare facilities due to high costs of care. In view
of these, the thesis notes that short-term policies often lead to temporary outcomes and suggests
the need to repurpose the role of the state by introducing a long-term comprehensive healthcare
policy – based on the reality of the nation – to provide equitable healthcare services for the
citizenry irrespective of their capacity to pay.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27847
Healthcare reform
Healthcare financing
Community-based health insurance
Universal health coverage
Social policy
Enrolment
Health benefits
Policy transfer
Stoppage
Kwara
Nigeria
Between policy and reality: a study of a community based health insurance programme in Kwara State Nigeria
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Mudzingwa, Mashura
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2020
The growing number of elderly people worldwide, including Africa, underscores the importance of policies pertaining to the welfare of this group. This study aims to deepen an understanding of the welfare of elderly women in Chivi District in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. The ageing process is influenced by multiple intersecting vectors hence the theoretical bases for this study are varied and Critical Feminist Gerontology [CFG] and the Life Course Perspective [LCP] are the guiding theories for this study. Both theories steered the interpretations of the experiences of elderly women as revealed through in-depth interviews conducted in Chivi communal areas. The in-depth interviews were the most suitable as the study had adopted a qualitative research paradigm and a case study design. In-depth interviews were conducted with four resource persons, that is, the District Administrator, Social Welfare Administrator and two Village Heads from the study areas. The main focus was on eighteen elderly women that were selected with the use of snowball sampling. The participants’ narratives exposed how gender hierarchies influenced their welfare through the interlocking dynamics such as gender, age, politics, social status, race, social location and social change that were experienced simultaneously by the participants throughout their life course. The study exposed that elderly women in Chivi District were ignorant of social welfare legislation inclusive of the ‘Older Persons’ Act’ of 2012. They were also invisible in society as they remained marginalised and not targeted in most social welfare programmes. Their plight was worsened by lack of vibrant family support systems that are assumed to be safety nets for the elderly. However, elderly women were not passive as they also made decisions in their households as some had become breadwinners. Therefore, the study recommends participation of the elderly women in policy formulation and implementation. It is with no doubt that elderly women need to be socially, economically and politically empowered for them to retain their dignity in society. The state has the power and authority for resource allocation therefore it is recommended that they create robust and sustainable social welfare policies, legislation and fund programmes that target the elderly especially women.
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28496
Social welfare
Elderly
Gerontology
Empowerment
Legislation
Vulnerable
Ageism
Sexism
Zimbabwe
Exclusion
A study on the welfare of elderly women in Chivi district in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
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Cele, Mfiseleni Sylvester
author
2010-10
A structured questionnaire was used to survey the perceptions of programme
coordinators, fieldworkers and beneficiaries of the role of church-based
programmes in addressing HIV and AIDS in the inner-city of Durban. One
hundred and ninety two respondents were recruited from seventeen churches.
Findings indicate that fear of HIV- and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination
abound. The material and spiritual roles of church-based programmes in
addressing the needs of people infected with HIV and affected by HIV and AIDS
were stressed by the respondents. Whereas programme coordinators were well
informed about HIV and AIDS, information that can dispel fears about stigma and
correct myths about HIV-transmission should be tailored to reach ordinary men
and women. It is recommended that further research be conducted on the
preventive aspects of church-based programmes in the Durban inner-city.
Cele, Mfiseleni Sylvester (2010) Perceptions of the role of church-based programmes in addressing HIV and AIDS : a study in the Durban inner-city area, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3946>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3946
Church-based programmes
Durban inner-city
Socio-economic impacts
Mitigation
HIV/AIDS
People living with HIV
Perceptions
Stigma and discrimination
Perceptions of the role of church-based programmes in addressing HIV and AIDS : a study in the Durban inner-city area
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Meyer, Maylene Elizabeth
author
2010-11
Besides constituting major obstacle to effectively addressing HIV/AIDS, Stigma has remained among the least understood experiences of PLWHA. Limited knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS related S&D has very much contributed to poor implementation and in most cases failure of HIV intervention programmes at national, regional and international levels. Sociological analysis of Stigma in PLWHA lends verifiable insight into the nature, extent and comprehensiveness of HIV/AIDS related Stigma. With 129 participants from Gauteng regions of Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng and West Rand, the study confirms that Stigma and Discrimination (S&D) still thrives, quantifying its magnitude, implications and impacts in the lives of the HIV infected. Inter alia, the findings showcase the complex matrix analysis of emotion and behaviour associated with HIV/AIDS related S&D. Finally, the study offered a comprehensive recommendation on how to address HIV/AIDS related S&D at individual/family, institutional/community and government levels.
Meyers, Maylene Elizabeth (2010) A sosiological analysis of the nature, extent and comprehensiveness of stigma in people living with HIV/AIDS in areas of the Gauteng region (Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng and West-Rand), University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5970>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5970
HIV/AIDS
Sociological analysis
Component matrix behaviour
Discrimination
Component matrix emotion
Stigma
Emotional experience
Social context
Manifestations
Assessment scale
A sosiological analysis of the nature, extent and comprehensiveness of stigma in people living with HIV/AIDS in areas of the Gauteng region (Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng and West-Rand)
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Mutiti, Alfred Stuart
author
2013-12
The study is about how to work with and create community structures for effective and sustainable social reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG), also called child soldiers in Liberia. It analyses the community structures which were engaged in the Disarmament, Demobilisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration processes and questions whether these were premised on community values and norms. The study challenges some of the existing practices of working with community structures in reintegration programmes.
The Structural-functionalist perspective is used as theoretical framework of the study based on the notion that social events, like DDRR programmes can best be explained in terms of the functions they perform or the contributions they make towards stability and continuity of societies where child soldiers are to be reintegrated.
The study adopts a qualitative methodology to investigate community structures to reintegrate child soldiers in an effective, sustainable way. Different related research techniques, or triangulation, are used referring to a combination of mainly qualitative methods of data collection and analyses. Focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and documentary sources have different complementary strengths which are more comprehensive when used together.
The findings indicated that children of all ages were “recruited” by armed groups and forces for diverse reasons. The findings confirmed children going through difficult experiences as they participated and supervised over violence. The war disoriented children‟s socialization processes. In some situations they returned to dysfunctional communities, without adequate support systems. The humanitarian led community approaches delivered results, however, these were short-lived. The engagement of the community structures was not based on clear community analysis. The intended manifest functions of the DDRR programmes and reintegration objectives for sustainability were eventually dysfunctional in most cases.
The study‟s major recommendation is that a careful analysis of existing community structures, identification and engagement of positive community networks be made and that comprehensive capacity building programmes, built on societal values and norms nested within a National Planning Policy framework, will deliver durable and sustainable social reintegration of child soldiers in Liberia.
Mutiti, Alfred Stuart (2013) Creating community structures for sustainable social reintegration of child soldiers in Liberia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13846>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13846
Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups
Social reintegration
Community structures
Socialization
Sustainability
Values
Norms
Armed forces and groups
Structural-functionalism
Capacity building
Creating community structures for sustainable social reintegration of child soldiers in Liberia
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Yawa, Sibongile Ndileka
author
2010-11
This study investigated the process of bereavement in the Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana cultures with participants including three cultural experts and a bereaved family from each ethnic group. Data was collected using semi – structured interviews mainly in the participants’ homes. Analysis was used by comparing and contrasting the information gathered.
Empirical research findings revealed that the process in the African culture specifically in these three ethnic groups is different from the western culture as stated in the literature. The literature review findings show that the western culture’s processes of bereavement seem focused in the intrapersonal processes. However, the African Black cultures seem to be focused more on interpersonal processes of bereavement.
Recommendations are made in the study on how a western trained Educational Psychologist can approach a bereaved client coming from these ethnic groups. Recommendations are also made for Educators and Parents.
Yawa, Sibongile Ndileka (2010) A psycho – analysis of bereavement in Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana cultures, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4770>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4770
Bereavement
Cultural diversity
Xhosa
Zulu
Tswana
Ethnic group
Psycho educational
Intrapersonal process
Interpersonal
Rituals
A psycho – analysis of bereavement in Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana cultures
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Hamadziripi, Alfred
author
2019-12-15
The study was an exploration of how internal savings and lending (ISAL) influenced the way in which persons affected by HIV and AIDS earned and spent income. The researcher engaged with the life stories of participants belonging to HIV and AIDS support groups that practised ISAL in rural Bikita district in Zimbabwe. The negative changes brought about by HIV and AIDS were found to influence the way participants generated and spent their income. The initial illness of family members reduced the participation in productive activities of the ill and family members providing care. Compounding effects included reduced attention to and increasing abandonment of productive activities, reduction in the scale of production, the use of inappropriate inputs, forced disposal of assets, increased household debts, reliance on social networks, and dependence on begging and piecework for income. The low productivity from activities meant that households generated less produce and income. This triggered changes in the prioritisation of spending, with healthcare and associated transportation needs superseding all, followed by spending on food. Expenses that were not prioritised during the period of illness included the purchase of improved agricultural inputs, spending on education and clothing and, in some cases, food purchases. In the findings, ISAL is associated with restoring past and starting up new productive and income-generating activities. Regular access to loans allowed storytellers to invest in activities that improved the levels and frequency of income that they earned. Loans were used to directly cover daily family needs, reducing reliance on risky coping mechanisms. Lump sum payments and bulk grocery purchases helped storytellers to invest and manage their cashflow. Overall, households that practised ISAL improved and increased their incomes and ability to spend on healthcare and satisfy other daily needs to levels similar to and better than those experienced before they had to cope with the effects of HIV and AIDS. Recommendations from the study include enabling persons testing HIV positive to access social protection, adapted agriculture technologies and financial education tailored to those affected by HIV and AIDS. Areas for potential further research include a quantitative and qualitative analysis of income and expenditure changes for persons affected by HIV and AIDS and the effects on children of dropping out and being re-enrolled at school.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26383
Savings and internal lending
Livelihoods
Household income
HIV and AIDS
Rural community
Exploring how internal saving and lending (ISAL) services assist households affected by HIV and AIDS to sustain livelihoods : case of households in a rural area of Zimbabwe
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Oyetunde, Joseph Oye
author
2017-02
Anyone using the Internet is likely to use Facebook and anyone using Facebook is likely to use it just about every day. The prevalent uses of the Internet and related technologies is a sign-showing that they have become a part of human life. On any student’s academic side of life, the use of social media (taking Facebook as a case) has become commonplace, but their influences over the academic engagement and performance of students requires deeper understanding. In Africa, the need for studies on the interplay between social media and education is growing. This study focuses on the influence of Facebook on the academic performance of undergraduate social sciences students using three federal Universities in Nigeria, West Africa as research sites. The study shows that Facebook use did not significantly influence the academic performance of the surveyed students at these universities and that its use can, however, be harnessed for augmenting student academic performance and for advancing education in general.
Oyetunde, Joseph Oye (2017) Influence of Facebooking and social media use on academic performance among Nigerian undergraduate social sciences students, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22698>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22698
Social media
Facebook
Academic performance
Mass media
Sociology
Information and communication technology
Internet
Nigeria
University students
Virtual class
Influence of Facebooking and social media use on academic performance among Nigerian undergraduate social sciences students
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Samuel, Oluranti Sunday
author
2016-11
Work is an essential activity that provides goods or services of value to oneself and others. Paradoxically, in a bid for self-realisation, workers are seriously endangered. Work-related or induced diseases and
stresses pose serious threats to workers’ health and the general well-being, hence, the need to seriously consider the issue of occupational health and safety of workers. In terms of safety at work, the experience
of small and medium scale enterprises (SMSEs) worldwide is that of neglect. Their incomes are very low and uncertain, coupled with high levels of risk and hazard in their work, with little or no social protection
coverage (Chen, 2008). This study therefore examines how environmental and sociological factors determine occupational health and safety of workers in SMSEs in Lagos State, Nigeria. Ulrich Beck
“Risk Society” theory, Political Economy of Health framework (PEH) (Minkler et al 1994, Linnan et al, 2001) and Labour Process Theory (LPT) (Braverman, 1974; Marx, 1976; Bottome, 1991) underpinned
the study. The study adopts both the qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The qualitative method includes field observation of the selected workplaces, six Focus Group Discussion
(FGD) and eight In-depth interviews (IDIs). The quantitative involved the use of structured questionnaire. The sample survey involved 180 respondents in a multi-stage sampling technique from purposively
selected sawmills, mechanic villages and blacksmith cottages in three Local Government Areas in Lagos State. The quantitative data analysis uses simple percentile and univariate analyses, while the qualitative data are content-analysed, based on the objectives of the study. The findings identified low level of education (60.5%), and poor awareness of OHS in SMSEs (86.1%). It further reveals poor physical
(69.5%) and technological environment (70.5%), unavailability of OHS facilities (60.5%) and prevention methods by manager/owners (60.5%), carefree attitudes of workers/managers/owners to OHS (69.5), non-acquaintance of workers to OHS laws (86.1%), workers’ economic incapacitation to deal with issues of occupational hazard (76.1%), lack of enforcement of OHS (88.3%), and transferring knowledge on OHS (82.2%) in the selected SMSEs. The study recommends roles for managers/owners, workers, trade associations, government, non-governmental organisations to promote effective OHS in the selected SMSEs.
Samuel, Oluranti Sunday (2016) Environmental and sociological factors as determinants of occupational health and safety of workers in selected small and medium scale enterprises in Lagos State, Nigeria, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22669>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22669
Environmental factors
Sociological factors
Occupational health and safety
Occupational hazards
Small and medium scale enterprises
Sawmills
Mechanic villages
Blacksmith cottages
Lagos State
Nigeria
Environmental and sociological factors as determinants of occupational health and safety of workers in selected small and medium scale enterprises in Lagos State, Nigeria
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Chimanzi, Luckmore
author
2016-06
Guided by Connell’s social constructionist theory of hegemonic masculinity, in a study conducted at a township primary school in Gauteng East, I explored the way boys in Grade 7 interact with each other and girls, as a well as the way in which they understand the world around them in the context of gender relations.
A purposive sampling method was used to select boys and girls to participate in this qualitative study. A total of 30 research participants, 17 boys and 13 girls, took part in this study. The methodology included the use of individual diaries and focus groups to solicit
information and observe gender relations in boys and girls in the construction of masculinity.
Masculinity in this study was constructed through power relations. The themes identified when analysing the social relationships between boys and girls were sexuality, the sturdy boy, homosociality, sex roles, defying authority and the comedian.
Chimanzi, Luckmore (2016) Masculinity construction : Grade 7 boys’ relations with girls at a township primary school in Gauteng East, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23394>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23394
Masculinity construction
Hegemonic masculinity
Gender relations
Township
Power relations
Primary school
Gauteng East
Masculinity construction : Grade 7 boys’ relations with girls at a township primary school in Gauteng East
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Moola, Sabihah
author
2010-09
Health communication is a vital part of health care and treatment. For patients living with HIV, effective health communication is crucial. This study aimed at describing health communication from the perspective of HIV-positive patients by uncovering their experiences as they interacted with various medical staff members at Stanger Hospital. Guided by a review of various health communication models, data were collected via individual interviews and non-participant observation. The findings showed that interactive communication was favoured by all the respondents, especially communication that was patient-centred. Such communication encompassed education on how to live and cope with HIV. Obstacles to effective communication such as power differentials, lack of time and privacy at public health care clinics were identified. The study found that the different medical staff members at the clinic to various degrees addressed distinctive communication needs of HIV-positive patients. This study contributed to effectively understating the communication process as a whole.
Moola, Sabihah (2010) A qualitative analysis of the communication process between HIV-positive patients and medical staff : a study at Stanger Regional Hospital's antiretroviral therapy clinic, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4113>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4113
Health communication
Medical professionals
HIV and AIDS
Interpersonal communication
ARV drug treatment
Interactive communication
A qualitative analysis of the communication process between HIV-positive patients and medical staff : a study at Stanger Regional Hospital's antiretroviral therapy clinic
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Ndzombane, Lindelwa
author
2012-02
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) is at the core of HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care programmes. Timely access to treatment and related services requires knowledge of one‟s HIV status. Adolescents are at the epicentre of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. This study investigated the factors that influence adolescents‟ decisions to actively seek VCT. Semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with twelve adolescents aged 15 to 19 who were conveniently selected to participate in the study. The study found that adolescents have extensive knowledge regarding the benefits of VCT and acknowledge the need to test for HIV. However, fear of the consequences of testing positive for HIV such as stigmatisation by family and the community, inability to influence their partners to take an HIV test and the inability to make their own decisions and follow through on them still hinder their maximum uptake of VCT.
Ndzombane, Lindelwa (2012) An investigation of the uptake of voluntary counselling and testing by adolescents aged 15 to 19 at two integrated youth friendly service sites in Gauteng, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8050>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8050
Adolescents
Youth friendly service
HIV knowledge
Motivation
Behavioural skills
HIV and AIDS
Risky behaviour
Stigma
VCT uptake
An investigation of the uptake of voluntary counselling and testing by adolescents aged 15 to 19 at two integrated youth friendly service sites in Gauteng, South Africa
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Peedoly, Aveeraj Sharma
author
2011-06
This study critically assesses how far the Mauritian EPZ, which consists of a
predominantly female workforce, is conducive to women’s empowerment, particularly in
a context of rife global competition. Focus Group Discussions with actual female
workers and semi-directive interviews of those who have been laid off reveal that there
have effectively been some benefits which may be construed as empowerment.
However, low wages and harsh treatment of workers at the workplace, compounded with
rising costs of living and pervasive patriarchal values impede the extent of empowerment.
Yet, when contrasted with the experiences of laid off women, the centrality of
employment becomes more palpable. The experiences of job loss are in many cases
destructive of not only the laid-off worker’s self-image and aspirations, but also on their
ability to juggle with poverty and its associated outcomes. Despite being a relatively
difficult sector to work in, its benefits outweigh its limitations.
Peedoly, Aveeraj Sharma (2011) Is EPZ employment a stepping stone or a stumbling block for the empowerment of women? : evidence from Mauritius, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5026>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5026
Export processing zones
Women empowerment
Globalisation
Empowerment
Gender
Employment
Qualitative methods
Focus group discussions
Semi-directive interviews
Is EPZ employment a stepping stone or a stumbling block for the empowerment of women? : evidence from Mauritius
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Joubert, Hester Mensina
author
2008-11
Merkbare verandering word soms in die kleuter se gedrag, emosies en verhoudings na die geboorte van `n baba waargeneem. Die doel van die kwalitatiewe studie was om die moeder se persepsie, belewenis en hantering van hierdie aanpassingsprobleme van die kleuter te verken. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is met nege moeders gevoer. Uit die studie het dit duidelik geword dat onkunde ten opsigte van die ontwikkelingsfase van die kleuter, asook die aanpassingsprobleme aanleiding tot foutiewe persepsies by die moeder gegee het. Hierdie foutiewe persepsies het `n negatiewe invloed op die moeder se belewenis en hantering van die aanpassingsprobleme gehad. Die navorser het tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat moeders betrek moet word vir ouerleiding wanneer aanpassingsprobleme by die kleuter aangemeld word. Verskeie aanbevelings wat van waarde kan wees tydens ouerleiding aan moeders van kleuters is deur die navorser gemaak.
The birth of a sibling often results in a toddler displaying changes in behaviour, emotions
and relationships. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the mother's
perception, experiences, as well as coping strategies of the toddler's adaptation problems,
following the birth of a sibling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine
mothers. The study revealed that the mother's lack of knowledge and understanding of
the developmental phase of the toddler, as well as the adaptation problems, manifested in
misconceptions. These misconceptions affected her experiences of the adaptation
problems, as well as how she managed it. The researcher concluded that mothers should
be referred for parental guidance when adaptation problems are reported. Various
recommendations to be used within parental guidance have been made.
Joubert, Hester Mensina (2008) Moeder se belewenis van die aapassingsprobleme van die kleuter na die geboorte van 'n baba, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2659>
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Kleuter
Sibbe
Hantering
Aanpassingsprobleme
Persepsie
Moeder
Gesin
Belewenis
Toddler
Mother
Family
Siblings
Perception
Experience
Management
Adaptation problems
Moeder se belewenis van die aanpassingsprobleme van die kleuter na die geboorte van 'n baba
Moeder se belewenis van die aanpassingsprobleme van die kleuter na die geboorte van 'n baba
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Mona, Themba Montgomery
author
2022-03
Despite the legislative imperative and commitment by government to ensure that all
previously discriminatory laws and practices are eradicated, women still face significant
challenges in as far as their advancement into top management positions is concerned.
The Employment Equity Act of 1998 (Act 55 of 1998) seeks to create equal employment
opportunities for the designated groups, which include Black people; women; and people
with disabilities. The advancement of women into key positions in government,
particularly at national and provincial levels, has been quite significant. However, the
same could not be said about the advancement of women into key positions in local
government, which incorporates the municipalities. The pace of gender transformation in
senior management positions in the municipalities has been slow, which warrants a
sociological investigation.
The broad aim of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a theory to describe
and explain the conditions surrounding the pace of gender transformation that affects
women’s advancement into top management positions in the municipalities. The aim was
also to provide a perspective of measures that could be ensured to accelerate the pace of
gender transformation to enable women to access top management positions. The
research was a mixed methods study with an emphasis on qualitative research, which
incorporated grounded theory that was used to conduct the investigation targeting
municipalities in the Mpumalanga province. The substantive grounded theory that
emerged for this study is that the pace of gender transformation that affects women’s
advancement into top management positions in the municipalities relates to conditions
existing both internal and external to the municipalities. These are discussed as micro level conditions, which relate to women as a designated group, seeking advancement
opportunities; and macro-level conditions, which relate to the municipalities, political
influences, and society, as institutions to ensure the advancement of women. To accelerate
the pace of gender transformation to enable women to access top management positions,
different measures need to be ensured both inside the municipalities and outside the
municipalities, in society and other social institutions.
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Gender transformation
Gender
Women’s advancement
Gender equity
Gender equality
Employment equity
Local government
Municipalities
Top management
Women’s empowerment
Organisational change
A mixed methods study of women's advancement into top management positions in municipalities in Mpumalanga Province
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Tshabalala, Muziwakhe Alfred
author
2006-06
The study was about the process evaluation of the development of the YOUNG
WORKERS CAMPAIGN (YWC) Programme to document and analyses the
involvement and participation of stakeholders in the development process.
The purpose of the study was on the assessment of stakeholder participation and
involvement in the development of the YWC to maximise the effectiveness,
acceptability and sustainability of the intended programme.
Informant interviews, focus group interviews and document analysis were the
primary means of collecting data for this research study.
The main findings are as follows: Few of the stakeholders were involved in the
conceptualisation phase of the YWC Programme and their roles in the
development process were not clearly described. Stakeholder analysis was not
done and their involvement in decision-making was limited.
In order to address the problem of participation, YWC stakeholders should pass
through a process of stakeholder analysis, that is, they should be assessed in
terms of contribution and value-adding to the development process.
Tshabalala, Muziwakhe Alfred (2006) An evaluation of the development process of the Young Workers' Campaign Programme in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1826>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1826
South Africa
Stakeholders involvement
Effectiveness
Implementation
Stakeholders
Young Workers' Campaign Programme
Development process
Evaluation
Empowerment
An evaluation of the development process of the Young Workers' Campaign Programme in South Africa
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Lude Abiy Melaku
author
2014-10
In this study semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with sixteen female street children aged 15 to 18, who were engaged in commercial sex work. These children were conveniently selected to explore the social dislocation of and social support for female street children engaged in commercial sex work. In addition, two focus group discussions consisting of nine female street children each, as well as seven key informant individual interviews, were conducted. This study found that female children engaged in commercial sex work experienced a high degree of social dislocation and that the children who participated in this study tended to create their own communities and isolated themselves from the broader community in which they lived. This study further found that different support programmes had been introduced to alleviate the problems experienced by these children and that a number of organisations delivered support services to address their needs.
Lude Abiy Melaku (2014) The social dislocation of and social support for female street children engaged in commercial sex work : an explorative study in the Addis Ketema sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19563>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19563
Social dislocation
Marginalisation
Social bonds
Children’s needs
Child sex workers
Street children
Sexual exploitation
Support programmes
Community perceptions
Availability of support
The social dislocation of and social support for female street children engaged in commercial sex work : an explorative study in the Addis Ketema sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Mutsindikwa, Canisio
author
2019-12
This study to meant to determine the extent to which the Zimbabwean women in the small-scale business sector depended on their social capital to make it. The primary question of the study was: What is the significance of social capital in determining the success or failure of women’s businesses in Zimbabwe? Methodologically, the study followed the constructivist approach, which aimed at obtaining detailed and thick in-depth descriptions from the women who are socially a vulnerable group. It followed the qualitative research design; whose characteristics were dependence on the narratives of the discussants to explain phenomena. Non-probability sampling was preferred, and the sampling techniques used were mainly purposive. The sample comprised 21 participants, drawn from a population of women in small scale businesses in Glen Norah A, Glen View 1 and Highfield in Harare. The researcher used focus group discussions and individual interviews for data collection. Data was analysed thematically. The key findings were that women were dependent on their bonding and linking social capital to succeed (or fail) in business. Thus, such findings constitute some of the major contributions of the study to the commonwealth of knowledge. In particular one contribution is that women’s business development in the small-scale informal sector follows a particular lifecycle where different types of social capital are required. The findings led to the recommendations that women must be recognized as key players in economic development, and should be assisted at nascent stages so that their participation in economic development can be more robust and visible.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27215
Women
Social capital
Role
Entrepreneurs
Zimbabwe
Success
Economy
Bonding
Bridging
Micro-enterprises
The small enterprise section of the economy : a study of the role of social capital in the success of women entrepreneurs in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Bruce, Johannes Conradie
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2009-08-25T10:59:53Z
This dissertation uses a Sociological approach to analyse the risks associated with the practice of securities lending. Risks are those factors that inhibit the development of trust, and trust is essential for people to participate in financial transactions like securities lending.
In this dissertation we show that, although there are a number of risks, individual and systemic, that are associated with securities lending, practitioners have, over time, developed an array of risk management procedures and practices to keep these risks at acceptable levels.
Securities lending is however not practiced in a vacuum and the relevance of these risk management procedures is largely determined by the cultural environment in which it is practised. Values, norms and sanctions are crucial as social controls over behaviour that transpires in social structures. The presence of structural conditions necessary for the development of a culture of extreme opportunism is shown as arguably the greatest source of risk facing those who participate in financial transactions like securities lending.
Bruce, Johannes Conradie (2009) Trust and risk in the context of
securities lending : a sociological analysis, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2059>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2059
Social controls
Values
Norms
Sanctions
Structural conditions
Extreme opportunism
Cultural approach
Risk management
Securities lending
Repurchase transactions
Trust and risk in the context of
securities lending : a sociological analysis
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Vicente, Andresa Natacha Gomes de Almeida
author
2022-01
The case study of Bolivian radical feminist group Mujeres Creando is aimed at
exploring both the micro and macropolitical challenges to and strategies for
building feminist solidarities within the broader context of globalised neoliberal
capitalism. The main research question orienting this study is: What would
feminist activism look like if it addressed both macro and micropolitical factors in
a way that led to the formation of anti-capitalist subjectivities and sustainable
environments? The anticipated outcome of this research project is the
achievement of a better understanding of how the feminist notion that the
personal is political is the basis for the formulation of alternative forms of theory
and praxis leading to emancipatory social change and the emergence of
egalitarian and sustainable democratic realities. Feminist insights on subjectivity
formation and coalition-building offer valuable conceptual material with the
potential for innovation from which to re-imagine and re-construct the social
realities of women and, by extension, of all members of society. The
methodological framework for this study is qualitative discourse analysis. The aim
of this research is not to impose predetermined concepts for testing, but rather to
provide a framework for an iterative process, comprising the dual movements of
exploration and interpretation, where theory and hypotheses are developed in the
course of the study in contribution to existing dialogues on the subject of feminist
solidarity building. As the type of data studied is not amenable to quantitative
analysis, a qualitative design is better suited to the subjective nature of the matter
and my need to access unquantifiable aspect about the members of Mujeres
Creando, such as the effects of discursive colonisation on the lives and struggles
of marginalised women, how they make sense of their socio-political context and
engage with dominant discursive practices on a daily basis. All the data for this
thesis was gathered exclusively by means of qualitative discourse analysis.
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/30512
Feminism
Solidarity
Art activism
Micropolitics
Macropolitics
Subjectivity formation
Affect
Bolivia
Mujeres Creando
Neoliberal capitalism
Building feminist solidarities: the case study of Mujeres Creando
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Ngwenya, Kingsman
author
2017-02
The aim of this research is to assess the impact social capital has had on Somali businesses. It argues against the perception that Somali business expertise is derived solely from the principles of economics. It argues that social capital plays a pivotal role in shaping the Somali spirit of entrepreneurship. The role of social capital in the creation of Somali human and financial capital is examined. This thesis, being a qualitative study, used semi-structured, unstructured interviews and direct observation as data collection methods.
Ngwenya, Kingsman (2017) Somali immigrants and social capital formation : a case study of spaza shops in the Johannesburg township of Cosmo City, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23364>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23364
Social capital
Somali immigrants
Social networks
Social structures
Norms
Trust
Status gap
Middleman minority
Opportunity structure
Disadvantage thesis
Mixed embeddedness
Spaza shop
Somali immigrants and social capital formation : a case study of spaza shops in the Johannesburg township of Cosmo City
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Maree, Alice
author
1995-11
In die ondersoek na die modus operandi van die bankrower: 'n
kriminologiese introspeksie, kan die ondergemelde drie dimensies
onderskei word: Die eerste dimensie is 'n kriminologiese introspeksie
wat die betekenis wat bankrowers self aan die uitvoer van bankrooftogte
heg, behels. Hierdie leefwereld van die subjekte word deur die navorser
"betree" en mede-verken. Doelgerigtheid, morele oorwegings, teesin in
geweld, charisma, kognitiewe vermoens en 'n materialistiese ingesteldheid
is begrippe wat die bankrower as mens belig.
Die tweede dimensie word verteenwoordig deur die begrondingsteorie as
navorsingsmetode, gebaseer op die werk van Strauss en Corbin {1990), wat
toegepas word ten einde sodanige navorsingsdoelstelling te fasiliteer.
Tydens die aanvanklike fase van die ondersoek is daar met 28 bankrowers
in aanhoud i ng, gefokusde semi -gest ruktureerde ind i epte-onderhoude gevoer.
Opvolgonderhoude is met ses van die 28 subjekte gevoer, met die doel om
'n substantiewe begrondingsteorie te ontplooi, verskille op te klaar en
die geldigheid van die data te verhoog.
Die derde dimensie reflekteer vervolgens die ontplooiing van 'n
substantiewe begrondingsteorie wat weerspieel word in proposisies en wat
in vier fases van die modus operandi van die bankrower onderskei word,
naamlik die beplanning-; uitvoering-; afhandeling-; en heroorwegingsfase.
Elk van die ge'identifiseerde fases word gekenmerk deur progressiewe
beweging, natuurlike kontinu'iteit, emosionele belewenisse en 'n
individualistiese inslag. Twee kernelemente, naamlik besluitneming en
rasionaliteit staan prominent binne die kader van die modus operandi van
die bankrower.
Die substantiewe begrondingsteorie is daarop ingestel om die verskynsel
wat bestudeer word, te verklaar. Seide die oorweging van die ondersoek
asook ander doelstellings van die navorser word binne die teorie
geakkommodeer. Verdere vergelykende studies kan daartoe bydra om die
substantiewe begrondingsteorie te verfyn, te falsifiseer, 6f by gebrek
daaraan, tot 'n formele teorie uit te bou.
Derhalwe word die begrondingsteorie as navorsingsmetode nie slegs as
toepaslik beskou vir toekomstige navorsing oor onderwerpe waaroor daar
'n gebrek aan empiriese bevindinge bestaan en waaroor relatief min kennis
in kriminologiese literatuur voorkom nie, maar hou dit ook die voordeel
van 'n pluriforme navorsingstudie in.
In the investigation into the modus operandi of the bank robber: a
criminological introspection, three dimensions can be distinguished. The
first dimension is a criminological introspection comprising the meaning
attached by bank rob.bers to the execution of bank robberies. This world
of the subjects is entered and co-scouted. Sense of purpose, mora 1
considerations, aversion to violence, charisma, cognitive powers and a
materialistic disposition are conceptions that elucidate the bank robber
as a human.
The second dimension is represented by the grounded theory as research
method, based on the work of Strauss and Corbin (1990), which are applied
to facilitate such research aims. During the initial phase of the
investigation, focused, semi-structured, in-depth interviews were held
with 28 bank robbers in detention. Subsequent interviews were held with
six of the 28 subjects, aimed at expanding a substantive grounded theory,
to clear up differences and to increase the validity of the data.
The third dimension reflects the development of a substantive grounded
theory which is revealed in propositions and signalised in four phases
of the bank robber's modus operandi, namely the planning, execution,
disposal and reconsideration phases. Each of these identified phases is
characterised by progressive movement, natura 1 continuity, emot i ona 1
experiences and an individualistic infusion. The basic elements, namely
decision-making and rationalisation, are prominent in the cadre of the
bank robber's modus operandi.
The substantive grounded theory is aimed at explaining the study
phenomenon. Consideration of the investigation as well as other aims of
the researcher are accommodated in the theory. Further comparative
studies can assist in refining or falsifying the substantive grounded
theory or, failing, to expand it to a formal theory.
The grounded theory is therefore regarded as appropriate for future
research on subjects about which there is a lack of empirical findings
and relatively little knowledge in criminological literature. The theory
offers, in addition, the advantage of a pluriform research study.
Maree, Alice (1995) Modus operandi van die bankrower : 'n kriminologiese introspeksie, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18128>
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Bank robber
Bank robbery
Constant comparative analysis
Grounded theory
Modus operandi
Qualitative approach
Rational choice
Symbolic interactionism
Substantive grounded theory
Target selection
Modus operandi van die bankrower : 'n kriminologiese introspeksie
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Tom, Tom
author
2020-04-20
The thesis focuses on the social policy dimension of Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). Interrogating land reform in the context of Transformative Social Policy (TSP) is a critical lacuna in Zimbabwe’s land reform and dominant social policy literature, implying the absence of a wider vision of social policy. This vision emphasises the consideration of the five tasks of social policy (production, redistribution, reproduction, protection and social cohesion); and acknowledges the symbiotic link between social policy and development. The thesis asks, how did the FTLRP and land occupations unfold; what is the new agrarian structure and, forms of social organisation in the aftermath of the fast track land reform; and how has the programme played out in relation to redistribution, production, social protection, reproduction and social cohesion? The thesis is based on a qualitative-dominant mixed methods research approach, and is complemented by predominantly quantitative data gathered by the African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS), now Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS); and a sample of 150 A1 land beneficiaries drawn from Dalkeith, Whynhill and St Lucia Farms. Using grounded empirical data gathered in an eight (8) months-long ethnography in Zvimba district, Mashonaland West Province; and transcending ideological and epistemological debates, the thesis argues that, despite shortcomings, the fast track land reform is a crucial social policy ‘instrument’ with immense potential to transform lives. Across the district, land is a core economic, social and political resource that is central in enhancing wellbeing. The centrality of land reform in transforming lives is hampered mainly by land use and production constraints, and as the study results show, this dimension has the least positive outcomes. Diverse targeted support services that are mainly crystallised around land use and production, value chains and markets, are essential. If the farmers are appropriately supported, the benefits of land reform are potentially immense. Overall, land reform must be understood as a transformative social policy initiative and fast track is the case study for demonstrating this. The thesis contributes primarily to approaches and literature on land reform and social policy.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26676
The wider vision of social policy : an analysis of the transformative role of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zvimba District (Zimbabwe)
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Omoruan, Augustine Idowu
author
2018-11
Given the general poor state of health care and the devastating effect of user fee, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was instituted as a health financing policy with the main purpose to ensure universal access for all Nigerians. However, since NHIS became operational in 2005, only members of scheme are able to access health care both in the public and in private sectors, representing about 3% of Nigerian population. The thesis therefore examines the design and implementation policy of NHIS in Oyo state, Nigeria. Key design issues conceptual framework guides the analysis of data. The framework identifies three health interrelated financing functions namely revenue collection, risk pooling and purchasing. Data was collected from the NHIS officials, employees of the Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) and the Health Care Providers (HCPs) using key informant interview. In addition, in-depth interview and semi structure questionnaire were used to gather data from the enrolees and the nonenrolees. Empirical findings show that NHIS is fragmented given the existence of several programmes. In addition, there is no risk pooling neither redistribution of funds in the scheme. Revenue generated through contributions from the enrolees was not sufficient to fund health care services received by the beneficiaries because of the small percentage of the Nigerian population that the scheme covers. Further findings indicate that enrolled federal civil servants have not commenced monthly contribution to the NHIS. They pay 10% as co-pay in every consultation while federal government as an employer subsidised by 90%. Majority (76.8%) of the respondents agreed that they were financially protected from catastrophic spending. However, the overall benefit package was rated moderate because of exclusion of some priority and essential health care needs. Although above half (57%) of the respondents concurred that HMOs are accessible, in the overall, (47.6%) of the respondents were not satisfied with their services. In the case of the HCPs, majority (61.9%) of the respondents claimed that there is no excessive waiting time for consultation. Furthermore, (64.3%) rated their interpersonal relationship with the HCPs to be good. However, more than half of the respondents (54%) disagreed on availability of prescribed drugs in NHIS accredited health facilities. For the nonenrolees, findings show that most of the respondents (72.9%) were willing to enrol, but significant proportion (47.5%) indicated financial constraint as impediment to enrolment.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25895
Social policy
Structural adjustment policies
Health sector reform
Health financing policy
Out-of-pocket payment
Social health insurance
National Health Insurance Scheme
Fragmentation
Nigeria
The design and implementation policy of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Oyo State, Nigeria
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Kellerman, Elizabeth Mari
author
1995-06
The research is aimed at the problems surrounding traffic violations and crimes. Firstly, attention is paid to the extent of the problem. Secondly, a theoretical explanation of the problem is offered. This is
followed by an exposition of the empirical study which is focused on the perception of road users in the Pretoria municipal area relating to four aspects namely; traffic legislation and traffic law enforcement,
traffic violations, adjudication of traffic offences and punishment of traffic offenders. Lastly, the prevention of traffic violations and crimes and specific prevention strategies are conducted and
discussed.
The research report is concluded with specific conclusions and certain recomendations are offered to deal with the problem.
Die navorsing is toegespits op die problematiek random verkeersoortredings en -misdade. Eerstens word aandag aan die omvang van die probleem geskenk. Tweedens word daar op die teoretiese verklaring van die probleem gekonsentreer. Hierna volg 'n uiteensetting van die empiriese studie wat toegespits is op die persepsie van padgebruikers in die Pretoria- munispale gebied betreffende 'n
aantal aspekte ten opsigte van verkeerswetgewing en verkeerswettoepassing, verkeersoortredings,
straf asook beregting van verkeersoortredings. Laastens word die voorkoming van verkeersoortredings en -misdade en bepaalde voorkomingstrategiee oorweeg en bespreek.
Die navorsingsverslag word beeindig met bepaalde gevolgtrekkings en daar word ook sekere aanbevelings om die probleem te kan hanteer, aangebied.
Kellerman, Elizabeth Mari (1995) Padverkeersoortredings en -misdade in die Pretoria munisipale gebied, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17064>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17064
Padverkeersoortredings en -misdade in die Pretoria munisipale gebied
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Lalla-Edward, Samanta Tresha
author
2010-06
By gathering information from a volunteer sample of men who sleep with men (MSM) in
the Johannesburg inner city, the study aimed to discover those decisions and behaviour
that influence their health decision-making and health-seeking behaviour, particularly as
far as HIV and their sexual health was concerned.
Eleven in-depth interviews were conducted by three interviewers using a semistructured
interview guide which asked questions on demographics, health-seeking
behaviour, sexual orientations and behaviour, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and community
support.
During analysis, collected data was classified into the themes of access to health care,
personal and general MSM HIV risk perceptions, sexual behaviour, alcohol and
unprotected sex, prostitution, religion and stigma, violence and discrimination.
This study was the first qualitative study researching MSM in the Johannesburg inner
city and provides useful baseline information for further qualitative MSM studies in the
geographical area and for the development of MSM aligned interventions.
Lalla-Edward, Samanta Tresha (2010) Health and HIV risk assessment of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Johannesburg inner city, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3911>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3911
Health and HIV risk assessment of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Johannesburg inner city
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Kubheka-Tshikala, Thobile Nolwandle
author
2012-03
The study investigated the possibility of developing a monitoring and evaluation tool to capacitate the South African Department of Home Affairs towards the sustainability of its mobile unit project. As South Africa has a history of gross discrepancies in the appropriation of services by the citizenry, a fleet of 117 mobile trucks was deployed as part of the 2004 Turnaround Strategy.
The chosen structural-functionalist theoretical vantage point informed a quantitative baseline survey in which the views of thirty eight respondents in six provinces and across various ranks were gauged. The majority expressed positive views about the sustainability of the mobile units beyond project phase. They expressed confidence in the goals, relevance and realistic nature of the mobile units. In the SWOT analysis, the respondents expressed more strengths and opportunities than weaknesses and threats. These findings form the baseline for the development of the intended M&E framework.
Kubheka-Tshikala, Thobile Nolwandle (2013) A strategy for formulating a monitoring and evaluation framework and a tool for the sustainability of mobile units in the Department of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10421>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10421
Intervention sustainability
Improved access to services
Moral functional imperatives
M&E framework
Formative evaluation
SWOT analysis
A strategy for formulating a monitoring and evaluation framework and a tool for the sustainability of mobile units in the Department of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa
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Samaad, Anita
author
2012-11
The concept of population ageing is a development issue that has received much attention due to the demographic transition that is occurring globally, marked by declining levels of fertility and mortality. Therefore, the implications of population ageing for older persons within the context of Social Development was examined from the perspective of government and non government officials. The study was confined to older persons and the policies and programmes implemented by the Department of Social Development. The study employed an exploratory research design within a qualitative paradigm. Semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire were distributed to officials in the nine provinces. Thirty six questionnaires were received and qualitative methods of data analysis were used to analyse and interpret the data.
The main finding of the study is that there is congruence in what government officials and the non government officials view as implications for older persons. Central to this is that the issue of ageing does not receive attention on the agenda of government. The top five priorities for older persons are healthy ageing, economic security, community/home based care services for older persons, having care and support systems for older persons and an improved quality of life/poverty alleviation. Based on the demographic determinants of population ageing, the findings are that there will be an increased demand for services for older persons which might place a strain on the social assistance and health care programmes. The issue of ageing was viewed positively as an opportunity by government officials and pessimistically as a challenge by NGO’s. The most common problems in old age is a reliance on the younger generation and or the state for their care and support, abuse, high levels of illiteracy and the burden of care for their children and grandchildren.
The future older person is likely to be in better health and better educated than the older person of today if the necessary public investments are made now in these areas. The study makes recommendations for the adoption of a South African plan of action on ageing, inter-sectoral budgeting, development of specialised programmes, review of current policies and legislation for older persons, strengthening the partnership with the NGO sector and facilitating ageing mainstreaming within government programmes.
Samaad, Anita (2013) Population ageing and its implications for older persons : an analysis of the perspectives of government and non government officials within the Department of Social Development sector, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10570>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10570
Population ageing
Older persons
Social development
Population indicators
NGO officials
Government officials
Population projections
Social profile
Vulnerable groups
Government policies and programmes
Population ageing and its implications for older persons : an analysis of the perspectives of government and non government officials within the Department of Social Development sector
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Lobaka, Simon Tebogo
author
2017-12
This study examines the experiences of young adult women raised in non-resident father households in Tlokwe Local Municipality, North West. Focus groups and face-to-face interviews were conducted with 34 young women between the ages 18-25. Five important, nuanced themes emerged, these are: a) fathers who are physically present but emotionally absent, b) fathers who are physically present but uninvolved, c) fathers who are physically absent but involved, d) fathers who are physically present and involved and e) fathers who are absent and uninvolved. Non-resident fatherhood remains a challenge in the Tlokwe Municipality, most of the participants had never met their biological fathers. The study revealed the frustration young women feel towards their mothers and maternal grandparents for caring more about maintenance than they do about a healthy father-daughter relationship. The study further revealed a deep-seated need for close proximity and an involved type of fathering among the young women.
Lobaka, Simon Tebogo (2017) Exploring the experiences of young adult women growing up with non-resident fathers in North West Tlokwe Local Municipality, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23635>
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Fatherhood
Life course perspective
Absent father
Skip-families
Orphanhood
Gatekeeping
Non-resident father
Social father
Cross-generational relationship
Trajectory
Exploring the experiences of young adult women growing up with non-resident fathers in North West Tlokwe Local Municipality
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Freeman, Rachel Johanna
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2017-07
This study explored social workers’ perceptions of their role in providing palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses in six hospitals across Namibia. A qualitative grounded theory approach was use in which in-depth interviews were conduct with twenty (20) social workers. Several key findings are presented: First, the emerging constructivist grounded theory of social workers’ multi-dimensional roles in providing palliative include identities of advocate, assessor, broker, counsellor, educator, facilitator, patient liaison, mediator, discharge planner and manager of in-country referrals. Second, several participants’ uncertainties of what palliative care entails offered insight that they are in need of palliative care education and training. Third, healthcare professionals do not understand the role of the social workers and therefore social workers receive inadequate support from them. Fourth, there is a lack of in-service training and continuous education in palliative care. Fifth, there are inadequate practice opportunities in palliative care for undergraduate social work students. Finally, the well-being of social workers is another concern with limited debriefing opportunities available. Further research needs to be conducted and policy guidelines established to identify ways to improve the field of palliative care social work. In achieving this, formal education and palliative care practice opportunities for social workers need to be established, providing continuing education and establishing a Centre of Excellence on palliative care provision. This study argues that the social work profession is well positioned to draw upon its values, culture and experiences (particularly from their clients) to get involved in creating a constructivist grounded theory of social workers’ roles in providing palliative care.
Freeman, Rachel Johanna (2017) Social workers’ perceptions of their role in providing palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses : a qualitative study among social workers in primary care settings in Namibia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24340>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24340
Life-limiting illnesses
Namibia
Palliative care
Primary care settings
Role of social worker
Social work
Social workers’ perceptions of their role in providing palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses : a qualitative study among social workers in primary care settings in Namibia
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Abatneh, Abraham Sewonet
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2009-08-25T10:52:36Z
This study investigates the situation of Rwandan youth ex-combatants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Specifically, the study examines how and why young people become involved in conflicts as fighters, how the conflict impacts upon them, and how the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration programs set up by international aid agencies attempted to address the youth's special needs as they relate to reintegration in their home communities.
By employing qualitative semi-structured interviews and group discussions with demobilized ex-combatant youth and other stakeholders in northern Rwanda, the study examines how the Western model and assumption of childhood and child soldiering has so far dictated the approaches of international aid agencies in response to the needs of young people in armed conflicts. The study challenges some of the assumptions and argues for a more representative and focussed approach that emphasizes on the socio-cultural context of the ex-combatants. The research shows how and why some youth voluntarily join armed groups. It also highlights the resilience of the youth in the midst of conflict and their ability to rebuild their lives.
The findings of the research have some implications for the way the international aid agencies conceptualize and provide assistance to the young people affected by armed conflicts. It challenges the assumption held by the aid agencies regarding the exclusive emphases on victimization and trauma counselling, and refocuses on the need to rebuild the youth's resilience and coping strategies.
Abatneh, Abraham Sewonet (2009) Disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of Rwandan child soldiers, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1398>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1398
Youth ex-combatants
Childhood
Passive victims
Active participants
Reintegration
Community acceptance
Psychological counselling
Trauma
Western model
Resilliance
Disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of Rwandan child soldiers
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Manthata, Grace Tshegofatso
author
2017-01
Social capital is a concept that is broadly referred to as norms, networks, trust and forms of social connections that allow people to act collectively. This study explores the role of social capital in the process of developing micro-enterprises cooperatively. The study attempts to delve beneath how social capital manifests in different social contexts found in developing communities such as Masana. The field-work observations and the data collected through a qualitative research design provided abundant evidence of social capital, and the profile that emerged reaffirmed the argument that the outcomes of social capital can be both negative and positive. This study argues that to better leverage social capital for development initiatives, development planners and implementers need to understand social capital as potentially both a blessing and blight. Hopefully this sudy will contribute to the body of knowledge and influence development policies and interventions that leverage social capital for development initiatives.
Manthata, Grace Tshegofatso (2017) Social capital and cooperative enterprise development : a case study in Mpumalanga, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22944>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22944
Cooperatives
Micro-enterprise development
Norms
Poverty
Reciprocal exchanges
Social capital
Social networks
Trust
Social capital and cooperative enterprise development : a case study in Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Watt, Hermine
author
1996-11
The research project investigated whether victims of housebreaking experienced motivational, cognitive and emotional deficits central to the Learned Helplessness phenomenon. In keeping with the Reformulated Learned Helplessness theory the attributional style of victims, were also assessed. The State-Trait Inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg and Jacobs was administered to measure the
anxiety levels of victims. Sub-goals served as illustration for the learned helplessness phenomenon.
Three- hundred victims, using probability sampling techniques, were interviewed by means of an interview schedule.
Support was found for cognitive and some motivational deficits and a common range of emotions experienced by victims. The majority of victims exhibited a global attnbutional style. Burglary victims did not show appreciably higher trait and state scores means,
except for females in the 19-39 age group, when compared to a psychological norm.
Environmental factors did play a role in rendering homes vulnerable.
Recommendations addressing the fear of housebreaking were made at a therapeutic and practical level.
Watt, Hermine (1996) Fear of burglary in the Honeydew police district, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17852>
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Burglary
Victims
Learned helplessness
Attributions
Motivational deficits
Cognitive deficits
Response-outcome noncontingency
Emotions
State anxiety
Trait anxiety
Environmental factors
Fear of burglary in the Honeydew police district
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Makhutle, Motswaledi Jacob
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2011-10
The purpose of this study was to understand employees’ perceptions of the benefits of and the challenges in utilising VCT services at the workplace. With Mittal Steel in Vanderbijlpark as a case study, the researcher investigated the types of VCT services offered, the reasons why employees used these services, the perceived benefits and challenges related to these services, and made suggestions for service improvements. Using a qualitative approach, the main data-collection strategies were non-participant observation and in-depth interviews with five purposefully recruited research participants.
The study showed that knowledge of HIV and AIDS among employees was adequate but that this could not be attributed to company efforts only. The study also revealed that employees utilised VCT for personal reasons rather than based on company incentives. Stigmatisation and discrimination appeared to be on the decline. It is recommended that the company could do more to market and promote HIV and AIDS awareness at the workplace.
Makhutle, Motswaledi Jacob (2011) An investigation into the utilisation of voluntary counselling and testing services by employees of Mittal Steel in Vanderbijlpark : a case study, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5786>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5786
Workplace VCT
Benefits in using workplace health services
Barriers to workplace VCT utilisation
An investigation into the utilisation of voluntary counselling and testing services by employees of Mittal Steel in Vanderbijlpark : a case study
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Ngwenya, Mandla
author
2015-02
This research was designed to explore the challenges faced by community-based interventions for orphans and vulnerable children in Mutare, Zimbabwe. This study employed qualitative case study method which focused on the two community-based organisations, FACT and Simukai. Cross-case data analysis relating to research questions was done using transcriptions organised by themes and sub-themes from focus group discussions with volunteers, in-depth interviews with caregivers and staff from both CBOs. Findings show that communities are committed to the care and support of OVCs by offering their voluntary services. Despite volunteer/caregivers’ commitment to care and support OVCs, some challenges noted by caregivers were: caregiver fatigue, lack of material resources for OVCs during visits and lack of interest in young people taking up voluntary work. Simukai and FACT interventions were found to be mainly education, psychosocial support, medical assistance, project management, capacity building and financing of self help projects for OVCs and their families.
Ngwenya, Mandla (2015) An investigation into challenges faced by community-based interventions for orphans and vulnerable children in Mutare, Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19217>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19217
Orphans and vulnerable children
Community intervention
Caregivers
Volunteers
HIV and AIDS
Care and support
An investigation into challenges faced by community-based interventions for orphans and vulnerable children in Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Bothma, Roelf Gerhardus Petrus
author
1995-09
Hierdie navorsing is gerig op die vrylating van die gevangene en bet ten doel om aan die
hand van 'n literatuurstudie, die Suid-Afrikaanse vrylatingstelsel binne die korrektiewe
sisteem, histories met die nodige penologiese perspektief te beskryf.
Aangesien bestaande Suid-Afrikaanse penologiese literatuur arm is aan inligting met
betrekking tot die vrylating van die gevangene en meer spesifiek die vorme van
vrylating, is verskeie bronne geidentifiseer ten einde historisiteit saam te vat en
kontemporere beleid in die verband te bespreek.
Alhoewel 1910 as vertrekpunt geneem is, is die fokus in die grootste mate geplaas op
ontwikkeling sedert 1962. Bepaalde aksies deur onder andere die Inrigtingskomitee en
Paroolraad kulmineer in die vrylating van die gevangene en om die rede bet die
navorser ook die samestelling, bevoegdhede en werksaamhede van vermelde liggame
nagevors en beskryf.
This research is aimed at the release of the prisoner and the objective is to historically
elucidate the release system within the South African correctional system on the basis
of a literature study, with the necessary penological perspective.
Considering the fact that the existing literature on penology has hardly any information
regarding the release of the prisoner and more specifically the different types of release,
various sources have been identified in order to condense the historical information and
to discuss contemporary policy in this regard.
Although 1910 was taken as the starting point, the focus has largely been placed on
development since 1962. Specific actions by, inter alia, the Institutional Committee and
the Parole Board culminate in the release of the prisoner and for this reason the
compilation, the competencies and the activities of the mentioned bodies were also
described by the researcher.
Bothma, Roelf Gerhardus Petrus (1995) Vrylating van die gevangene : historiese ontwikkeling en penologiese perspektief, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15791>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15791
Vrylating van die gevangene : historiese ontwikkeling en penologiese perspektief
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Damar, Alita P.
author
2014-08
The aim of the study was to offer solutions for the enhancement of Indonesia’s HIV
and AIDS policy and to suggest future possibilities. In the process, the gendered
nature of the epidemic was explored. In light of the relatively lower rates of
employment among Indonesian women, this study also sought to gain insights into
the possible reasons for many women appearing to be attached to domesticity.
In the first phase of the study, interviews with stakeholders in HIV and AIDS
prevention were conducted, followed by a Delphi exercise involving 23 HIV and
AIDS experts. In the second phase, 28 women from various ethnicities were
interviewed, including those in polygamous and contract marriages. The overall
results were interpreted through the lens of complexity theory.
Fewer than half of the proposed objectives were approved by the experts in the
Delphi round. These were interventions mainly aimed at the risk groups while most
objectives relating to education about HIV and AIDS and safer sex for the general
public failed to obtain consensus. Reasons for the lack of consensus were
differences in perceptions associated with human rights, moral reasoning, the
unfeasibility of certain statements and personal conviction about the control of the epidemic. Emphasis on men’s and women’s innate characteristics; men’s role as
breadwinner; women’s primary role as wife, mother and educator of their children;
and unplanned pregnancies emerged as major themes from the qualitative phase.
While the adat and Islam revival movements may have endorsed the ideals of the
New Order state ideology, Javanese rituals regarded as violating Islam teachings
were abandoned. Ignorance about safer sex and HIV and AIDS was also established. Interpretation of the results through the lens of complexity theory revealed that the
national HIV and AIDS policy needs to encompass interventions for the general
population, which would include comprehensive sex education in schools and
media campaigns focusing on women. It was found that women’s vulnerability to
HIV and their penchant for domesticity appear to be associated with their
perceived primary role as wife and mother, as promoted by the adat-based New Order state ideology.
Damar, Alita P. (2014) HIV, AIDS and gender issues in Indonesia : implications for policy : an application of complexity theory, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18691>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18691
HIV and AIDS
New Order state ideology
Gender
Adat
Islam
Sharia
Delphi
Complexity theory
Polygamy
Contract marriage
Social norms
HIV, AIDS and gender issues in Indonesia : implications for policy : an application of complexity theory
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Difabachew Setegn Hailegeorgis
author
2019-02
The victimization of women and children represents one of the public health problems deserving urgent attention in Ethiopia, making the prevention of rape in all its forms a matter of vital importance.
The purpose of the study was mainly to describe the extent of rape prevention interventions in Addis Ababa and examine efforts to assist rape survivors based on the perceptions of professionals working for organizations operating in this context. The study had a further purpose of identifying difficulties faced by government institutions and making suitable recommendations for the improvement of rape prevention interventions and programs in the future.
A qualitative descriptive research approach was adopted mainly involving in-depth interviews for primary data collection. The study involved 14 research participants purposively selected from five government institutions.
The study findings indicated Gandhi Memorial Hospital to be the only institution in Ethiopia implementing an integrated rape prevention intervention. Efforts were directed largely at secondary prevention, with little attention being paid to primary prevention. Recommendations included tackling the multiple factors influencing rape at different levels of the social-ecological model simultaneously through the implementation, strengthening, and intensification of well-designed, comprehensive rape prevention interventions and programs.
Ukuxhatshazwa kwabafazi nabantwana e-Ethiopia kufana nenye yeengxaki zempilo kwaye kudinga ukuthathelwa ingqalelo ngokungxamisekileyo. Oku kwenza ukuba ukuthintela ukudlwengulwa ngazo zonke iindlela kube ngumbandela obaluleke kakhulu.
Injongo yesi sifundo ibikukucacisa iindlela zokuthintela ukudlwengulwa eAddis Ababa, nokuvavanya imizamo yokunceda abo bakhe badlwengulwa, ngokokubona kwabo basebenzela amaqumrhu aququzelela lo msebenzi. Enye injongo yesi sifundo ibikukuchonga ubunzima obufunyanwa ngamaziko aseburhulumenteni ajongene neli candelo ukuze kunikwe iingcebiso zokuphucula amacebo neenkqubo zokuthintela ukudlwengulwa.
Kuqhutywe uhlobo lophando lomgangatho nolucacisayo, apho kuqokelelwe iinkcukacha zolwazi ngokwenza udliwano ndlebe olunzulu. Kusetyenzwe nabathathi nxaxheba abali-14 abakhethwe ngobuchule kumaziko aseburhulumenteni ama-5.
Okufunyaniswe sesi sifundo kubonakalise ukuba isibhedlele esiyiGandhi Memorial siso sodwa esinenkqubo elungelelaniswe kakuhle yokuthintela ukudlwengulwa. Imigudu yokhukhusela ijoliswe ekuncedeni kwiziqhamo zodlwengulo nasekufundiseni ngodlwengulo (secondary prevention) hayi kudlwengulo ngqo (primary prevention). Amacebiso esifundo aquka ukulwa neemeko eziphembelela udlwengulo olwenzeka kumazinga ahlukeneyo oluntu, ngaxeshanye nokuqinisa ukusetyenziswa kweenkqubo eziqulunqwe kakuhle zokuthintela udlwengulo.
Die viktimisering van vroue en kinders is een van talle kwessies in die openbare gesondheid van Ethiopië wat dringend aandag vereis, aangesien die voorkoming van verkragting in enige vorm van die allergrootste belang is.
Die doel van hierdie studie was om die omvang te bepaal van intervensies om verkragting in Addis Abeba te voorkom, en om die hulp wat aan verkragtingslagoffers verleen word, te ondersoek op grond van die belewenisse van beroepslui wat in hierdie verband vir organisasies werk. Hierdie studie het dit verder ten doel gehad om die probleme aan te toon waarmee staatsinstellings in hierdie opsig te kampe het, en om beter intervensies en programme vir die voorkoming van verkragting aan te beveel.
ʼn Kwalitatiewe en deskriptiewe navorsingsbenadering is gevolg. Dit het omvattende onderhoude behels waartydens primêre data versamel is. Altesame 14 deelnemers by vyf staatsinstellings is vir hierdie doel gekies.
Volgens die bevindings is die Gandhi Gedenkhospitaal die enigste instelling in Ethiopië wat ʼn geïntegreerde program vir die voorkoming van verkragting ingestel het. Sekondêre voorkoming geniet voorrang, terwyl primêre voorkoming min aandag geniet. Daar word aanbeveel dat tegelykertyd werk gemaak word van die veelvuldige faktore wat verkragting op verskillende vlakke van die sosiaal-ekologiese model beïnvloed. Dit moet gedoen word deur deeglik ontwerpte, omvattende intervensies en programme om verkragting te voorkom in werking te stel, uit te bou en te verskerp.
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Rape
Prevention interventions
Comprehensiveness of rape prevention
Social-ecological model
Multiple factors influencing rape
Primary prevention
Udlwengulo
Amacebo okuthintela
Ubunzulu nobubanzi bothintelo lodlwengulo
Inkqubo yokujonga kunikezelwano lwefuthe kumazinga ahlukeneyo oluntu
Iimeko ezininzi eziphembelela udlwengulo
Uthintelo ngqo
Verkragting
Voorkomingsintervensies
Omvattendheid van verkragtingsvoorkoming
Sosiaal-ekologiese model
Veelvuldige faktore wat verkragting beïnvloed
Primêre voorkoming
Situation analysis of perceptions on comprehensiveness of rape prevention interventions by implementing agencies in Addis Ababa
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Lekganyane, Maditobane Robert
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2010-03
Three years into the human territory, the fight against HIV/AIDS still prevails. According to Fuller (2008), it is estimated that by 2025, 80 million Africans will have been killed by this pandemic, while 90 million are estimated to be infected by HIV. Close to 3 thousand women are infected with HIV daily. In the beginning of 2008, some 22,5 million sub-Saharan Africans were living with HIV (Fuller 2008).
In South Africa, 5 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV, 250 thousand die each year due to AIDS-related deaths, while a thousand people die daily and 17 hundred get infected daily. South African women are the hardest hit population group, compared to their male counterparts (Fuller 2008; Zuberi 2004). In South Africa this epidemic crawled under the shadow of denial, fear, ignorance, stigma and discrimination, which disrupted efforts to prevent further spread and care for the infected and the affected individuals and groups. South African women are subjected to gender inequality, sexual violence and rape, and in the presence of HIV/AIDS their plight became exacerbated. They became subjected to blame and rejection because people do not want to associate themselves with this group, who possess the deadly infectious disease which is associated with commercial sex workers, intravenous drug users and homosexuals.
The aim of this research was to investigate the plight of anticipated and enacted stigma among the South African women who receive treatment as outpatients in the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. The study was conducted among six women who are living with HIV/AIDS over a period of four weeks, with a qualitative research design adopted as research method. In-depth interviews were used as the primary tool for data collection. This study was conducted in order for the researcher to obtain insight into the subject of HIV- and AIDS-related stigma and to highlight the experiences of participants for policy and programme designing and development purposes.
Lekganyane, Maditobane Robert (2010) Anticipated and enacted stigma among female outpatients living with HIV : the case of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3758>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3758
Anticipated and enacted stigma among female outpatients living with HIV : the case of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa
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Tissiman, Lindy Michelle
author
2008-08
Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
have many devastating impacts, including the growing number of AIDS-orphans left without
care. In the study, semi-structured interviews, incomplete sentences and Kinetic family drawings
were used to explore the life-experiences and perceptions of AIDS-orphans living in kinship
foster care, from a Gestalt perspective. The study revealed that the majority of the AIDS-orphans
included were making good contact at the contact boundary and all the respondents were not
familiar with the term 'foster care'. The researcher therefore recommended that children are
educated about foster care at school, thus possibly increasing the awareness of foster care in
South Africa, thus possibly increasing the provision of homes for the vastly growing numbers of
AIDS-orphans in our country and perhaps make a difference in society.
Tissiman, Lindy Michelle (2008) An exploration of the life-experiences of AIDS-orphans in kinship foster care in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3254>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3254
Kinship foster care
Life-experience
Field Theory
Gestalt Theory
HIV/AIDS
AIDS-orphan
An exploration of the life-experiences of AIDS-orphans in kinship foster care in South Africa
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Mzezewa, Venah
author
2015-02
This study investigated the attitudes of church leaders towards their perceived leadership roles in HIV prevention, using a sample of 85 clergy and lay leaders. Working from the premise that churches concentrate on care and support instead of HIV prevention, data were collected from Lutheran church leaders in Zimbabwe, using a questionnaire based on the constructs of the theory of reasoned action. The findings of this study suggest that the church is a potential source for HIV prevention. However, the capability to lead in HIV prevention was limited by barriers due to self-efficacy and cultural constraints, differences between communicator and audience, experiences and perceptions of the communicator and to some extent, institutional constraints. Programmers should focus on removing the barriers faced by the church leaders to improve their ability to lead in HIV prevention and strengthen prevention efforts.
Mzezewa, Venah (2015) An analysis of the attitudes and perceptions of church leaders towards their perceived leadership roles in HIV prevention in the Matabeleland Province of Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19241>
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Attitude
Clergy
Church leaders
Doctrine
Evangelical Lutheran Church
HIV and AIDS
HIV prevention
Leadership roles
Perception
Theory of Reasoned Action
An analysis of the attitudes and perceptions of church leaders towards their perceived leadership roles in HIV prevention in the Matabeleland Province of Zimbabwe
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Mugivhi, Modipadi Rebecca
author
2010-11
The recommended infant feeding method for mothers living with HIV is either exclusive breastfeeding for six months or replacement infant feeding (RIF), while a mixed feeding method carries the greatest health risks for infants. This study focused on identifying the challenges faced by mothers who opted for RIF and the coping strategies they employ. A theoretical framework, based on gender and power, was developed. The study used a qualitative design, with semi-structured in-depth interviews. Using purposive sampling, data was collected at three clinics from 22 participants.
The participants reported experiencing challenges related to RIF such as intermittent availability of formula milk at the clinics. Socio-cultural challenges include power inequalities between health care workers and mothers, pressure from family members to breastfeed, stigmatization and discrimination from community members. Coping strategies such as withdrawal from the community and trying to hide RIF from others were not sufficient to meet the challenges experienced.
Mugivhi, Modipadi Rebecca (2010) Problems experienced by mothers who opted for replacement infant feeding in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in Makhado municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4872>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4872
Problems experienced by mothers who opted for replacement infant feeding in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in Makhado municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa
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Porter, Marlien
author
1994-11
Illich, a critic of the medical profession in industrial societies,
researched the "damage done" by the medical establishment on three levels.
This study presents an application of Illich's three-level theory of
iatrogenesis to a sample of elderly people in old-age homes in and around
Pretoria. Fifty in-depth interviews were conducted with old-age home
residents. In the focus on clinical iatrogenesis, the aspect of
defenceless patients was investigated. With regard to social iatrogenesis,
focus was on the interpretation of attitudes revealing an increased medical
dependency. Cultural iatrogenesis, which involves the influence of values
and norms on thinking patterns, is investigated in terms of the impact of
institutionalisation on the autonomy, independence and personal
responsibility of residents. Illich's solution to the problem of medicalisation
is to be found in the de-bureaucratisation and de-industrialisation
of society. Based on the assumptions of critical theory, the emancipation
of the individual is suggested as a basis of Illich's proposed structural
societal changes
Porter, Marlien (1994) A sociological review and application of Illich's theory of iatrogenesis with specific reference to problems concerning the aged, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15799>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15799
Medicalisation
Iatrogenesis
Polymedication
De-bureaucratisation
Elderly people
Old-age homes
Institutionalisation
Radical monopoly
Medical bureaucracy
Medical establishment
De-professionalisation
Personal autonomy
A sociological review and application of Illich's theory of iatrogenesis with specific reference to problems concerning the aged
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Ndlovu, Method Walter
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2009-08-25T10:53:27Z
This study investigates whether the HIV/AIDS and Life Skills Education Programme for schools was implemented in accordance with the Ministry's directives. It also seeks to establish whether the programme was effective or not by identifying and examining different implementation strategies and methodologies.
Fieldwork was undertaken in the Lupane Area Development Programme where nine schools were randomly selected from sixteen primary schools. A total of nine head-teachers responded to the heads' questionnaire and fifty-eight Grade 4 to 7 teachers responded to the teachers' questionnaire.
The study reveals that to a very large extent the HIV/AIDS and Life-skills Education Programme was implemented from Grades 4 to 7 in the primary schools. However, substantial improvements still need to be made in mobilising reading and financial resources. More training and the introduction of more participatory methodologies need to be stepped up for the children to realise more benefits from this life skills education programme.
Ndlovu, Method Walter (2009) The HIV/AIDS and life-skills education programme for schools in Zimbabwe. A case study of primary schools in the Lupane Area Development Programme, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1474>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1474
Pandemic
Prevalence
Opportunistic infections
Bodily fluids
Implementation
Strategy
Delivery mode
Life-skill
Cascade
Life-expectancy
The HIV/AIDS and life-skills education programme for schools in Zimbabwe. A case study of primary schools in the Lupane Area Development Programme
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Machimana, Eugene Gabriel
author
2012-06
AIDS-related illnesses are the leading cause of deaths in South Africa. Alcohol misuse among male youths fuels the risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including HIV. Literature review was conducted on the association of alcohol misuse and the risk of contracting HIV among male youths. In this qualitative study fourteen male youths, all from Soshanguve in Gauteng province, participated in face-to-face interviews. The male youths who misuse alcohol show greater signs of indulging in risky sexual intercourse. In addition, the male youths who find their sexual partners at taverns were less likely to use condoms during sex. Other factors linked to alcohol misuse that hinder HIV-prevention include multiple sexual partners, transactional sex, men who have sex with men (MSM), young men’s dominance over young women and non-use of condoms. The findings of this research project indicate the need of deliberate focus on alcohol misuse during HIV-prevention education. HIV-prevention interventions should pay attention to reducing sexual risk behaviour associated with alcohol misuse among young men.
Machimana, Eugene Gabriel (2012) Perceptions of the association between alcohol misuse and the risk of HIV-infection among male youths in Soshanguve, Gauteng Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9129>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9129
Alcohol misuse
HIV-infection
HIV-prevention
HIV transmission
HIV-vulnerable
Qualitative research
Male youths
Risky sexual behaviour
Role modelling and tavern
Perceptions of the association between alcohol misuse and the risk of HIV-infection among male youths in Soshanguve, Gauteng Province
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Myburgh, Nellie Dominica
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2015-02
The aim of this research was to explore the challenges faced by women providing home-based care to those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. The specific objectives of the study were to explore the gender-related, sociocultural and socioeconomic challenges faced by these women; and to investigate best practices in home- based care.
An exploration of the challenges women experience in their communities as they provide care for the HIV and AIDS infected and affected is located within a gender and power framework. Feminist theories are also used to try and explain the reasons behind the differences and inequalities that exist in the community, particularly as regards the women who provide home-based care.
A qualitative study, which used both qualitative and participatory methods of data gathering, was undertaken in 2014 in Mzimba, Malawi.
Data was collected from 26 women participants by means of Critical Incident Narrative interviews (5), Individual In-Depth Interviews (5), and two Focus Group Discussions (6 and 10 participants respectively). Three Key Informant Interviews were conducted with a Ministry of Local Government official, another with a Nursing sister at the Mzimba District Hospital Tuberculosis Ward, and the Mzimba District Hospital Home-based care Coordinator. Purposive and snowballing sampling techniques were used to recruit the research participants. A topic guide was used in critical incident narrative interviews. An interview schedule consisting open-ended questions and face interviews were used for the Individual In-depth Interviews. A topic guide was used for the Focus Group Discussions. All the data collection instruments were guided by the themes of social, economic, cultural, psychological challenges; food security, and coping mechanisms. An interview schedule consisting of open-ended questions were used for the Key Informant Interviews. A Check List of WHO minimum package for home-based care programmes was used to assess the actual program best practices.
The methodology of this study was guided by the WHO framework on home-based care. In this framework, the home-based care programme includes the following elements which make up the minimum package of care: provision of care, continuum of care, education, supplies and equipment, staffing, finance and sustainability, and monitoring and evaluation.
Very few studies have been concluded to understand the sociological issues that affect women who provide care to the HIV and AIDS infected and affected in households and communities. It is hoped that this study will in some way address this gap, and that the information and recommendations contained in this thesis will guide policy recommendations in Malawi that will incorporate the lived experiences of those who provide this care.
The study revealed that women providing home-based care to the HIV and AIDS infected and affected experience harsh challenges. Women carry the burden of care as traditionally men do not provide care. Women experience extreme deprivation which manifests itself through a number of socio-economic difficulties and these include been shown in their inability to provide for their basic necessities such as food, and other household needs. For most of the women carers, the deprivation is a direct consequence of their low levels of education which rendered them unable to find employment of engage in successful business ownership. The women carers also lack social security in the sense that they do not have access to land for example which could ensure that they have some level of food security. When the main income earner died the women carers and their dependants were left to fend for themselves. Women carers also experienced various psychological problems and these included nightmares, insomnia, depression and these affected their physical health such a few reported lack of appetite for food as a major issue.
Women carers and in particular the young women reported that they had to elements which make up the minimum package of care: provision of care, continuum of care, education, supplies and equipment, staffing, finance and sustainability, and monitoring and evaluation.
Very few studies have been concluded to understand the sociological issues that affect women who provide care to the HIV and AIDS infected and affected in households and communities. It is hoped that this study will in some way address this gap, and that the information and recommendations contained in this thesis will guide policy recommendations in Malawi that will incorporate the lived experiences of those who provide this care.
The study revealed that women providing home-based care to the HIV and AIDS infected and affected experience harsh challenges. Women carry the burden of care as traditionally men do not provide care. Women experience extreme deprivation which manifests itself through a number of socio-economic difficulties and these include been shown in their inability to provide for their basic necessities such as food, and other household needs. For most of the women carers, the deprivation is a direct consequence of their low levels of education which rendered them unable to find employment of engage in successful business ownership. The women carers also lack social security in the sense that they do not have access to land for example which could ensure that they have some level of food security. When the main income earner died the women carers and their dependants were left to fend for themselves. Women carers also experienced various psychological problems and these included nightmares, insomnia, depression and these affected their physical health such a few reported lack of appetite for food as a major issue.
Women carers and in particular the young women reported that they had to drop of school to marry when their parents or guardians died. The other dimension to this issue was that the older women carers reported that during their young years, it was common place to find girls who did not attend school or were pressurised to get married because their parents did not believe in educating girls. The background is currently affecting the women carers as they find that they cannot get involved in profitable business or even look for employment. They lack the basic literacy levels that would allow them to be become more productive and ensure financial security.
Women carers experienced a number of gender related challenges as they provided care and these included the burden of care being almost solely borne by the women.
Women revealed that they have had to use various coping strategies in the face of the overwhelming challenges that they continue to experience. Elderly women have found ways to cope by selling the property such as land and household goods, conducting small scale informal business, and sending the children away to relatives to be fostered. The young women on the other hand have sometimes reverted to some dangerous strategies for coping such as getting a boyfriend to provide for their financial needs, engaged in transactional sex, and some got married very early. The other coping strategies that the young women employed were to conduct small businesses, depended on family and relatives to provide for their various needs. The women volunteers revealed that they used their group as a therapy group, they shared the work, and that they were involved in small scale businesses.
The study has also revealed that there is a home-based care programme that is functioning fairly well. However, there are indications that as much as the various players are trying to assist those who are infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, there are severe gaps in the effectiveness of the programme. There is need for a review of the programme so that it answers to the needs of those who are caring for those who are on home-based care i.e. a more rigorous implementation of HBC programme is required.
The overall findings of the study indicate that the poverty trap in which the women are caught impacts on every aspect of their existence, with little hope of them ever improving their conditions. There is need for the Malawi government to come up with strategic interventions that would alleviate of women in general but in particular those who are left to provide care at home. Such interventions could include poverty alleviation strategies for women who are providing care to ensure that their situation does not deteriorate once they begin to provide care.
Since Malawi is a signatory to the UN Millennium Development Goals, it is important that the plight of women is revisited and find lasting solutions to the challenges that they experience. Women are still lagging behind in education for example. There is need to improve girls and women access to education. The health of women has been affected by HIV and AIDS. The Government of Malawi also needs to review the policies that are in place which address women’s health. Essentially the status of women is need of a major change in order for the country to achieve some level of development which is at par with other countries in the sub-Saharan African region.
Myburgh, Nellie Dominica (2015) Challenges faced by women providing home-based care in Mzimba, Malawi : a qualitative study, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19821>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19821
Continuum of care
Home-based care
Palliative care
Primary care giver
Challenges faced by women providing home-based care in Mzimba, Malawi : a qualitative study
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Van der Merwe, Elaine
author
1995-11
Verkragting, 'n toenemende misdaad, word deur verskeie mites omring. Die doel van die navorsing
was om verkragtingsmites te beskryf en oak om vas te stel of daar 'n verskil tussen mans en vroue
bestaan betreffende die aanvaarding van die verkragtingsmites. 'n Verkennende studie van
bestaande literatuur het aan die lig gebring dat die gemeenskap, polisie, hofamptenare, mediese
personeel en die media bepaalde wanvoorstellings aangaande verkragting het.
Om die bestaan van verkragtingsmites te bewys, is 'n kwantitatiewe studie uitgevoer wat 136 mans
en 165 vroue se persepsies oar verkragtingsmites getoets het. Statisties-beduidende verskille tussen
die geslagte is aangeteken.
Die resultate van die navorsing dui daarop dat mans en vroue die mite aanvaar dat verkragting 'n
seksuele eerder as 'n geweldsmisdaad is. Verder blyk dit duidelik dat vroue meer geneig is om
verkragtingsmites te aanvaar wat hul slagoffervatbaarheid kan verhoog.
Rape, an increasing crime is surrounded by various myths. The aim of this research was to describe
these myths and also to establish whether or not men and women differ with regard to the acceptance
thereof. An exploratory study revealed that society, the police, court officials, medical staff and the
media have certain misconceptions with regard to rape.
To prove the existence of these myths a quantitative study with 136 males and 165 females was
undertaken during which their perceptions pertaining to rape myths were tested. Statistically
significant differences were noted.
Research results indicated that men and women accept the myth that rape is a sexual rather than a
violent crime. It furthermore became evident that women are more inclined to accept rape myths
which in tum increase their victim vulnerability.
Van der Merwe, Elaine (1995) Verkragtingsmites, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16264>
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Rape myth
Rape
Rape victim
Rapist
Verkragtingsmites
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Ncala, Nokwanda Hazel
author
2005-06
This study examines the reintegration of South African political returnees into
South African society from a sociological perspective after the unbanning of the
African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and
the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1990. It specifically looks at the role of
liberation movements, government, the International Organization For
Migration (10M), the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
(UNHCR) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) in the pre- and
post- 1994 period.
This study contends that for refugee reintegration to succeed, primary
prerequisites include a relatively good and sustainable economy and, most
significantly, positive governmental intervention. A central argument of the
study is that the ANC-Ied government has played a significant role in the
repatriation and long-term reintegration of political returnees. Of significance is
the economic dimension of this process since it facilitates reintegration at the
social level. The assessment of the role of the ANC-Ied government in the
political returnee reintegration process is undertaken primarily through the
Special Pension and Demobilization Acts of 1996 which constitute the focal point
of analysis of this study.
The findings of this research are that the International Organization For
Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, the African
National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Communist
Party and the South African Council of Churches played a significant role in the
repatriation and early reintegration of political returnees in South Africa in the
pre-independence phase. In the post-independence period, the ANC led
government played an important role in long-term reintegration through
legislative means, namely, the Special Pension and Demobilization Acts of 1996.
The recommendations of the study are that the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees should continue conducting large scale political
refugee repatriations because of its expertise in international repatriation,
programmes and processes of this magnitude. More research on the long-term
socio-economic implications of the refugee reintegration process needs to be
conducted in view of the fact that this area of study has not been sufficiently
problematized. Finally, from a policy perspective, there is a need for
governments with returning refugee populations to be more proactive in
addressing this problem through legislative measures.
Ncala, Nokwanda Hazel (2005) The reintergration of South African political returnees, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3335>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3335
Political returnees
African National Congress
Pan Africanist Congress
South African Communist Party
The reintergration of South African political returnees
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Resha, Vuyile Ronnie
author
1996-11
This study undertakes to explore the extent to which students at the Elijah Mango College are involved in college decision making structures.
The whole process of “carrying” of major subjects was selected to crystallise the extent of this involvement. The varying patterns of meanings attributed by the students to this phenomena were explored.
By way of a theoretical contribution, the researcher synthesised features of interpretive and resistance theories in education to further explain this involvement.
The empirical component which is attendant on the theoretical elaboration undertakes to explore and capture the patterns of meanings that the students used as a rationale for their reflexive resp^ ,ses to the college decision making structures.
The epistemology underlying this investigation also enabled the researcher to gain a sensitivity towards the meanings formulated by the students.
Resha, Vuyile Ronnie (1996) Institutional arrangements and student involvement at the Elijah Mango College : a sociological analysis, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17613>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17613
Resistance theory
Relative autonomy
Voluntarism
Human volition
Patterns of meaning
Meaning creation
Meaning attribution
Interpretive view
Direct reproduction
Positivist epistemology
Content analysis
Institutional arrangements and student involvement at the Elijah Mango College : a sociological analysis
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Chisale, Sinenhlanhla Sithulisiwe
author
2017
The struggles with patriarchy in the marriages of highly educated married black women are not clearly defined by research, leading to generalisations that all women experience, interpret and resist patriarchy in a uniform way. Written from an African feminist and symbolic interactionist perspective this qualitative study sought to investigate the cognitive processes of highly educated married black women that develop from their lived experiences, interpretations and resistance with regard to patriarchy in their marriages. Data were collected through (auto)biographical narrative essays, semi-structured interviews and observations and analysed using thematic data analysis. The findings indicate that highly educated married black women experience, interpret and resist patriarchy in diverse ways, highlighting three clusters of these women – the liberal, the conformist and the secretive. Their self-concept and identity are more likely to be shaped by their social experiences and interactions with their husbands and the extended family than interactions in their professions.
Chisale, Sinenhlanhla Sithulisiwe (2017) Patriachy and resistance : a feminist symbolic interactionist perspective of highly educated married black women, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23689>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23689
Patriarchy
Highly educated married black women
Resistance
Symbolic interactionism
African feminism
Patriachy and resistance : a feminist symbolic interactionist perspective of highly educated married black women
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Hamza, Endris Hussien
author
2011-11
This study was a situation analysis of the socio-economic conditions of orphans and vulnerable children in Dessie Town. Specifically the study assessed the educational attainment, economic status, social isolation, adjustment, discrimination and psycho-social status of OVCs, the characteristics of the care-givers of OVCs and the support systems for OVCs. Therefore, 270 OVCs, 130 guardians and 4 OVCs service-providing organisations were selected as respondents. A survey research design was used. The study found that OVCs and their households faced problems such as school dropout, low educational performance; economic and food insecurity, lack of adequate clothing; social isolation and emotional hardships due to separation of siblings; discrimination, and neglect. Children’s housing conditions, toilet facilities, and access to clean water and health facilities were poor. The majority of guardians were unemployed and unable to fulfil the needs of the OVCs in their care. It is recommended that support systems for OVCs be strengthened.
Hamza, Endris Hussien (2011) The socio-economic situation of orphans and vulnerable children in Dessie Town, Ethiopia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6564>
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Orphans
Vulnerable children
Dessie Town
Ethiopia
Socio-economic appraisal
The socio-economic situation of orphans and vulnerable children in Dessie Town, Ethiopia
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Peens, Michelle
author
2020-01
It is widely acknowledged that poverty has declined globally over the last few years. In fact, this
idea has become so ingrained in our society that it is almost taken for granted and assumed as
an incontestable fact. The question that remains unanswered is where all the poor are now. Are
they living a prosperous life or are they tinkering on the edge of poverty? This research study
focuses on the precarious non-poor, who are the people surviving just above Upper Bound
Poverty Line used by Statistics within South Africa. Although they are not ‘officially poor’ they are
still a group that is often overlooked or ignored within the global development community since
they are not poor enough to warrant intervention yet not secure enough to demand action. As
the research study will show through using a mixed-method approach, they are far from being
prosperous and in fact, still struggling to survive. The quantitative findings are based on a
statistical analysis of the General Household Survey (2011) that overlaps with the latest Income
and Expenditure Survey (2011). It gives valuable background to the problem that was also used
during the qualitative phase of the research study to inform the sample choice and interview
guide. The quantitative analysis shows that the precarious non-poor is not a unique problem, and
as a group, they are found across South Africa. The qualitative findings are based on in-depth
interviews conducted in Cape Town, Western Cape and Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal. Framed by
the capability approach, set out by Amartya Sen, and a focus on basic capabilities such as
employment, education and housing, the results show that the precarious non-poor lack access
and choice in terms of capabilities and the opportunity to realise them into functionings. The
precarious non-poor in this study are mostly employed within insecure, uncertain or underpaying jobs, underpinned by a social support program, living in neighbourhoods where they feel unsafe
while trying to secure a better future for themselves and especially their children. In fact, they
are probably no better off than their poor counterparts with prosperity remaining out of reach.
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Precarious non-poor
Poverty
Precarity
Precarious prosperity
Capability approach
Amartya Sen
Basic capabilities
Capabilities
Functionings
Mixed-method
Cape Town
Newcastle
South Africa
The precarious non-poor in Post-Apartheid South Africa : striving for prosperity in Cape Town and Newcastle
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Rikhotso, Rodney
author
2022-03
Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most severe social challenges confronting South African society. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychosocial impact of gender-based violence among silenced and marginalised women in the Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province.
The study opted for the exploratory qualitative research design approach with a total of 15 purposively sampled participants who are women in the 19-35 years age cohort selected to provide their lived experiences concerning gender-based violence in the Vhembe district. Semi-structured interviews were utilised as the study’s primary data collection method.
The primary study findings revealed that victims of gender-based violence suffered from the immense psychological and social effects of their experiences. These effects included levels of depression, isolation, stigmatisation, and suicidal ideations. Among some of its recommendations, the study proposes protracted interventions by multiple stakeholders to address gender-based violence, especially in rural communities that are still fraught with increasing patriarchal values and norms that reinforce gender attitudes and unequal power relations.
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Gender-based violence
Psychosocial impact
Silenced and marginalised women
Violence against women
Abuse
Intimate partner violence
Feminist theory
Ecological model
Domestic violence
Femicide
Exploring psychosocial impact of gender-based violence among silenced and marginalized women in Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province
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Murimba, Lynnette
author
2014-01
The study examined the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents infected with HIV and AIDS. This was a qualitative study that involved semi-structured interviews and observation. The sampling method used was purposive and it entailed 10 adolescents (4 boys and 6 girls) who are living with HIV at Chiedza Child Care Centre in Zimbabwe. This study revealed that adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health needs are the desire to have sex, desire to have children, the need for prevention of unwanted pregnancy and care and treatment support. However, their knowledge of HIV and AIDS was inadequate. Adolescents also revealed their lack of proper information regarding their health care and treatment needs. However, adolescents illustrated an adequate knowledge of the services available for them for their health, treatment and care needs. The study recommended that there is need to strengthen the provision of information and services on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health issues. The study also recommended that counsellors should improve their counselling skills so that they can empower adolescents living with HIV to be able to negotiate condom usage, matters of dating and handling relationships.
Murimba, Lynnette (2014) Examining sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents infected with HIV at Chiedza Child Care Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18704>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18704
Adolescents living with HIV and AIDS
Sexual needs
Reproductive health needs
Health care and treatment needs
Youth friendly services
Health care services
Examining sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents infected with HIV at Chiedza Child Care Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Engelbrecht, Anna Margaretha
author
1996-06
Engelbrecht, Anna Margaretha (1996) A sociological study of the role of women in sport : a feminist perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16746>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16746
A sociological study of the role of women in sport : a feminist perspective
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Moges Jemaneh Woldeyohannes
author
2010-03
Ethiopia faces large and growing numbers of child household heads, mainly due to AIDS-related parental deaths. Many of them are vulnerable to abuse and are forced to look after themselves and their siblings, drop out of school and find work.
This exploratory study employed qualitative research methods using purposive sampling. The aim was to ascertain how child household heads affected by AIDS adapted to changed life circumstances. The study entailed fieldwork for five weeks in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where evidence was gathered from 10 selected households headed by children (aged 12 to18), their siblings and key informants.
It was found that all the children in the study are in dismal living conditions although some reported feelings of satisfaction and happiness. The need to provide special recognition and support to child household heads and their siblings by policy makers and service providers in Ethiopia is highlighted.
Woldeyohannes, Moges Jemaneh (2010) The roles and challenges of household care giving in child headed households affected by HIV/AIDS : the case of 10 child households heads in Addis Ababa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3484>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3484
HIV/AIDS
Child-headed household
Care giving
Addis Ababa
The roles and challenges of household care giving in child headed households affected by HIV/AIDS: the case of 10 child households heads in Addis Ababa
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Klagsbrun, Yvonne Alice
author
2014-06
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the vulnerability to HIV of rural male youth with regard to their beliefs, sexual attitudes and behaviour. The study took place in the Waterberg, a district of Limpopo in South Africa, and provided insight into and understanding of the youths’ attitudes to and intentions regarding HIV prevention and their perceptions of how they were influenced by the Boys2Men programme. The Theory of Reasoned Action and the Social Constructionist Theory provided a framework for the study.
Nine participants between the ages of 19 and 26 were purposefully selected, and data was collected via individual face-to-face and focus group interviews. A number of semi-structured questions were used to guide the study, and data captured from the interviews was analysed by thematic content analysis.
Klagsbrun, Yvonne Alice (2014) An exploration of the beliefs, sexual attitudes and behaviour of rural young men with regard to HIV prevention: the unheard voices of male youth in the Waterberg District, Limpopo, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18794>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18794
Male youth
Young men
Rural youth
HIV prevention
Community HIV programme
Limpopo
An exploration of the beliefs, sexual attitudes and behaviour of rural young men with regard to HIV prevention: the unheard voices of male youth in the Waterberg District, Limpopo
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Thindisa, Johanna Ntlwaneng
author
2011-06
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.
Thindisa, Johanna Ntlwaneng (2011) An explorationary study of the types of psychosocial services provided to educators living with HIV at selected primary schools in Limpopo Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4820>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4820
Qualitative research
Psychosocial services
SMTs
ELWHIV
Educator
An exploratory study of the types of psychosocial services provided to educators living with HIV at selected primary schools in the Limpopo Province
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Mnyipika, Nomandla
author
2014-06
The Department of Education nationwide introduced HIV and AIDS care and support for learning and teaching programmes as intervention strategies for supporting vulnerable learners. Despite these interventions, teenagers continue to fall pregnant and this increases their vulnerability to HIV infection. HIV and STIs are rife among teenagers owing to ignorance and peer pressure, among other factors. The aim of this exploratory qualitative study was to explore factors that influence condom use among high school teenagers aged between 16 and 18 in Dutywa District. Focus group discussions and in-depth face-to-face interviews with 12 high school teenagers from one high school (High School X) were used to collect data. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. The findings of this study revealed that high school teenagers are not using condoms to any significant degree. In their opinion, condoms limit sexual pleasure; they indicate a lack of trust and unfaithfulness between partners and are associated with sexually transmitted diseases. The findings of this study are significant for the policy implementation of schools.
Mnyipika, Nomandla (2014) Exploring factors that influence condom use among high school teenagers aged between 16 and 18 years in Dutywa District, Eastern Cape, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18195>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18195
Condom use
Unsafe/unprotected sex
Factors
High school teenagers
HIV and AIDS
Teenage pregnancy
STIs
Health Belief Model
Department of Education
Department of Basic Education
Exploring factors that influence condom use among high school teenagers aged between 16 and 18 years in Dutywa District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Muchabaiwa, Wonder
author
2018
The small house phenomenon amongst the Shona people in contemporary Zimbabwe forms part of the relationship and household arrangements amongst certain heterosexual couples. In cases where partners engage in small house relationships, it has specific implications for existing marriage and family dynamics. The study sought to address the question: What are the perceptions on gender dynamics of the small house phenomenon as an emerging family structure in contemporary Zimbabwean society? The relative newness as well as the secretive nature and complexity of the small house relationship, render the nuances of gender dynamics in such contexts worth exploring to add value to the Sociology of Families and gender dynamics. The research was conducted in Harare metropolitan province and adopted social exchange theory and African feminism to illuminate the gender dynamics in small house households. It utilised a qualitative research paradigm and employed in-depth interviews to collect data from 30 participants who were purposively sampled. Findings of the study reveal that although the small house relationship may at times be informed by the ideals of traditional Shona polygynous marital practices, it differs in several respects with polygyny as it attempts to adapt to the socio-economic demands of the 21st century. The study uncovers that the social exchanges in small house relationships are not only gendered, but also based on inequalities relating to class, age and lineage. The small house relationship at times perpetuates gender inequalities between the partners involved. The study exposed how certain small house relationships were inundated with a myriad of problems including gender-based violence, financial constraints and increased susceptibility to HIV and AIDS and other STIs. Problems experienced in small house households are often exacerbated by the secretive nature of the relationship. Furthermore, a form of hegemonic masculinity and emphasised femininity, which are manifestations of the deeply entrenched patriarchal hegemony in the Shona culture, results in asymmetrical intimate relations. It was also revealed that small house households may inadvertently violate children’s rights, including opportunities to access and secure education and social security. Reportedly, disengaged fatherhood in the context of the small house can affect children’s welfare and socialisation negatively.
Muchabaiwa, Wonder (2018) Gender dynamics of the small house phenomenon in the Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25554>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25554
Polygyny
Small house
Masculinity
Femininity
Sexuality
Patriarchy
Absent fatherhood
Lone parenthood
Social exchange theory
African feminism
Gender dynamics of the small house phenomenon in the Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe
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Armstrong, Elizabeth Jean
author
2017-02
The study investigates the influence of online and social media in HIV
prevention, with a focus on young women and HIV risk perception related to
age-disparate relationships. The study was conducted using an existing online
prevention HIV prevention platform by means of a self-administered online
questionnaire. Convenience sampling was used to recruit between 250 and 500
users between the ages of 18 to 24 years. The results revealed poor HIV risk
perception in 46% of respondents, which seemed influenced by their perception
(38%) that older men are safer sexual partners than younger men. In addition,
this poor risk perception is seemingly influenced by the fact that many young
women (77%) involved in these relationships, viewed these as primarily based
on love and affection and as being “safe”, challenging the commonly held
perception that these are primarily transactional in nature. Further respondents
reported at rates of between 38% and 44% that the platform had improved their
HIV risk perception related to these relationships. In summary, the research
resulted in several recommendations to improve the platform, including
improving ways of getting more and on-going feedback from users on their HIV
risk perceptions and designing content and engagement strategies to address
these.
Armstrong, Elizabeth Jean (2017) Investigating the effectiveness of online social media in influencing HIV risk perceptions of young women in South Africa related to age-disparate relationships, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23500>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23500
HIV risk perception
Age-disparate relationships
Online social media
Young women
Sugar daddy
Investigating the effectiveness of online social media in influencing HIV risk perceptions of young women in South Africa related to age-disparate relationships
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Morondo, John
author
2021-05
There have been many attempts to explore the significance of social networks in influencing
positive health behaviours among different population groups. However, few studies have
focused on adolescents and particularly those living with HIV. This study took an in-depth
exploration of the role played by social networks in influencing ART adherence among
adolescents living with HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.
Adolescents living with HIV are involved in different types of social networks that include
those entered by members of their households and those that they initiate. The social
networking involving adolescents takes place within a complex web of unwritten norms and
rules. The norms and rules are deliberately designed to govern behaviours within the
networks and to evade societal stigma directed at people living with HIV. Strict adherence to
the unwritten norms and rules has created bonding and trust among the adolescents who
regard their social networks as a dependable form of support in their day to day lives. The
bonding amongst the adolescents has however in some circumstances led to negative coping
behaviours such as reluctance towards HIV status disclosure which can undermine ART
adherence in the long term.
Social networks are vital means through which resources and vital information that shape
adherence to ART behaviours is shared. The results in this study have demonstrated that the
different forms of social networks are socially constructed within specific social settings and
they play a significant role in shaping ART adherence behaviours among adolescents living
with HIV.
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/30005
Treatment adherence
Thematic data analysis
Social networks
Social capital
Adolescents
Trust
Reciprocity
Social obligations
Social stigma
HIV status disclosure
Cyber-based social ties
Charismatic churches
AIDS service organisations
Social media
Networking norms
Values
A study of the impact of social networks on adolescent antiretroviral therapy adherence in Zimbabwe
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Sewduth, Sathiabama
author
2009-08-25T11:04:29Z
This qualitative study explored the use of Reiki in improving the quality
of life of people living with HIV (PLWH). A purposive sample of seven
participants consented to the study. Reiki attunement, self healing and
data collection were done over a six-month period. An idiographic
approach was used. The participants were interviewed, then
underwent Reiki attunement, performed self healing for 21-30 days
and were interviewed again.
Responses suggest that Reiki therapy had positive outcomes. Illnessspecific
symptom relief, increased levels of energy, improved sleeping
patterns, decreased anxiety and depression, spiritual awakening and a
better ability to handle stressful situations were reported.
Reiki therapy enabled the participants to reappraise living with HIV,
deal with anger, depression and self-blame. These positive changes led
to some of them seeking employment, leaving destructive personal
relationships and reconnecting with family members. The researcher
strongly recommends further research in this area.
Sewduth, Sathiabama (2009) The role of Reiki therapy in improving the quality of life in people living with HIV, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2539>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2539
The role of Reiki therapy in improving the quality of life in people living with HIV
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Lekganyane, Enniah Matemane
author
2009-08-25T10:46:46Z
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of food gardens in influencing the vulnerability of women in rural communities to HIV-infections.
The study was conducted at the Makotse Women's Club in rural Limpopo. Qualitative field research was used and five participants were purposefully selected for participation in face-to-face interviews. The study found that the women's involvement in the food gardens enabled them to take responsibility for their own lives. Participation in food gardens gave these women an opportunity for income generation, the chance to access healthy food sources to improve their and their families' diets and a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives. Financial independence from husbands and male partners freed them from poverty and male domination. Through exposure to HIV and AIDS education programmes offered at the food gardens the women were empowered with knowledge about sexual health, hence reducing their vulnerability to HIV-AIDS.
Lekganyane, Enniah Matemane (2009) The role of food gardens in mitigating the vulnerability to HIV-AIDS of rural women in Limpopo, South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/793>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/793
HIV and AIDS
Food gardens
Rural women
HIV-infections and vulnerability
The role of food gardens in mitigating the vulnerability to HIV-AIDS of rural women in Limpopo, South Africa
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Mamosadi, Tseke
author
2010-06
A qualitative study aimed at exploring the nature and extent of the perceived social support available to male prisoners living with HIV at Pretoria Central Prison was conducted. A literature investigation into the life and world of male prisoners, with a focus on the nature and extent of the perceived social support provided to prisoners living with HIV, is presented. Fifteen (15) prisoners were identified by means of non-probability purposive sampling. In-depth interviews were conducted to collect information on how male prisoners living with HIV at Pretoria Central Prison viewed the nature and extent of the social support available to them. The study shows that the research participants living with HIV tended to receive social support from practitioners and other prisoners trained as voluntary caregivers. The study recommends that prisoners living with HIV should have greater access to social support from their significant others.
Mamosadi, Tseke (2010) Social support for male prisoners who are living with HIV at Pretoria Central Prison, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4915>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4915
Perceived social support
Male prisoner
Prison gangs
HIV/AIDS
Human rights of prisoners
Male-male sex
Intravenous drug use
Progression of HIV
VCT in prison
Harm reduction
Social support for male prisoners who are living with HIV at Pretoria Central Prison
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Biseswar Indrawatie
author
2011-02
This thesis is a critical review of educated women’s leadership in their emancipation in
Ethiopia. Did they provide leadership and to what extent? It is to be noted that educated
women’s leadership has been of great importance to women’s emancipation worldwide.
Strong leadership was also the driving force behind women’s movements and feminism
everywhere. However, the role of educated women in Ethiopia is hard to discern and their
leadership efforts are largely invisible. On the other hand, many among the educated also lack
the passion and desire to commit themselves in the fight for women’s emancipation.
In this thesis I researched the settings and frameworks of women’s leadership and discussed
the factors that function as limitations and/or opportunities. Overall there were more
limitations than opportunities. These limitations are often historically rooted in the country’s
religious, cultural, economic, political and traditional systems. And, as much as history and
religion can be a source of strength and pride for many, they can also be a serious obstacle.
The political regime of the Derg also scarred an entire population to the extent that despite
the currently proclaimed ‘freedom’ of the EPRDF ruling party, women remain reluctant to
step forward and claim their rights.
The ruling party appears to appropriate women’s emancipation as a “private” interest and to
use it for political gain, in the same manner as the Derg regime had done before it. Nowhere
is there any sign of genuine freedom and equality for women in practice. Rhetoric reigns
supreme through laws and policy documents, but they are not matched by genuine actions
and concrete strategies. The traditional religious base of society is also making it more
difficult to challenge autocratic tendencies of the ruling elite. The effect is that civil society is
slowly being pushed to extinction, leaving the ruling party in charge as the main actor in all
public services. This has serious consequences for the genuine emancipation of women in the
country.
The thesis finds that women’s leadership is not a luxury or personal demand, but a crucial
step for the development of the country at large. It is encouraging to note that there are
different sections of active women in the country waiting for strong leadership, leadership
that can unite them into a movement and guide them on their unique emancipation paths.
After all, it is only women themselves who, with their existing epistemic advantage, can
transform their situation and change their status.
Biseswar Indrawatie (2011) The role of educated/ intellectual women in Ethiopia in the process of change and transformation towards gender equality 1974-2005, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5538>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5538
Educated women
Feminism
Women's emancipation
Women's movement
Feminist discourse
Ethiopia
Leadership
The role of educated/ intellectual women in Ethiopia in the process of change and transformation towards gender equality, 1974-2005
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Agboola, Caroline Aderonke
author
2014-11
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experiences of South African women prior to, during and after incarceration. The theoretical bases for this study include the general strain theory (GST), feminist pathways approach and Goffman’s “total institutions”. The study made use of a qualitative research design. In-depth interviews were conducted with a total of twenty female ex-prisoners, who were selected using snowball sampling, to obtain information about their experiences during the periods indicated. The findings of the study indicated that, in respect of the three periods mentioned, the participants cited their experiences during incarceration as the most prominent as they tended to dwell more on this phase of their lives than any other phase. This is, in fact, not surprising as their narratives portrayed their lives behind bars as having been traumatic with far-reaching consequences for their lives after their incarceration. The study found that some of the participants had histories of emotional and physical abuse before their offending behaviours. It emerged that consensual same-sex sexual relationships between females in South African prisons exist and that these relationships are, sometimes, accepted by the family members of the female inmates. The participants reported that coercive sexual relationships also take place in female prisons in South Africa. It was also reported that the conditions under which females are incarcerated are, for the most part, deplorable. It emerged that the female prisoners use a unique monetary system which is based mainly on the trade by barter system. In addition, the findings revealed that female inmates often experience daunting challenges upon their release from prison, including high rates of unemployment, stigma and discrimination, family breakdown and the psychological effects of imprisonment, all of which often compound the resolve of some of the participants to live crime-free lives.
Agboola, Caroline Aderonke (2014) A qualitative analysis of womens' experiences before, during and after imprisonment in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18327>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18327
Female criminality
Female ex-prisoners
Feminist pathways approach
General strain theory
Goffman’s “total institutions”
Incarceration
Prison conditions
Sexual relationships
South Africa
Women in prison
A qualitative analysis of womens' experiences before, during and after imprisonment in South Africa
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Kwenda, Nyararai
author
2011-06
This study assessed the role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in
HIV-prevention among mobile and vulnerable populations (MVPs) and potential
emigrants in Beitbridge. A mixed-method approach, which combines quantitative and
qualitative approaches, was used in this action research. A total of 20 in-depth face-toface
interviews were conducted with key informants and 56 self-administered
questionnaires were completed by MVPs and potential emigrants in Beitbridge. The
study found that a number of effective strategies are currently being implemented as a
preventative measure by the IOM within MVPs and potential emigrants’ communities in
Beitbridge. At the same time, however, in order to ensure sustainability of these HIVprevention
initiatives, the IOM must promote long-term synergies with other strategic
partners throughout the project cycle. It is recommended that, the IOM strategically
position itself by moving a step further from being the sole provider of emergency
humanitarian support towards devising sustainable and durable solutions among MVPs
and potential emigrants.
Kwenda, Nyararai (2011) The role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the prevention of HIV-infections among mobile and vulnerable populations (MVPs) and potential emigrants in Beitbridge, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5302>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5302
HIV and AIDS
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Mobile and vulnerable populations (MVPs)
Potential emigrants
The role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the prevention of HIV-infections among mobile and vulnerable populations (MVPs) and potential emigrants in Beitbridge
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Adriaanse, J. L.
author
2009-08-25T10:54:31Z
This research aims to attain insight into the role a person's processing style (process) have on decision-making from a career developmental and gestalt perspective because it appears as if the adolescent's proses with regard to career choice is not being acknowledged. Semi-structured interviews were used to generate data from which coded themes were identified. These coded themes served as the core research of this study. The subjective experience of respondents' career development are presented, supported by a literature control. From this research it is clear that the adolescent's process is dynamic with regard to field and phenomenology and that structures such as family and school plays an important career developmental role as environmental influences. Intra psychic constructs such as introjects, assimilation and process play an important role in decision-making.
Adriaanse, J. L. (2009) Rol van die gestaltproses in loopbaanbesluitneming tydens laat adolessensie, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1573>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1573
Assimilation
Introjects
Development
Adolescence
Decision-making
Process
Career choice
School
Family
Rol van die gestaltproses in loopbaanbesluitneming tydens laat adolessensie
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Mathe, Lipalesa R.
author
2018-03
Extant literature on academic identities claims that academic identities not only represent academics’ subjectively construed understandings of who they are but they also derive from roles, statuses, membership in disciplinary communities and characteristics that make academics unique individuals. Even so, research focusing exclusively on academic identities is unprecedented in the Lesotho higher education (HE) sector; therefore, this study describes how narratives of experiences and meanings attached to being an academic relate to the construction of academic identities at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). How do reflexive interpretations of cultural expectations tied to membership in disciplinary communities influence the negotiation of academic identities and work behaviour of academic staff? How do descriptions of the (mis)alignment between job facets, individual values and expectations influence the meaningfulness and fulfilment for academics’ professional self-concepts? How do stories of internalised meanings of involvement and symbolic identification with NUL influence academic identity trajectories?
Being interpretive in nature, this study used narrative interviews to collect data from a sample of thirty-one academics from NUL. The findings revealed that ‘who’ an academic is derives from meanings of ‘lived experiences’ of work enjoyment, applicability, exploitation, facilitation, multitasking, prestige and burnout. The findings also showed that academic identities were negotiated by reflexively interpreting the cultural expectation of ‘finishing work on time’ through work behaviours such as managing time, working overtime, self-motivation, underperforming, balancing roles and seeking work assistance. The participants’ narratives also revealed that the fulfilment for academics’ professional self-concepts derived from autonomy, accomplishments, learning, interdependencies, work environment, students’ attitudes and recognition. Lastly, the study showed that participants’ academic identity trajectories were influenced by altruism, passion, options, disillusions and relations.
Overall, the ‘narratives of experience’ reiterated that academic identities at NUL were contextualised constructs of ‘work experiences’, ‘membership in communities’, ‘job attitudes’ and ‘self -discovery,’ based on the self as a unique individual, a group member and a role holder. Consistent with the interactionist perspective, academic identities at NUL represent structurally, culturally and institutionally located stories of experiences and meanings derived from the work situation, the setting and social relationships that academics participate in daily at NUL.
Mathe, Lipalesa R. (2018) Narratives of the construction of academic identities within the Lesotho higher education milieu, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23843>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23843
Narratives
Academic identities
Lesotho
Qualitative research
Academics
Symbolic interactionism
Identity theory
Situation identity theory
Higher educational institutions
Narratives of the construction of academic identities within the Lesotho higher education milieu
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Mokhahlane, Michael Phakiso
author
1990-08
An attempt was made to use N. Smelser' s seminal work,
Collective Behaviour", in analyzing thQ collective
episodes of the Soweto 1976 youth rebellion.
"Theory of behavioural Smelser describes six determinants of collective behaviour and works on the presumption that collective behavioural episodes cannot ultimately be expressed unless all the conditions occur.
The following is a brief presentation of these determinants and the
questions which were raised during the study for examination:
1. Structural Conduciveness and Structural Strain.
Under these first two determinants, factors which may possibly
have contributed to the Soweto uprising were examined: the
development of the Black Consciousness philosophy, renewed
interest in the Freedom Charter, the struggle against colonial
rule in Southern Africa, the housing situation 1n Soweto, the
pass laws and homeland citizenship. ·
2. The Creation of a Generalized Belief:
Here the generalized belief that Bantu Education is
was examined, as well as the educational system's
contribution to the Soweto uprisings.
3. Precipitating Factors. Attention was focussed on the protest march by Soweto students after tl1e introduction of Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction in certain subjects.
4. Mobilization of Participants for Action:
This section focussed on the formation of student organizations,
the leadership structure in such organizations, and how they
managed to mobilize so many students for participation.
5. Mechanisms of Social Control:
In this final chapter, the role played by agencies of social
control was examined.
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Collective behaviour in South Africa : a case study
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Mabusela, Mmalesiba Dorothea
author
2010-11
HIV/AIDS is a global challenge and its impact is evident. This places a burden on hospitals and health professionals. To ease this burden there are home-based care programmes which, through home-based caregivers, provide patients living with HIV/AIDS with physical and palliative care.
However, these HBCGs face various challenges such as poverty, discrimination and stigma when caring for PALHIV, and their own emotional strain, which becomes burdensome without sufficient support from the home-based care centre.
The qualitative study undertaken investigates the challenges and coping mechanisms of the HBCGs. Thirteen research participants were drawn from a centre in Mamelodi.
Data was gathered through interviews and observations, categorised into themes and analysed. Major findings revealed that social challenges faced by HBCGs include poverty, stigmatisation and discrimination. Emotions experienced by HBCGs include guilt, anger, hopelessness, but they have spiritual reliance through prayer as one of their coping mechanisms.
Mabusela, Mmalesiba Dorothea (2010) An investigation of the challenges and coping mechanisms of home-based caregivers for patients living with HIV in Mamelodi, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4750>
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Challenges
Caring
Coping
Emotions
Home-based caregivers
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Social support
Workload
An investigation of the challenges and coping mechanisms of home-based caregivers for patients living with HIV in Mamelodi
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Melakou Tegegn
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This thesis examines the structural and conjunuctural constraints that inhibit the emergence of a civil society and democracy in Ethiopia, 1991-2005. Freedom and democracy are taken as precondition for development and social transformation. It introduces a model of how state and society relationship affects development and social transformation in transitional societies placing freedom as a pivotal link.
The thesis establishes a marked continuum in the modalities of state and society relationship throughout the three post-War governments in Ethiopia. It examines the current state/society relationship and highlights lack of freedom as the major constraint. This is examined against the backdrop of what the historical realm for social change in post-War Ethiopia is, namely freedom and democracy. It examines the policies of the current government (EPRDF) on non-state organizations, the 'theoretical' rationales it advanced and how the perceptions that the ruling party held back in 1975 haven't changed. It holds that the government exacerbated the problem of the fragile relationship it had with society.
The thesis also examines the government's policy on ethnicity as the 'rationale' that governs the functions of its institutions of governance and deconstructs the concepts of EPRRDF's "revolutionary democracy", the dichotomy between quality and quantity as well as between cadres and experts. It also deconstructs the EPRDF's thesis on the "national question" both in terms of its claims to have proceeded from the positions of the old student movement on the one hand and from the Marxian theoretical perception on the "national question" on the other.
The analysis is extended to examine, within the poverty-unfreedom nexus, the development challenges that Ethiopia currently faces. Four major development challenges are advanced for examination: gender, environment, rural development and population. The thesis concludes that the EPRDF has failed to resolve these structural problems. EPRDF's exclusion of the nascent civil society, suppression of freedom and official political opposition are taken as the main factors behind the failure. The case of the 2005 elections is presented as a sequel to the thesis.
Melakou Tegegn (2009) Structural and conjunctural constraints on the emergence of a civil society/democracy in Ethiopia, 1991-2005, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1335>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1335
Environment and development
Rural development
Population and development
Poverty unfreedom nexus
Gender and development
Ethnicity and nationality questions
Institutions of governance
State society relationship
Civil society and democracy
Subjects and citizens
Structural and conjunctural constraints on the emergence of a civil society/democracy in Ethiopia, 1991-2005
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Mushangwe, Beatha
author
2015-02
The study into the socio-economic challenges of HIV and AIDS on widowed women in rural communities of Zimbabwe was carried out in the village of Mukadziwashe. The main aim of the study was to find out the socio-economic challenges that are faced by HIV and AIDS widows. Of particular concern has been role played change agent since the dawn of the HIV and AIDS pandemic and its devastating socio-economic impact on families, especially widows.
The findings of this study are based on a sample of limited number (12) widows based in the village of Mukadziwashe in Gutu Central District, as well interviews of key informants who happen to be representatives of change agents in the main.
In-depth interviews were the tool used to collect information from the research participants identified above. The findings of the study revealed that widows still suffer from the serious social and economic challenges posed by HIV and AIDS such as cultural oppressions and prevention of women from inheriting their late husbands’ wealth The continued denial of women of their constitutionally enshrined rights is difficult to understand, because many studies have been conducted on this subject. It is reasonable to expect noticeable progress in promoting the rights of women, especially widows.
What is apparent in this sad story is the mute role of change agents, be they government, non-governmental or community based, in affirming widows’ rights. Based on these observations, the study strongly recommends the design, implementation and constant monitoring of intervention programmes aimed at women empowerment in general.
Mushangwe, Beatha (2015) The socio-economic challenges of HIV and AIDS on widowed women in rural communities of Zimbabwe : a case of Mukadziwashe Village in Gutu Central District, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19564>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19564
Socio-economic
HIV and AIDS
Widowed
Challenges
Rural communities
The socio-economic challenges of HIV and AIDS on widowed women in rural communities of Zimbabwe : a case of Mukadziwashe Village in Gutu Central District
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Ouma, Marion Atieno
author
2019-04
Power, and how it is exercised within social relations is pivotal in explaining policy change. Hence, this dissertation explores policy change in Kenya by examining the transfer and subsequent adoption of social protection policies in the form of cash transfer schemes. Instead of the current analytical frameworks drawing from political settlements, political institutions, and ideational approaches in explaining policy uptake, the research studies policy making from a policy transfer and power nexus. The study examines power relations among multiple actors in the national context to explain the adoption of social protection policies. Hence this dissertation articulates power dynamics and asymmetries inherent in policy-making involving national and transnational actors as underpinning policy transfer processes. The thesis is premised on the following interrelated arguments; firstly, I show how transnational actors created and manipulated interests and incentives based on their resource base in three significant ways: controlling the policy agenda, constraining the agency of other actors and influencing the preferences of actors in the policy space. The interaction of interests and resources – financial, and ideas and knowledge – converged to bring about policy change. Secondly, I focus on the role of ideas and knowledge within policy space to show how the creation of a discursive hegemony and a structure of knowledge, social construction and policy narratives played a significant role in shaping learning and influencing national actors. Thirdly, I argue that transnational actors used structural mechanisms based on financing and coerced government to adopt social protection policies through a catalysing mechanism and imposition of conditionalities. The study depicts how transnational actors conditioned and manipulated national context and institutions to align with the idea of cash transfers. This thesis employs a qualitative approach to study policy transfer and subsequent adoption of two cases of transfer schemes in Kenya, the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) and the Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP).
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26141
Cash transfers
Social protection
CT-OVC
HSNP
Policy transfer
Actors
Ideas
Knowledge
Interests
Incentives
Transnational actors
International organisation
Kenya
Social policy
Social protection policy-making in Kenya : a study of the dynamics of policy transfer
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