Knowledge and attitudes of HIV positive women on exclusive breastfeeding in Mopani District (Greater Letaba Sub-District), South Africa

Muditambi, Nathaniel Nndavhelesen

dc.contributor.advisor	Van Rensburg, Gisela Hildegard
dc.contributor.advisor	Makua, M. G.
dc.contributor.author	Muditambi, Nathaniel Nndavhelesen
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-15T12:18:11Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-15T12:18:11Z
dc.date.issued	2015-11
dc.identifier.citation	Muditambi, Nathaniel Nndavhelesen (2015) Knowledge and attitudes of HIV positive women on exclusive breastfeeding in Mopani District (Greater Letaba Sub-District), South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21213>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21213
dc.description	Text in English	en
dc.description.abstract	The study was conducted to determine the knowledge and to describe attitudes of HIV positive women on exclusive breastfeeding in Mopani District (the Greater Letaba Sub-District, Limpopo), South Africa. A quantitative, exploratory and descriptive design was adopted in this study to describe the knowledge and attitudes of HIV positive women on exclusive breastfeeding. The researcher used a self-developed structured questionnaire to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to describe data. The SPSS software version 21.0 was used to analyse data and this were displayed in tables and figures. A total of 123 participants were included in the study. The study concluded that HIV positive women have good knowledge and positive attitude on exclusive breastfeeding.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (4 unnumbered, viii, 126 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 map
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Antiretroviral therapy	en
dc.subject	Attitude	en
dc.subject	Elimination of mother-to-child transmission	en
dc.subject	Exclusive breastfeeding	en
dc.subject	Formula feeding	en
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS	en
dc.subject	HIV positive women	en
dc.subject	Infant feeding	en
dc.subject	Knowledge	en
dc.subject	Malnutrition	en
dc.subject	Mix-feeding	en
dc.subject	Mother-to-child transmission	en
dc.subject.ddc	613.2690968259
dc.subject.lcsh	Breastfeeding -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality -- Immunological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV-positive women -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality
dc.subject.lcsh	Infants -- Nutrition -- Requirements -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality
dc.subject.lcsh	Mother and infant -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (disease) in infants -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality -- Prevention
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV (Viruses) -- Transmission -- South Africa -- Mopani District Municipality
dc.title	Knowledge and attitudes of HIV positive women on exclusive breastfeeding in Mopani District (Greater Letaba Sub-District), South Africa	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.P.H.