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Browsing Research Articles (Social Work and Criminology) by Subject "Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)"
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Katunga, Wisdom; Lombard, A. (Antoinette)
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2016)
Since the turn of the millennium Zimbabwe has witnessed a raft of socio-economic and political challenges, exacerbated by the devastating effects of the HIV and Aids pandemic. This diminished the government’s ability to ...
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Le Tape, Andre Rhyno; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence; Geyer, Stephan
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2020)
The study focuses on a qualitative evaluation of the Soul City Social Intervention Programme (SCP) on HIV and AIDS targeted at the youth in the Northern Cape province, South Africa. The evaluation was implemented through ...
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Mkhabele, Chuene; Peu, Mmapheko Doriccah
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Social Work, 2016)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
is a major burden disease in South Africa. The pandemic characterises the need for
increased counselling and testing due to the availability ...
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Gutura, Priscilla; Manomano, Tatenda
(Adonis and Abbey Publishers, 2018-06)
Poverty is an international societal impediment. Women and children are the most vulnerable populations to poverty which has led to the coining of the term ‘feminisation of poverty’. This paper is based on literature review ...
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Peu, Mmapheko Doriccah
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Social Work, 2016)
Health care workers are faced with increased workloads because of clients who are
suffering from different types of chronic illnesses, including HIV and AIDS. This article
explored and described the role of health promoters ...
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Shilubane, Martha Tlangelani; Geyer, Stephan
(Department of Social Work, University of Stellenbosch, 2013)
An overview of HIV and AIDS statistics indicates that there were 31.6 million people living with HIV in 2010, and that 68% of those people were from Sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS, 2011:07). In South Africa, one of the countries ...
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Spies, Margaretha; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence
(UNISA Press, 2004-07)
The aim of this study is to explore the psychosocial implications of HIV/AIDS on the patient and his family to determine the need for multi-disciplinary involvement from a medical social work perspective. Specific reference ...
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Sesane, Malebo; Geyer, Stephan
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2017)
The HIV and AIDS epidemic is having a major impact on all levels of society. The impact is particularly devastating not only for the individual who is infected, but also for the family and the wider community (United Nations ...
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Kupa, Penelope Monini; Geyer, Stephan
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
The HIV and AIDS pandemic resulted in increased demands on the South African healthcare system and contributed to elevated stress levels among healthcare workers, including home-based care workers. The goal of the study ...
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Le Tape, Andre R.; Geyer, Stephan; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2019)
The numbers of people infected with HIV and living with AIDS remain high in South Africa. The youth of the Northern Cape province in South Africa are a vulnerable population in this regard. However, there seems to be a ...
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Zibengwa, Enock; Bila, Nontembeko Joyce
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2021)
South Africa bears the largest burden of children living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. These children battle with multiple vulnerabilities in their lives. This qualitative study explored the roles of ten purposively ...
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Booyens, Karen; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(CRIMSA, 2015)
One of the biggest challenges correctional centres face is to manage behaviour that could be life threatening and potentially dangerous to their inmate populations. Although assaults and stabbings occur quite frequently ...