The perceptions of community members regarding the role of social workers in enhancing social capital in metropolitan areas to manage HIV and AIDS

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Sesane, Malebo
Geyer, Stephan

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University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work

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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 Development Programme (UNDP), 2008:5; UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), 2009:3.

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HIV/AIDS, Social capital, Community, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Metropolitan areas, Sexual violence, Psychosocial, Social work, Fieldwork, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Sesane, M. & Geyer, S. 2017, 'The perceptions of community members regarding the role of social workers in enhancing social capital in metropolitan areas to manage HIV and AIDS', Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 1-25.