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Title
The psycho-social challenges facing HIV/AIDS lay counsellors at a community-based voluntary counselling and testing site in Tshwane |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3385 |
Date
2009 |
Author(s)
Kabamba, Tshibangu Taiddyslas |
Contributor(s)
Rabe, Maria Elizabeth |
Abstract
This study focuses on the psycho-social challenges faced by HIV/AIDS lay counsellors at a Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) site in Tshwane, South Africa. A qualitative approach was employed by using semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions to obtain information from four lay counsellors, who provide pre- and post-test counselling at a VCT site. The results indicate that the management of clients' emotions and needs pose enormous challenges to HIV/AIDS lay counsellors who do not receive any formal psycho-social support at VCT sites. The research participants in this study resort to their own coping mechanisms to deal with the challenges ' with varying degrees of success. The recommendation is made that a formal support programme should be put in place at VCT sites, which will allow HIV/AIDS lay counsellors to respond to the many demands placed on them. Such a programme can help prevent burnout and a high turnover in lay counsellors. - Social Work - M. A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) |
Subject(s)
Coping mechanism; Moral pressure; Psychological challenges; Social challenges; HIV/AIDS; TASO model of counselling; 362.196979200968227; Psychic trauma -- South Africa -- Pretoria; Caregivers -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- psychology; HIV infections -- Diagnosis -- South Africa --Pretoria; Public health personnel -- South Africa -- Pretoria; Volunteer workers in medical care -- South Africa -- Pretoria; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Prevention; Stress (Psychology) -- South Africa -- Pretoria --Prevention; Health risk communication -- Psychological aspects -- South Africa -- Pretoria; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- South Africa -- Pretoria; AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Pretoria; HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Pretoria; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Pretoria |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Dissertation |
Format
1 online resource (x, 88 leaves) |
Repository
South Africa - University of South Africa (UNISA)
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