Challenges of implementing HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaigns for higher education distance learning students : case study of UNISA-Sunnyside Regional Office
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| Název: | Challenges of implementing HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaigns for higher education distance learning students : case study of UNISA-Sunnyside Regional Office |
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| Autoři: | Kiabilua, Pascal Nkay |
| Thesis Advisors: | Ramabulana, Denga Bellinda |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Sbírka: | South African National ETD Portal |
| Original Material: | Kiabilua, Pascal Nkay (2013) Challenges of implementing HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaigns for higher education distance learning students : case study of UNISA-Sunnyside Regional Office, University of South Africa, Pretoria, |
| Témata: | VCT campaign, Higher education distance learning students, Regional office, Health belief model, Stakeholders, Implementers, planning of the campaign, Implementation of the campaign, Coordination of HIV and AIDS activities, Monitoring and evaluation of the campaign, 362.82920968, HIV-positive persons, South Africa, Pretoria, Part-time students, Health and hygiene, Distance education, Attitudes, Sunnyside (Pretoria, South Africa) |
| Popis: | This study investigated the challenges faced by implementers of VCT campaigns for higher education distance learning students. Qualitative and explorative approaches, using a case study, were employed as the research methodology. It has been concluded that the administrative planning procedures of VCT campaigns were not properly followed, which resulted in the following difficulties: defining the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, using limited resources, and the inability to reach all the students, in order to get them to actively participate in the campaigns. Lack of coordination of HIV and AIDS activities and the absence of monitoring and evaluation also impacted negatively on the success of VCT campaigns. This study recommends that VCT campaigns have a proper task team constituting of experts in VCT campaign operations, in order to strategically plan and coordinate all the campaigns' activities. The implementers should also monitor and evaluate these activities on a regular basis. Social Work M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) |
| Original Identifier: | oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/8794 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Dissertation |
| Popis souboru: | 1 online resource (xi, 130 leaves) |
| Jazyk: | English |
| Dostupnost: | http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8794 |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsndl.netd.ac.za.oai.union.ndltd.org.unisa.oai.uir.unisa.ac.za.10500.8794 |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | This study investigated the challenges faced by implementers of VCT campaigns for higher education distance learning students. Qualitative and explorative approaches, using a case study, were employed as the research methodology. It has been concluded that the administrative planning procedures of VCT campaigns were not properly followed, which resulted in the following difficulties: defining the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, using limited resources, and the inability to reach all the students, in order to get them to actively participate in the campaigns. Lack of coordination of HIV and AIDS activities and the absence of monitoring and evaluation also impacted negatively on the success of VCT campaigns. This study recommends that VCT campaigns have a proper task team constituting of experts in VCT campaign operations, in order to strategically plan and coordinate all the campaigns' activities. The implementers should also monitor and evaluate these activities on a regular basis.<br />Social Work<br />M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) |
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