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Factors influencing infant feeding choices of PMTCT mothers at St. Barnabas Hospital, Libode, Eastern Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Infant feeding in the context of HIV/AIDS has recently been too controversial. It has been observed from this study that there are multiple factors that can influence an infant feeding choice. Attitudes ...
Attitudes and perceptions towards infant feeding practices among HIV-seropositive women attending Baylor Family Model Clinic in Botswana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitudes towards infant feeding practices amongst HIV-infected women in Southern Botswana. A questionnaire-based survey was undertaken at Baylor ...
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of adolescents in the Namibian childrens's home regarding HIV prevention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV prevention is a much more cost effective measure than ART treatment where countries with limited resources such as Namibia need to invest in. For prevention programs to be effective there is a need ...
Perceptions of educators on HIV/AIDS in schools with the view of Wellness Promotion in the Midlands Area in Kwa-Zulu Natal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of educators regarding HIVAIDS with the view of implementing a wellness programme. The researcher explored the misconceptions that educators, both ...
The perceptions of occupational nurses regarding needle stick injuries for health care workers in the eThekwini district health facility
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The numbers of Health care workers that sustain needle stick injuries in the eThekwini District are increasing. The study was conducted to determine the perceptions of Occupational Health Nurses regarding ...
Barriers to HIV voluntary counselling and testing among refugees and asylum seekers from African Great Lakes region living in Durban
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Extended displacement and the disruption of refugees’ lives can put them at increased risk for HIV/AIDS. While HIV/AIDS services needed by refugees already exist in their host countries, several challenges ...
Involvement of family/household members of HIV positive women in family centered PMTCT : a study of a level one hospital in Limpopo province, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Increasingly, HIV/AIDS is being viewed as a family disease. The underlying conditions that
favour the transmission and spread of the epidemic are more often to be found in weaknesses,
vulnerabilities ...
The impact of billboards on HIV and AIDS awareness in Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study was carried out for the purpose of establishing how young working adults perceive the effect of billboards on HIV and AIDS awareness in Zimbabwe. The study sample was taken from the Directorate ...
Implementation of the life skills HIV and AIDS program in Manyeleti circuit schoolsThesis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study focuses on the implementation of the Life Skills HIV and AIDS program in schools at Manyeleti circuit. Documents and literature indicated that the global UNAIDS declared HIV and AIDS the most ...
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of correctional officers towards inmates with HIV/AIDS
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS has reached alarming proportions in correctional facilities world-wide, and continues to ravage the lives of inmates in these centres. Studies have shown that HIV prevalence in incarceration ...