Browsing by Author "Monageng, Regina Mmabo"
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- ItemEvaluation of the quality of HIV/AIDS counselling and testing program at George Stegman ARV Clinic(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03) Monageng, Regina Mmabo; Qubuda, Thozamile; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Science. Dept. of Industrial Psychology. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the quality of voluntary counselling and testing program at George Stegman ARV Clinic, with the aim of determining how well does the program operate and what it has achieved since its inception Non-experimental quantitative design i.e. cross sectional design together with survey design was used to plan on gathering the data and make conclusions Data was collected through open and closed questionnaires handed to the respondents to fill and return back to the researcher. Another method of data collection was through video-recording the counselling observations to assess the standard of counselling quality and content. The results revealed , lack of superiors ‘support and supervision to the HIV/AIDS counselor’s performance, lack of resources to operate effective and efficient counselling service and minimal consultations amongst the NGO’s, FBO’s and home based care centers. Despite the efforts of the Department of Health to scale-up the voluntary counselling and testing availability and accessibility, the George Stegman management is confronted with challenges to improve and monitor their VCT site to sustain its effectiveness. The recommendations were drawn that identified the loopholes; therefore the issues that need urgent attention should be addressed