Browsing by Author "Steenkamp, Terika"

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    Behoeftes van gesinne waar ’n kind met kanker gediagnoseer is : persepsies van maatskaplike werkers
    (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2018) Slabbert, Ilze; Steenkamp, Terika
    As ʼn kind met kanker gediagnoseer word, is dit nooit maklik om te verwerk nie. Die hele gesinsisteem ervaar ontwrigting om by sodanige diagnose aan te pas, en almal ervaar sekere behoeftes in hierdie situasie. Vir hierdie studie is die sisteemteorie gekies as teoretiese raamwerk om die verskillende behoeftes van die subsisteme in die gesin te eksploreer en te verken. Die doel van die studie was om die persepsies van maatskaplike werkers te ondersoek oor die behoeftes van gesinne waar ʼn kind met kanker gediagnoseer is. ʼn Kwalitatiewe studie is onderneem en etiese klaring is daarvoor verkry. Agtien deelnemers van ses verskillende hospitale en hospiese landwyd het aan die studie deelgeneem. Doelbewuste steekproefneming is gedoen. Data is ingesamel aan die hand van ʼn semi-gestruktureerde onderhoudskedule. Drie temas is geïdentifiseer, naamlik die behoefte aan inligting, ondersteuning en kommunikasie. Relevante subtemas is ook geïdentifiseer. Die gevolgtrekking kan gemaak word dat die gesinsisteem waar ʼn kind met kanker gediagnoseer is, sekere behoeftes ervaar waarvan maatskaplike werkers bewus moet wees ten einde effektiewe dienslewering aan hierdie gesinne te bied.
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    Maatskaplike werkers se sienings oor die invloed van 'n kankerdiagnose by 'n kind op gesinsfunksionering
    (2016-12) Steenkamp, Terika; Slabbert, Ilze; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Social Work.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Childhood cancer is a traumatic and unexpected event that is regarded, by any family, as unwanted. Not only does the diagnosis of cancer in a child have an impact on the affected child, but it also has an impact on the parents and other siblings within the family. This type of diagnosis can be very disruptive and requires that the family’s functioning be adapted to suit the new needs, challenges and priorities. This sudden change can cause an imbalance in the functioning of the family, as they attempt to adjust to the situation. Proper support and services for the family are necessary to aid them in adjusting and ensure their functioning is as normal as possible. The goal of this study was to develop an understanding and insight into social workers’ views on the impact that a cancer diagnosis of a child has on the functioning of their immediate family. This goal was achieved by implementing the following sub-goals: to explain, from a social work perspective, the needs and circumstances that a family in which a child has been diagnosed with cancer, faces; to explain the experiences and functioning of a family in which a child has been diagnosed with cancer, from the systems theory; and to investigate and analyse social workers’ views on the impact that a cancer diagnosis of a child has on the functioning of the family. This was a qualitative study with certain quantitative elements. The utilisation of an explorative and descriptive research design led to detailed descriptions of the impact of a cancer diagnosis of a child on the functioning of the family. The empirical study was done by using 18 participants. Data was collected by using semi-structured personal interviews. Data was also collected through a focus group, in which four participants partook. The findings of the focus group were used to support and supplement the findings of the interviews. Both the semi-structured interview schedule as well as the focus group interview schedule was set up by using the results of the literature study. Four themes were identified by analysing the results of the semi-structured interviews. The themes were: the functioning of a family during and after the diagnosis of cancer in a child; the impact of the diagnosis of cancer within a child on the family; support; and service provision and the role of the social worker. The results of the focus group led to five themes: childhood cancer; needs; changes in circumstances; culture; and promoting awareness. The results in this study greatly coincide with the findings within the literature study that indicated that the diagnosis of cancer within a child affects all aspects of a family and changes their functioning as a system dramatically. The influence that culture has on the family’s functioning as well as the lack of awareness of childhood cancer are two new aspects that were highlighted and did not appear clearly in the literature review. Recommendations are made to social workers in South Africa to use this new insight and understanding to aid in providing better and more meaningful services to families in which a child has been diagnosed with cancer. Proposed topics for further research are also made to encourage investigation into childhood cancer, families, and their needs in order to lead to better comprehension about what type of support is the most important to families and children that are diagnosed with cancer.