Browsing by Author "Van Schalkwyk, Izanette"

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    Moeders van 'n hoerisikogemeenskap se fotostemverkenning aangaande gemeenskapsbronne en behoefte aan verandering
    (LitNet, 2021) Van Schalkwyk, Izanette; Naidoo, Anthony V.
    Inheemse studies is van deurslaggewende belang om kontekstuele kennis te verkry om positiewe sosiale en fisiese verandering in hoërisikogemeenskappe teweeg te bring. Direkte skakeling en vennootskappe met gemarginaliseerde onderdrukte gemeenskappe is noodsaaklik in die wetenskaplike proses. Die fokus van dié kwalitatiewe studie was om met die moeders van ’n spesifieke hoërisikogemeenskap gemeenskapsbronne en behoeftes te verken deur middel van deelnemende-aksie-navorsing met die oog op verandering as ’n proses van bemagtiging. In aansluiting by ’n gemeenskapsielkundige perspektief, is die ekologiese model gebruik om die kompleksiteit van faktore geassosieer met moeders en hul kinders se funksionering in ’n hoërisikogemeenskap beter te verstaan. Gemeenskapsielkunde onderskryf die praktyk van metodes/tegnieke wat met deelnemende-aksie-navorsing geassosieer word. Kontekstuele data is ingesamel met behulp van ’n multimetode- deelnemende benadering: ’n fotostemtegniek waar moeders inligting verskaf het oor die eksterne hulpbronne en behoeftes van die verskeie gebiede van hul gemeenskap (eksterne omgewing) en ’n retrospektiewe tydlynoefening waar moeders inligting gegee het oor hul interne omgewing. Tematiese ontleding is by wyse van induktiewe en deduktiewe benaderings gedoen. Fotostembevindings (induktiewe benadering) het die moeders se waardering vir gemeenskapsbronne getoon in hul funksionering as moeders in hierdie hoërisiko-omgewing, maar hulle het ook die ernstige tekortkominge en gevare van hierdie konteks beklemtoon. Die bevindings wat gerig is deur ’n deduktiewe benadering toon die invloedryke gemeenskapsbronne van moeders se sosiale en fisiese omgewing in hierdie hoërisikogemeenskap. Die bevindings het die belang van kontekstualisering van die navorsingsproses bevestig deur die moeders se aktiewe betrokkenheid as medenavorsers as ’n primêre praktyk vir sosiale verandering uit te wys. Daar word aanbeveel dat toekomstige navorsing toenemend kontekstuele inligting sal insamel deur die gebruik van deelnemendeaksie-metodes om die navorsingsproses as vennootskap te optimaliseer in die vestiging van eg inheemse Suid-Afrikaanse studies.
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    A wellness programme for mothers living in a high-risk community in the Western Cape to promote their personal and parental competencies
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12) Van Schalkwyk, Izanette; Naidoo, Anthony V.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research aimed to design, implement and evaluate a wellness programme for mothers living in a high-risk community in the Western Cape to promote their personal and parental strengths via participatory action research. Parenting programmes have gained more general interest in the 21stcentury due to an increasing trend to look at parenting and childrearing practices as the solution for extant social problems. In planning to develop a parenting programme for mothers in a particular community, called Delft, a contextual understanding of structural conditions was evident. Recent statistics have shown that most South African children are living and growing up in single-parent households with mainly mothers/grandmothers/aunts as heads of households. Hence the mental health and functioning of mothers (female caregivers), in particular, are important objectives for parenting programmes in the South African context. The need for the development and evaluation of a wellness programme for mothers in Delft was based onexisting SA research. While parenting programmes are implemented widely in high income countries, there is scant evidence of the application of such programmes in developing countries in Africa. The World Health Organisation has recommended parenting interventions among the key strategies for violence reduction within the family in low-and-middle income countries. South African researchers proposedthat contextual information should be used progressively to enhance structural, personal and programmatic facilitators and to mitigate possible barriers to the intervention programme. Community Psychology endorses the praxis of methods/techniques associated with participatory action research. A case-study design was used and contextual data were collected via a multi-methods participatory approach, which involved: a photo-voice technique where mother participants provided information about the external assets/resources and the needs of the various areas of the high-risk community; a retrospective timeline exercise; and, a wilderness experience to offer mothers the opportunity to reflecton their personal journey. Contextual information was also collected by means of a focus group discussion where social worker participants took part to provide local knowledge to compile the wellness programme. The development and implementation of the Power Moms Wellness Programme (PMWP) took place in Delft, a high-risk community east of Cape Town International Airport. Evaluating the impact of the PMWP included both process evaluation and outcomes evaluation utilising quantitative measures and qualitative processes, based on the written feedback of the mother participants’ experiences of the PMWP.Findings showed the significance to combine local knowledge with academically derived data, in compiling the content of the PMWP to construct an emic, context-specific programme. Process evaluation expanded the success of participatory action research practices and offered keys for programme feasibility, implementation, and participant engagement. Quantitative outcomes indicated participant satisfaction in terms of high attendance and involvement which were supported by qualitative findings revealing those “active ingredients” contributing to positive programme outcomes. Recursive interaction processes with the participants revealed those best practices categorised as structural, personal and programmatic factors. A key finding is the necessity of including specific content about personal wellness for mothers in Delft showing that improved mothering in this context is built upon “mattering” and its mechanisms of personal dignity. Overall, the integration of the findings also demonstrated the continual contribution toward the transformation of a community; and, the value of each step for the participants.