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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"community care workers"”.
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Understanding self-care perceptions and behaviours of community care workers in Cape Town to develop and assess a self-care intervention
Community care workers (CCWs) play a crucial role in supporting disadvantaged populations, yet there is insufficient research on how these demands affect their well-being. Burnout among CCWs can lead to diminished performance, impacting their well-being as well as the well-being of the communities …
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Men, masculinities and HIV care work: A small-scale, exploratory study of the role of community care workers in supporting HIV positive men's health-seeking behaviour
… resulting in women shouldering the burden of care-related work. Health-seeking behaviours are also constructed as feminine and men have poorer health outcomes globally. Employing men as carers may not only improve the health of the men they assist but also be transformative with regard to …
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"She is my teacher and if it was not for her I would be dead" : exploration of rural South African Community Health Worker's informational and mediating roles in the home
… (HIH) study of the quality of IEC services by Community Care Workers; a structured literature review of the current state of the evidence and a journal manuscript based on the HIH study findings.
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Encouraging Transformation in Mfuleni: An NGO's Influence on Health Citizenship
… they provide valuable sites for understanding community empowerment, societal change, and definitions of welfare and human rights. This ethnographic study examines how Community Care Workers at Afrika Tikkun, a child and youth development and primary health care NGO in South Africa, establish a …
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Being ill with the disease of schizophrenia
… paper is how schizophrenics and their primary caregivers have come to understand and reinterpret schizophrenia in an era of post-institutionalisation. The emphasis of this paper is on how Quebec's virage ambulatoire has seen the shift in responsibility for the psychiatrically ill from …
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Supporting hearing health for vulnerable populations affected and infected by HIV/AIDS using mobile technologies
Access to ear and hearing care is a challenge in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) where the burden of hearing loss is greatest. This study investigated a community-based programme for detection and diagnosis of hearing loss, using smartphone hearing screening operated by community care …