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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"lay counsellors"”.
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An assessment of job motivational factors of HIV/AIDS lay counsellors working for Western Cape NGOs
… was to uncover determinants in the work of NGO lay counsellors in the Western Cape which both motivate and de-motivate. The methodology used was to administer questionnaires to these counsellors. Secondly, questionnaires were also administered to the project managers who co-ordinate the …
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Strategies for enhancing the competence of lay counsellors that provide voluntary HIV counselling and testing programme in the Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… and AIDS in health facilities is performed by lay counsellors. In many countries Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) has been found to be effective in reducing HIV infection, and helping partners to cope with illness. The use of lay counsellors is a way of scaling up VCT uptake services. …
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Evaluating the implementation of Options for Health in the Western Cape: an intervention aimed at increasing ARV adherence and reducing sexual risk among people on ARVs in Cape Town, South Africa
… adherence counselling programme delivered by lay counsellors in Western Cape clinics.
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Strategies to Enhance Utilization of Victim Empowernment Services by Men in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… programme coordinators, social workers, and lay counsellors from the two selected Victim Empowerment Services of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Sampling: Both probability and non-probability sampling methods were utilized. The probability sampling method employed cluster …
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Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa
… coded for analysis. In addition, two programme counsellors were interviewed to enhance rigour and to reduce potential bias. Results: By the conclusion of the intervention session, both male and female participants were motivated to notify their partners face-to-face about their positive STI …
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Considerations in the provision of adequate psychological care for the sexually assaulted woman
In providing a guide for the use of lay counsellors or professional helpers in assisting the sexually assaulted woman, the importance of understanding the social context in which the assault occurs is emphasised as fundamental in aiding the woman to recover with minimal after-effects in a …
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Investigating treatment strategies for adolescent rape survivors : a grounded theory analysis
… revealed a dearth of studies on the interplay between the developmental stage of adolescence and treatment of the adolescent rape survivor. This study therefore aimed to explore factors to consider when devising treatment strategies for this unique client group. Individual and focus group …
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Creating a Sustainable Future: Task-shifting for Adolescent Mental Health Care
… mental health programme designed for registered counsellors to deliver age-appropriate mental health services to meet the mental health needs of adolescents in community-based settings. This study aimed to explore the facilitators and barriers to task-shifting in Project ASPIRE through the views …
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Filling the gap: development and qualitative process evaluation of a task sharing psycho-social counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… local depressed women, and perspectives of the counsellors in the trial and recipients of the intervention in the trial. The thesis will be presented in six chapters. The first chapter provides a background with current issues in global mental health, psycho-social interventions, task sharing in …
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Perinatal psychological distress in the South African context: The road to task shifting evidence based interventions
… are threefold. First, most research has used lay counsellors to deliver interventions. No research has used Registered Counsellors (RC) to conduct interventions. Second, very little is known about the potential outcomes of task shifting an adapted PST intervention to reduce symptoms of …