Management of the humanitarian supply chain in Zimbabwe
- Chingono, Tatenda T., Mbohwa, Charles
- Authors: Chingono, Tatenda T. , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Humanitarian supply chain , Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/72192 , uj:18249 , Citation: Chingono, T.T. & Mbohwa, C. 2015. Management of the humanitarian supply chain in Zimbabwe.
- Description: Abstract: These The supply chain management system is also not well defined (UNIDO, 2011) interruption of supply of antiretroviral is a major challenge to the national program. Supply interruption will increase the risk of treatment failure and development of ARV resistance, hence there is a need to strengthen the current supply chain and logistics so as to reduce the risk of stock outs and to also strengthen the capacity of the government of Zimbabwe to absorb the high volumes of HIV/ AIDS commodities from the global fund and other donors according to the UNIDO (2011) global project report The study mainly used primary data collection method including a survey and interview. Secondary data from the literature review, was also complimented by semi-structured interviews with management and personnel in the organizations studied. Solutions and recommendations were then identified in order to attend to the identified deficiencies, problems and challenges.
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- Authors: Chingono, Tatenda T. , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Humanitarian supply chain , Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/72192 , uj:18249 , Citation: Chingono, T.T. & Mbohwa, C. 2015. Management of the humanitarian supply chain in Zimbabwe.
- Description: Abstract: These The supply chain management system is also not well defined (UNIDO, 2011) interruption of supply of antiretroviral is a major challenge to the national program. Supply interruption will increase the risk of treatment failure and development of ARV resistance, hence there is a need to strengthen the current supply chain and logistics so as to reduce the risk of stock outs and to also strengthen the capacity of the government of Zimbabwe to absorb the high volumes of HIV/ AIDS commodities from the global fund and other donors according to the UNIDO (2011) global project report The study mainly used primary data collection method including a survey and interview. Secondary data from the literature review, was also complimented by semi-structured interviews with management and personnel in the organizations studied. Solutions and recommendations were then identified in order to attend to the identified deficiencies, problems and challenges.
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A case study on the internal resources that contribute to the resilience of an adolescent learner who heads a child-headed household
- Authors: Beddy, Charnée
- Date: 2012-06-07
- Subjects: Child-headed households , HIV/AIDS
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:8709 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5061
- Description: M.Ed. , The influence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a detrimental effect on the lives of children and adolescents who have lost one or both of their parents due to the pandemic. This frequently results in child-headed households being established, which places pressure on extended families and communities to support and care for these unique and vulnerable family constellations. As a result, external resources of support are not always available to tend to the needs of the adolescents who head child-headed households. This study therefore aims at increasing awareness of the internal resources of resilience within an adolescent who heads a child-headed household, and of identifying additional personality strengths that could enable and strengthen the individual during life’s challenges, particularly if external support were not always available. It utilised a case study of one adolescent (“Thandi”), which was explorative and descriptive in nature, within a theoretical framework of resilience theory. The data collection methods included semi-structured interviews with Thandi and the managing director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Three of Thandi’s teachers completed self-administered questionnaires, the compilation of which was guided by the internal resources of resilience (refer to Table 2.1 on page 27) identified by McGrath and Noble (2003). The participant constructed a collage in order to encourage self-exploration of her inner strengths and attributes that could contribute to her resilience in the midst of life’s challenges. Data was subjected to content analysis to determine the themes and sub-themes that emerged, also guided by McGrath and Noble (2003). The findings revealed that Thandi appeared to exhibit all the internal resources of resilience as identified by McGrath and Noble (2003), however, the degree to which they were evident differed. The following additional themes emerged, which are indicative of internal as well as external resources of resilience: religious beliefs; moral values and beliefs; treating other people with respect and kindness through word or deed; grief and loss; feelings of loneliness and isolation (stigmatisation); the importance of family and home; a need for nurture; and feelings of anxiety and stress.
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- Authors: Beddy, Charnée
- Date: 2012-06-07
- Subjects: Child-headed households , HIV/AIDS
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:8709 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5061
- Description: M.Ed. , The influence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a detrimental effect on the lives of children and adolescents who have lost one or both of their parents due to the pandemic. This frequently results in child-headed households being established, which places pressure on extended families and communities to support and care for these unique and vulnerable family constellations. As a result, external resources of support are not always available to tend to the needs of the adolescents who head child-headed households. This study therefore aims at increasing awareness of the internal resources of resilience within an adolescent who heads a child-headed household, and of identifying additional personality strengths that could enable and strengthen the individual during life’s challenges, particularly if external support were not always available. It utilised a case study of one adolescent (“Thandi”), which was explorative and descriptive in nature, within a theoretical framework of resilience theory. The data collection methods included semi-structured interviews with Thandi and the managing director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Three of Thandi’s teachers completed self-administered questionnaires, the compilation of which was guided by the internal resources of resilience (refer to Table 2.1 on page 27) identified by McGrath and Noble (2003). The participant constructed a collage in order to encourage self-exploration of her inner strengths and attributes that could contribute to her resilience in the midst of life’s challenges. Data was subjected to content analysis to determine the themes and sub-themes that emerged, also guided by McGrath and Noble (2003). The findings revealed that Thandi appeared to exhibit all the internal resources of resilience as identified by McGrath and Noble (2003), however, the degree to which they were evident differed. The following additional themes emerged, which are indicative of internal as well as external resources of resilience: religious beliefs; moral values and beliefs; treating other people with respect and kindness through word or deed; grief and loss; feelings of loneliness and isolation (stigmatisation); the importance of family and home; a need for nurture; and feelings of anxiety and stress.
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How do conversations among grade five learners contribute to their knowledge and understanding of myths and facts about HIV/AIDS
- Authors: Naidoo, Sanisha
- Date: 2012-06-08
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , HIV/AIDS myths , HIV/AIDS facts , Conversational patterns , Grade five learners , Knowledge HIV/AIDS
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:8744 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5096
- Description: M.Ed. , This study focuses on how do conversations among grade five learners contribute to their knowledge and understanding of myths and facts about HIV/AIDS. Through these conversations with the learners I aimed to identify on a content level what conversations reveal about their knowledge and understandings of the facts and myths about HIV/AIDS. I then further aimed to describe the conversational patterns identified within the conversation – i.e. how the conversation is organized and structured using the notions of conversation analysis. The motivation of the study has its origins in the limited literature on South African primary school children’s knowledge and understandings of the myths and facts about HIV/AIDS. I also wished to identify how children have made sense of the vast amount of HIV/AIDS information that they are exposed to, the different educational and interventional means, thus identifying whether or not the preadolescent child is able to process the information correctly or interpret appropriately without creating further myths and misunderstandings that can be potentially dangerous for themselves and others. This is an interpretivist qualitative study using an ethnomethodological research design. The interpretivist qualitative approach allows for active engagement with the participants, while the ethnomethodological design provides insight into the actions of the participants. The data collection process involved a video-recorded and transcribed conversational activity with six grade five participants. The activity invited the participants to share one true and false perspective or opinion on HIV/AIDS. These statements were anonymously written down and placed into a container. The participants were then given the opportunity the opportunity to read, share and discuss the validity of the statement among the group.
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- Authors: Naidoo, Sanisha
- Date: 2012-06-08
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , HIV/AIDS myths , HIV/AIDS facts , Conversational patterns , Grade five learners , Knowledge HIV/AIDS
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:8744 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5096
- Description: M.Ed. , This study focuses on how do conversations among grade five learners contribute to their knowledge and understanding of myths and facts about HIV/AIDS. Through these conversations with the learners I aimed to identify on a content level what conversations reveal about their knowledge and understandings of the facts and myths about HIV/AIDS. I then further aimed to describe the conversational patterns identified within the conversation – i.e. how the conversation is organized and structured using the notions of conversation analysis. The motivation of the study has its origins in the limited literature on South African primary school children’s knowledge and understandings of the myths and facts about HIV/AIDS. I also wished to identify how children have made sense of the vast amount of HIV/AIDS information that they are exposed to, the different educational and interventional means, thus identifying whether or not the preadolescent child is able to process the information correctly or interpret appropriately without creating further myths and misunderstandings that can be potentially dangerous for themselves and others. This is an interpretivist qualitative study using an ethnomethodological research design. The interpretivist qualitative approach allows for active engagement with the participants, while the ethnomethodological design provides insight into the actions of the participants. The data collection process involved a video-recorded and transcribed conversational activity with six grade five participants. The activity invited the participants to share one true and false perspective or opinion on HIV/AIDS. These statements were anonymously written down and placed into a container. The participants were then given the opportunity the opportunity to read, share and discuss the validity of the statement among the group.
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Humanitarian logistics in Zimbabwe : a taxonomic literature review
- Chingono, Tatenda T., Mbohwa, Charles
- Authors: Chingono, Tatenda T. , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Humanitarian logistics , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/72210 , uj:18251 , Citation: Chingono, T.T. & Mbohwa, C. 2015. Humanitarian logistics in Zimbabwe : a taxonomic literature review.
- Description: Abstract: This paper aims to provide an overview of the key problems and perspectives to-ward a sustainable supply chain of HIV/AIDS related commodities. It is based on an extensive literature study, taking into account recent major reviews, and considering a wide range of different views from eminent experts worldwideMost research has focused on trying to implement and introduce humanitarian logistics and supply chain management to Humanitarian organizations in trying to make their efforts quicker, efficient and cost effective such researchers include, Clark and Culkin (2007), Thomas (2003), Van Wassenhove (2006), Kleindorfer and Van Wassenhove (2004), Thomas and Mizushima (2005), Tomasini and Van Wassenhove (2004), Qiang and Nagurney (2008), Thompson (2008). Some even further suggest Supply Chain Analytics for Humanitarian Logistics Transformation (Nyaguthie, 2008) focuses on the important role of humanitarian logistics, Networks for Africa in support for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Some research has also focused on comparing the lessons learnt from both humanitarian and private sector logistics and supply chain management. Rolando M. Tomasini and Luk N. Van Wassenhove (2005; 2006) explore the way one such odd couple operates.
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- Authors: Chingono, Tatenda T. , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Humanitarian logistics , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/72210 , uj:18251 , Citation: Chingono, T.T. & Mbohwa, C. 2015. Humanitarian logistics in Zimbabwe : a taxonomic literature review.
- Description: Abstract: This paper aims to provide an overview of the key problems and perspectives to-ward a sustainable supply chain of HIV/AIDS related commodities. It is based on an extensive literature study, taking into account recent major reviews, and considering a wide range of different views from eminent experts worldwideMost research has focused on trying to implement and introduce humanitarian logistics and supply chain management to Humanitarian organizations in trying to make their efforts quicker, efficient and cost effective such researchers include, Clark and Culkin (2007), Thomas (2003), Van Wassenhove (2006), Kleindorfer and Van Wassenhove (2004), Thomas and Mizushima (2005), Tomasini and Van Wassenhove (2004), Qiang and Nagurney (2008), Thompson (2008). Some even further suggest Supply Chain Analytics for Humanitarian Logistics Transformation (Nyaguthie, 2008) focuses on the important role of humanitarian logistics, Networks for Africa in support for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Some research has also focused on comparing the lessons learnt from both humanitarian and private sector logistics and supply chain management. Rolando M. Tomasini and Luk N. Van Wassenhove (2005; 2006) explore the way one such odd couple operates.
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Assessing beneficiary communities’ participation in HIV/AIDS communication through community radio: X-K FM as a case study
- Tyali, S.M., Tomaselli, K.G.
- Authors: Tyali, S.M. , Tomaselli, K.G.
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Platfontein , HIV/AIDS , X-K FM , Community radio
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/92995 , uj:20293 , Citation: Tyali, S.M. & Tomaselli, K.G. 2016. Assessing beneficiary communities’ participation in HIV/AIDS communication through community radio: X-K FM as a case study.
- Description: Abstract: This article reports on a study conducted on a ‘beneficiary’ community’s participation in HIV/AIDS communication through a community radio station. The aim was to understand the community’s presence and access to dialogue on HIV/AIDS, as practiced by their community radio station. The research underpinning the article focused on a community radio station based in Platfontein, Kimberley, in South Africa. X-K FM is a community radio station and its primary target audience is !Xun and Khwe people. The station is the only formal communication channel that targets these communities in their respective mother tongues. The researchers attempted to understand civil voices’ participation in and access to the strategies of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment. The article is underpinned by Jürgen Habermas’s theory of structural transformation of the public sphere. Research data was gathered using semi-structured interviews. The article concludes that the radio station has provided some avenues to facilitate the process of ‘beneficiary’ community participation in HIV/AIDS communication.
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- Authors: Tyali, S.M. , Tomaselli, K.G.
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Platfontein , HIV/AIDS , X-K FM , Community radio
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/92995 , uj:20293 , Citation: Tyali, S.M. & Tomaselli, K.G. 2016. Assessing beneficiary communities’ participation in HIV/AIDS communication through community radio: X-K FM as a case study.
- Description: Abstract: This article reports on a study conducted on a ‘beneficiary’ community’s participation in HIV/AIDS communication through a community radio station. The aim was to understand the community’s presence and access to dialogue on HIV/AIDS, as practiced by their community radio station. The research underpinning the article focused on a community radio station based in Platfontein, Kimberley, in South Africa. X-K FM is a community radio station and its primary target audience is !Xun and Khwe people. The station is the only formal communication channel that targets these communities in their respective mother tongues. The researchers attempted to understand civil voices’ participation in and access to the strategies of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment. The article is underpinned by Jürgen Habermas’s theory of structural transformation of the public sphere. Research data was gathered using semi-structured interviews. The article concludes that the radio station has provided some avenues to facilitate the process of ‘beneficiary’ community participation in HIV/AIDS communication.
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“Motherhood is hard” : exploring the complexities of unplanned motherhood among HIV-positive adolescents in South Africa
- Authors: Josephine, Adeagbo Morolake
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: motherhood , Adolescence , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/397909 , uj:33098 , Citation: Josephine, A. M. (2019). “Motherhood Is Hard”: Exploring the Complexities of Unplanned Motherhood Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019848802
- Description: Abstract: For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. This period is argued to indicate a shift from girlhood into womanhood. However, this experience takes on new meaning when the woman is very young—an adolescent, who is still in school—and learns that she is HIV-positive. For such adolescent, becoming a mother, just like living with HIV/ AIDS, involves moving from a known, current reality to an unknown, new reality. To understand how HIV-positive adolescent mothers grapple with the demands and responsibilities of unplanned motherhood while living with HIV, this study explores the complexities of their experiences in South Africa. Drawing on qualitative methods, this study examines their meaning to motherhood while meeting their personal health needs. Through in-depth interviews conducted among 10 HIV-positive adolescent mothers living in Johannesburg, this article presents an empirical study of their narratives and how they negotiate these complexities in their unplanned new realities. Emerging themes from the interview transcripts were identified, coded, and analyzed thematically following an interpretivist approach. From the interviews conducted, it is evident that HIV-positive adolescent mothers perceive unplanned motherhood as difficult and this negatively affects their future childbearing decisions. Given the importance of motherhood and adolescents globally, this article advocates for feminist policies that would facilitate larger transformative narratives. It also recommends the implementation of relevant policy that would alleviate the difficulties of HIV-positive adolescent mothers generally.
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- Authors: Josephine, Adeagbo Morolake
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: motherhood , Adolescence , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/397909 , uj:33098 , Citation: Josephine, A. M. (2019). “Motherhood Is Hard”: Exploring the Complexities of Unplanned Motherhood Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019848802
- Description: Abstract: For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. This period is argued to indicate a shift from girlhood into womanhood. However, this experience takes on new meaning when the woman is very young—an adolescent, who is still in school—and learns that she is HIV-positive. For such adolescent, becoming a mother, just like living with HIV/ AIDS, involves moving from a known, current reality to an unknown, new reality. To understand how HIV-positive adolescent mothers grapple with the demands and responsibilities of unplanned motherhood while living with HIV, this study explores the complexities of their experiences in South Africa. Drawing on qualitative methods, this study examines their meaning to motherhood while meeting their personal health needs. Through in-depth interviews conducted among 10 HIV-positive adolescent mothers living in Johannesburg, this article presents an empirical study of their narratives and how they negotiate these complexities in their unplanned new realities. Emerging themes from the interview transcripts were identified, coded, and analyzed thematically following an interpretivist approach. From the interviews conducted, it is evident that HIV-positive adolescent mothers perceive unplanned motherhood as difficult and this negatively affects their future childbearing decisions. Given the importance of motherhood and adolescents globally, this article advocates for feminist policies that would facilitate larger transformative narratives. It also recommends the implementation of relevant policy that would alleviate the difficulties of HIV-positive adolescent mothers generally.
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Towards an integrated approach to health and medicine in Africa
- Authors: Batisai, Kezia
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Health-seeking behaviour , Medical humanities
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/122834 , uj:20711 , Citation: Batisai, K. 2016. Towards an integrated approach to health and medicine in Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This article frames the intersections of medicine and humanities as intrinsic to understanding the practice of health care in Africa. Central to this manuscript, which draws on empirical findings on the interplay between HIV/AIDS and alternative medicine in Zimbabwe; is the realisation that very limited research has been undertaken to examine ‘HIV/AIDS patient behaviour’ with respect to choice of therapy on the continent (Chavunduka 1998; Bene & Darkoh 2014; O’Brien & Broom 2014). As such, a social approach to health-seeking behaviour questions how decisions about alternative therapies including herbal remedies, traditional healing and faith healing are made. The paper unpacks the realities around how people living with HIV/AIDS – who span different age groups and profess various religious backgrounds, faced with an insurmountable health challenge against a background of limited resources and no cure for the virus – often experience shifts in health-seeking behaviour. Grappling with seemingly simple questions about ‘when, where and how to seek medical attention’, the paper provides pointers to therapy choices and health-seeking behaviour; and it serves as a route into deeper and intense health care practice explorations. In conclusion, the paper proposes that medicine and the humanities should engage seriously with those social aspects of HIV/AIDS which call for an integrated approach to health care practice in Africa. If combined, medicine and the humanities might achieve what neither would alone.
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- Authors: Batisai, Kezia
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Health-seeking behaviour , Medical humanities
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/122834 , uj:20711 , Citation: Batisai, K. 2016. Towards an integrated approach to health and medicine in Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This article frames the intersections of medicine and humanities as intrinsic to understanding the practice of health care in Africa. Central to this manuscript, which draws on empirical findings on the interplay between HIV/AIDS and alternative medicine in Zimbabwe; is the realisation that very limited research has been undertaken to examine ‘HIV/AIDS patient behaviour’ with respect to choice of therapy on the continent (Chavunduka 1998; Bene & Darkoh 2014; O’Brien & Broom 2014). As such, a social approach to health-seeking behaviour questions how decisions about alternative therapies including herbal remedies, traditional healing and faith healing are made. The paper unpacks the realities around how people living with HIV/AIDS – who span different age groups and profess various religious backgrounds, faced with an insurmountable health challenge against a background of limited resources and no cure for the virus – often experience shifts in health-seeking behaviour. Grappling with seemingly simple questions about ‘when, where and how to seek medical attention’, the paper provides pointers to therapy choices and health-seeking behaviour; and it serves as a route into deeper and intense health care practice explorations. In conclusion, the paper proposes that medicine and the humanities should engage seriously with those social aspects of HIV/AIDS which call for an integrated approach to health care practice in Africa. If combined, medicine and the humanities might achieve what neither would alone.
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Stigma and discrimination amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS
- Moyo, Zvisinei, Perumal, Juliet
- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Stigma , Discrimination
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404366 , uj:33908 , Citation: Moyo, Z. & Perumal, J. 2019. Stigma and discrimination amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS.
- Description: Abstract: Since its inception, the causes of HIV/AIDS have mainly been attributed to indecent and even evil behaviour and has seen victims labelled as social deviants. The origin of HIV/AIDS and its cure has been the primary focus of research in this field. This study examined the stigmatisation and discrimination teachers living with HIV/AIDS, experienced. A narrative inquiry design, located within the interpretative paradigm was used to mine qualitative data via narrative interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse data, specifically descriptive, process and emotion codes, to develop themes from the data. The key findings indicated that stigmatisation of and discrimination against teachers living with HIV/AIDS are exacerbated by stereotypical beliefs, fear associated with the disease’s incurability, perceptions about teachers as sources of information, and other social constructs around the pandemic. This results in these teachers being ostracised, labelled as inferior, and stripped of their status. This leaves them feeling worthless. Recommendations are made for the intensification of consciousness- raising about openness, trust and dialogue to overcome the stigmatisation and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, reducing the myth about the silence and shame around HIV/AIDS, and continuous education on reducing new infections, and supporting those who are infected.
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- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Stigma , Discrimination
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404366 , uj:33908 , Citation: Moyo, Z. & Perumal, J. 2019. Stigma and discrimination amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS.
- Description: Abstract: Since its inception, the causes of HIV/AIDS have mainly been attributed to indecent and even evil behaviour and has seen victims labelled as social deviants. The origin of HIV/AIDS and its cure has been the primary focus of research in this field. This study examined the stigmatisation and discrimination teachers living with HIV/AIDS, experienced. A narrative inquiry design, located within the interpretative paradigm was used to mine qualitative data via narrative interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse data, specifically descriptive, process and emotion codes, to develop themes from the data. The key findings indicated that stigmatisation of and discrimination against teachers living with HIV/AIDS are exacerbated by stereotypical beliefs, fear associated with the disease’s incurability, perceptions about teachers as sources of information, and other social constructs around the pandemic. This results in these teachers being ostracised, labelled as inferior, and stripped of their status. This leaves them feeling worthless. Recommendations are made for the intensification of consciousness- raising about openness, trust and dialogue to overcome the stigmatisation and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, reducing the myth about the silence and shame around HIV/AIDS, and continuous education on reducing new infections, and supporting those who are infected.
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Challenges faced by teachers living with HIV
- Moyo, Zvisinei, Perumal, Juliet
- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Challenges , Discrimination , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404376 , uj:33909 , Citation: Moyo, Z. & Perumal, J. 2019. Challenges faced by teachers living with HIV.
- Description: Abstract: As the most stigmatised epidemic in history - Human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has proven to be a fierce challenge to humanity. The stigmatisation associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to destroy societies worldwide. The present study was designed to explain the challenges faced by teachers living with HIV. Transformational and ethics of care theories framed this research study. A narrative research design rooted in social constructivism was used to gather qualitative data. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis; descriptive, process and emotion codes were used to interpret the data. Key findings speak to affected teachers’ social exclusion, stigmatisation and discrimination, inadequate care and support, physical debilitation as well as psychological stress and depression. All these conditions resulted in teachers being unable to perform their tasks at optimal level in South African schools.
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- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Challenges , Discrimination , HIV/AIDS
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404376 , uj:33909 , Citation: Moyo, Z. & Perumal, J. 2019. Challenges faced by teachers living with HIV.
- Description: Abstract: As the most stigmatised epidemic in history - Human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has proven to be a fierce challenge to humanity. The stigmatisation associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to destroy societies worldwide. The present study was designed to explain the challenges faced by teachers living with HIV. Transformational and ethics of care theories framed this research study. A narrative research design rooted in social constructivism was used to gather qualitative data. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis; descriptive, process and emotion codes were used to interpret the data. Key findings speak to affected teachers’ social exclusion, stigmatisation and discrimination, inadequate care and support, physical debilitation as well as psychological stress and depression. All these conditions resulted in teachers being unable to perform their tasks at optimal level in South African schools.
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Perceptions of school principals and experiences of disclosure of teachers living with HIV
- Moyo, Zvisinei, Perumal, Juliet
- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Absenteeism , HIV/AIDS , HIV infection
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404378 , uj:33910 , Citation: Zvisinei Moyo & Juliet Perumal (2019) Perceptions of school principals and experiences of disclosure of teachers living with HIV, African Journal of AIDS Research, 18:2, 148-157
- Description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of school principals and the experiences of disclosure amongst teachers living with HIV. Due to HIV/AIDS-related stigma being prevalent in many societies today, many infected people would rather not disclose their status than deal with negative labelling and stereotyping. This study utilised narrative inquiry as a qualitative research design that is known to be a way of understanding experiences. Data was elicited via narrative interviews from a purposeful sample of ten principals and eight teachers living with HIV who were selected through network sampling from Gauteng public urban schools. The study found that stigma, fear of job loss and gossip deterred teachers from disclosing their HIV status. In some instances, they disclosed due to needing support, which principals provided in the form of counselling, and also to explain absenteeism. Although principals supported disclosure of teachers’ HIV status so that they could initiate care, confidentiality concerns showed that disclosure could further worsen stigma and the culture of discrimination and moral judgement that teachers living with HIV faced. The study recommends on-going development of caring relationships to deepen the understanding of the experiences of teachers living with HIV. Nondisclosure of HIV status stands in the way of building caring relationships between teachers and principals. There is still a need to create safe, supportive and empathetic environments in schools for teachers living with HIV.
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- Authors: Moyo, Zvisinei , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Absenteeism , HIV/AIDS , HIV infection
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404378 , uj:33910 , Citation: Zvisinei Moyo & Juliet Perumal (2019) Perceptions of school principals and experiences of disclosure of teachers living with HIV, African Journal of AIDS Research, 18:2, 148-157
- Description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of school principals and the experiences of disclosure amongst teachers living with HIV. Due to HIV/AIDS-related stigma being prevalent in many societies today, many infected people would rather not disclose their status than deal with negative labelling and stereotyping. This study utilised narrative inquiry as a qualitative research design that is known to be a way of understanding experiences. Data was elicited via narrative interviews from a purposeful sample of ten principals and eight teachers living with HIV who were selected through network sampling from Gauteng public urban schools. The study found that stigma, fear of job loss and gossip deterred teachers from disclosing their HIV status. In some instances, they disclosed due to needing support, which principals provided in the form of counselling, and also to explain absenteeism. Although principals supported disclosure of teachers’ HIV status so that they could initiate care, confidentiality concerns showed that disclosure could further worsen stigma and the culture of discrimination and moral judgement that teachers living with HIV faced. The study recommends on-going development of caring relationships to deepen the understanding of the experiences of teachers living with HIV. Nondisclosure of HIV status stands in the way of building caring relationships between teachers and principals. There is still a need to create safe, supportive and empathetic environments in schools for teachers living with HIV.
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A case study on the consequences of HIV/ AIDS within the Caribbean: issues faced by a teenager born with HIV
- Authors: Johnson, E. J.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Anti-retroviral therapy , Case study
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407147 , uj:34259 , Citation: Johnson, E.J. 2019: A case study on the consequences of HIV/ AIDS within the Caribbean: issues faced by a teenager born with HIV. DOI: 10.5114/hivar.2018.76379.
- Description: Abstract: Children born with HIV in Trinidad and Tobago are surviving until adulthood, especially with free and increased access to antiretroviral therapy. As Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) becomes more widely available in the Caribbean there are an increasing number of babies born with HIV that are surviving to adolescence and adulthood. HIV positive adolescents face a number of issues shared with other adolescents who are coping with other chronic illnesses. They also face the psychosocial impacts of HIV which is highly transmittable and still highly stigmatized. However, at present there is little or no support in place to help these children cope with issues they may face as a result of their medical condition. This controlled case study focuses on the issues and consequences of HIV/ AIDS in the Caribbean, especially as it relates to children and teenagers born with HIV. The findings identified that the case was well supported by the family, her peer support group. The findings also suggest that these incidences can only be reduced through continued public education, and policies and laws aimed at reducing stigmatization and discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDS. Author recommends that HIV prevention strategies for women and girls, especially those of childbearing age need to be implemented and continuously monitored and evaluated.
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- Authors: Johnson, E. J.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Anti-retroviral therapy , Case study
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407147 , uj:34259 , Citation: Johnson, E.J. 2019: A case study on the consequences of HIV/ AIDS within the Caribbean: issues faced by a teenager born with HIV. DOI: 10.5114/hivar.2018.76379.
- Description: Abstract: Children born with HIV in Trinidad and Tobago are surviving until adulthood, especially with free and increased access to antiretroviral therapy. As Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) becomes more widely available in the Caribbean there are an increasing number of babies born with HIV that are surviving to adolescence and adulthood. HIV positive adolescents face a number of issues shared with other adolescents who are coping with other chronic illnesses. They also face the psychosocial impacts of HIV which is highly transmittable and still highly stigmatized. However, at present there is little or no support in place to help these children cope with issues they may face as a result of their medical condition. This controlled case study focuses on the issues and consequences of HIV/ AIDS in the Caribbean, especially as it relates to children and teenagers born with HIV. The findings identified that the case was well supported by the family, her peer support group. The findings also suggest that these incidences can only be reduced through continued public education, and policies and laws aimed at reducing stigmatization and discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDS. Author recommends that HIV prevention strategies for women and girls, especially those of childbearing age need to be implemented and continuously monitored and evaluated.
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Continuous absenteeism amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS: perceptions of school principals
- Authors: Moyo, Z. , Perumal, J.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Ethics of care , Transformational leadership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/409940 , uj:34363 , Citation: Moyo, Z., Perumal, J. 2020: Continuous absenteeism amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS: perceptions of school principals.
- Description: Abstract: Education is an indispensable tool for total economic emancipation in Africa and elsewhere. This is why it is a great cause for concern that teachers, who are the main drivers of education, are so strongly affected by HIV/AIDS. A large part of the profound impact of HIV/AIDS is felt in education and threatens the quality of education. The study examined how principals are managing the challenges due to absenteeism amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS. A narrative inquiry design situated in the qualitative research approach was used together with narrative interviews to elicit qualitative data. The study was embedded within the social constructivist paradigm. Transformational leadership and ethics of care formed the theoretical framework of this study. The qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. The key findings speak to how the principals maintain quality of instructional effectiveness through substituting sick and absent teachers using a relief system. They support, empower and advise teachers. Principals should be provided with support from the Department of Education to replace teachers timeously before teaching and learning are disrupted.
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- Authors: Moyo, Z. , Perumal, J.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS , Ethics of care , Transformational leadership
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/409940 , uj:34363 , Citation: Moyo, Z., Perumal, J. 2020: Continuous absenteeism amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS: perceptions of school principals.
- Description: Abstract: Education is an indispensable tool for total economic emancipation in Africa and elsewhere. This is why it is a great cause for concern that teachers, who are the main drivers of education, are so strongly affected by HIV/AIDS. A large part of the profound impact of HIV/AIDS is felt in education and threatens the quality of education. The study examined how principals are managing the challenges due to absenteeism amongst teachers living with HIV/AIDS. A narrative inquiry design situated in the qualitative research approach was used together with narrative interviews to elicit qualitative data. The study was embedded within the social constructivist paradigm. Transformational leadership and ethics of care formed the theoretical framework of this study. The qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. The key findings speak to how the principals maintain quality of instructional effectiveness through substituting sick and absent teachers using a relief system. They support, empower and advise teachers. Principals should be provided with support from the Department of Education to replace teachers timeously before teaching and learning are disrupted.
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