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Mothering Children with Schizophrenia in a Village Setting: A Multiple Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Azwihangwisi Josphinah Negota --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Solomon Mashegoane --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study reports on the experiences of mothers (n=8) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural South African village. The mothers were individually interviewed at their homes, using in-depth, phenomenological methods. Data were thematically analysed. Mothers of children with schizophrenia... -
Exploring Leadership Hubs as an Intervention in Strengthening the Resilience of Health Caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Magdalena P. Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Emmerentia du Plessis --- North-West University, South Africa Francois G. Watson --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article reports the findings from an intervention to strengthen the resilience of leaders of health caregivers involved in HIV and AIDS care across 4 countries, namely South Africa, Uganda, Jamaica and Kenya. Data on participants' experience of how their... -
Sexual discourse and decision-making by urban youth in AIDS-afflicted Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis article begins by considering the ethics and practicalities of researching sensitive issues with older children and young adults in the context of HIV/AIDS. As part of qualitative fieldwork in the municipality of Mbabane, Swaziland, family caregivers and learners at... -
Community-based care of children with HIV in Potchefstroom, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anneke Van Graan Engela Van der Walt Mada WatsonChildren contract HIV infection largely through vertical transmission and are vulnerable to AIDS illness due to an immature immune system. In South Africa, hospitals are often overburdened and thus children with HIV may be directed to the community for care... -
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected children attending a donor-funded clinic at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Edna Iroha --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Christopher Imokhuede Esezobor --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Chinyere Ezeaka --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Edamisan Olusoji Temiye --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Adebola Akinsulie --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, NigeriaThe success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) depends on a high level of adherence to a life-long regimen of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Since the scale-up of access to ARVs in Nigeria, few studies have determined the level of adherence of ART... -
Human-rights perspectives on caregiving of people with HIV: the case for the Kanye home-based care programme, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SimonM Kang'ethe --- Department of Adult Education, Centre for Continuous Education, BotswanaThe article discusses the human rights associated with caregiving to people with HIV or AIDS, based on empirical findings about a community home-based care programme in Kanye, Botswana. The study was explorative in nature and qualitative in design and used... -
The impact of the declining extended family support system on the education of orphans in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pius T Tanga --- Department of Social Work/Social Development, South AfricaThis paper examines the impact of the weakening of the extended family on the education of double orphans in Lesotho through in-depth interviews with participants from 3 of the 10 districts in Lesotho. The findings reveal that in Lesotho the... -
Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bradley Goodnight --- Georgia State University, Christina Salama --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth C Grim --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth R Anthony --- Georgia State University, Lisa Armistead --- Georgia State University, Sarah L Cook --- Georgia State University, Donald Skinner --- Stellenbosch University, Yoesrie Toefy --- Stellenbosch University,Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to... -
Clinical waste management in the context of the Kanye community home-based care programme, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SimonM Kang'etheThis study examines clinical waste disposal and handling in the context of a community home-based care (CHBC) programme in Kanye, southern Botswana. This qualitative study involved 10 focus group discussions with a total of 82 HIV/AIDS primary caregivers in Kanye,... -
Homemade sugar-salt solution for oral rehydration: Knowledge of mothers and caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Dippenaar --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, R Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, ML Bantobetse --- University of the Free State, AA Opawole --- Department of Family Medicine, KS Roshen --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Worldwide, it is estimated, that more than two million children under the age of five die annually as a result of gastroenteritis with dehydration. Up to 95% of these cases can be treated successfully with oral rehydration therapy. The... -
The experiences of family caregivers concerning their care of HIV/AIDS orphans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KE Hlabyago --- Dept of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaIntroduction: The HIV/AIDS pandemic is reducing life expectancy and raising mortality. An increasing orphan population is perhaps the most tragic and long-term legacy of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. By 2010 sub-Saharan Africa is expected to have an estimated 50 million orphans... -
Analysis of the burdens of caregivers providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NO Ama --- Department of Statistics, Botswana ES Seloilwe --- Department of Nursing Education, BotswanaBackground: Caregivers, when providing care under the community home-based care (CHBC) programme, experience many burdens of a physical, emotional, financial or social nature. However, these problems are hardly ever considered by the planners of CHBC programmes. A comprehensive overview of... -
Validating that palliative care giving is a stressful occupation: the case of the Kanye community home-based care programme, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SM Kang'ethe --- Bachelor of Business Administration Programme, Department of Distance Education, Centre for Continuous Education, BotswanaBackground: It remains an incontrovertible fact that the phenomenon of HIV/AIDS has not only posed major health and development challenges, but is also a stressor experienced at local, regional and global levels. This article explores the stress-related challenges facing volunteer... -
Exploration of pain in children on antiretroviral treatment in a regional hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Azam --- Paediatrics, Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, L Campbell --- Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may experience pain for a variety of reasons, including the effects of the virus itself, associated opportunistic infections and the ART. Studies indicate that pain in adults on... -
The caregiver experience: a South African perspective on caring for people with multiple sclerosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daniel R. du Plooy --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Chrisma Pretorius --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis study explored the lived experiences of caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) with regard to their daily challenges, as well as the resources which help them to cope with their caregiving task. Participants were eight South African men... -
Reckoning HIV/AIDS care: A longitudinal study of community home-based caregivers and clients in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Robin Root --- Department of Sociology & Anthropology, USA Arnau Van Wyngaard --- Department of Science of Religion and Missiology, South Africa Alan Whiteside --- CIGI Chair in Global Health Policy, CanadaThe article is a descriptive case study of a community home-based care (CHBC) organisation in Swaziland that depicts the convergence of CHBC expansion with substantially improved health outcomes. Comprised of 993 care supporters who tend to 3 839 clients in... -
Psychosocial and health risk outcomes among orphans and non-orphans in mixed households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Candice Reardon, Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, (HEARD), South Africa Collins Mucheuki --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, (HEARD), South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, (HEARD), South Africa Tim Quinlan --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, (HEARD), South AfricaA growing body of research warns of the social challenges facing orphans. We examined this issue focusing on differences between orphans and non-orphans from mixed households, that is, households that comprise both orphans and non-orphans. We examined whether orphans reported... -
Exploring the role, needs and challenges of relatives of mothers with HIV or HIV and psychosis: A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ruan Spies --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Olivia K. Derks --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Paula S. Sterkenburg --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Carlo Schuengel --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Esme van Rensburg --- Department of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences and Compres, South AfricaThis study explored types and nature of supports by relatives of mothers living with HIV and psychosis in comparison to mothers with HIV only. Interview data on their experiences of their roles, needs and challenges were collected from 33 relatives... -
Involving parents from the start: formative evaluation for a large randomised controlled trial with Botswana Junior Secondary School students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jessica Vig --- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Kim S. Miller --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Catherine Chirwa-Motswere --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Botswana Kate Winskell --- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia Elizabeth Stallcup --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAWhile HIV prevention research conducted among adolescent populations may encounter parental resistance, the active engagement of parents from inception to trial completion may alleviate opposition. In preparation for implementing a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the efficacy of a... -
Evaluation of the use of oral rehydration therapy in the management of diarrhoea among children under 5: knowledge attitudes and practices of mothers/caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Sergius Onwukwe --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Claire van Deventer --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Olu Omole --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaIntroduction: Dehydration from diarrhoea and vomiting has remained a threat to the lives of children under 5 years old especially in developing countries. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) administered by caregivers is lifesaving but evidence shows unsatisfactory implementation of this. -
Caregivers’ perspective of the child support grant in South Africa: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Calvin Mudzingiri --- Department of Economics, South Africa Emmanuel Moyana --- Department of Social Development, South Africa Fungai Mbengo --- Child Welfare South Africa,This study explored caregivers’ perceptions of the South African Child Support Grant as a poverty alleviation instrument. Informants consisted of 72 caregivers who were purposively selected through the snowball method (female = 99%; single parent = 71%, blacks = 100%)... -
Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 to 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S Schoeman --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Cm Smuts --- Currently from Center of Excellence in Nutrition, Potchefstroom M Faber --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, M Van Stuijvenberg --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, A Oelofse --- Currently from Center for Nutrition, Ja Laubscher --- Bio-statistics Unit, Ajs Benadé --- Currently from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Ma Dhansay --- Currently from Executive Research Directorate,Objective: To assess primary health care (PHC) facility infrastructure and services, and the nutritional status of 0 to 71-month-old children and their caregivers attending PHC facilities in the Eastern Cape (EC) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provinces in South Africa. -
Adverse social, nutrition and health conditions in rural districts of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S. Schoeman --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa M. Faber --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa V. Adams --- Currently from Scifest, South Africa C. Smuts --- School for Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Science, Potchefstroom N. Ford-Ngomane --- Health Systems Trust, South Africa J. Laubscher --- Biostatistics Unit, South Africa M. Dhansay --- Currently from Executive Research Directorate, South AfricaObjective: This study determined the socio-demographic, nutritional and health status of children and their caregivers in two rural districts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and one rural district in the Eastern Cape (EC), South Africa. -
Caregiver satisfaction with a multidisciplinary community-based rehabilitation programme for children with cerebral palsy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Magugu Ngubane --- Discipline of Physiotherapy, South Africa Verusia Chetty --- Discipline of Physiotherapy, South AfricaThis study sought to determine the levels of satisfaction and experiences of caregivers with a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. A total of 26 caregivers were recruited at 3 health settings in South Africa. A survey based on the Multidimensional Assessment of... -
Fear of stigma, beliefs, and knowledge about HIV are barriers to early access to HIV testing and disclosure for perinatally infected children and adolescents in rural communities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Sphiwe Madiba --- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, South Africa Mathildah Mokgatle --- Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: The majority of HIV-infected children in resource-limited countries are not aware of their HIV status because of the various reasons responsible for the delay in seeking HIV testing for children. The aim of the study was to determine the... -
The role of children in their HIV-positive parents’ management of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ruth Nalugya --- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Steven Russell --- School of International Development, UK Flavia Zalwango --- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Janet Seeley --- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, UgandaAdjustment to life on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and living with HIV as a long-term chronic condition, pose significant medical, social and economic challenges. We investigated children’s role in supporting HIV-positive parents to self-manage life on ART. Between 2010 and 2012,... -
Spirituality as a coping mechanism for family caregivers of persons with aphasia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khetsiwe Phumelele Masuku --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South Africa Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, South AfricaThis study sought to describe spirituality resourcing of family caregivers for people with aphasia (PWA). A purposive sample of 14 female family caregivers of PWA from a historically disadvantaged South African community were participants (married = 42%; age range 21... -
Caring for children with an intellectual disability: An exploratory qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tshimangadzo Getrude Sadiki --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Solomon Mashegoane --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored family caregiver experiences of children with an intellectual disability in a rural South African day-care centre. The family caregivers (N = 15; mothers = 60%; age range = 35 to 68 years) completed in-depth interviews regarding their... -
Acceptability of a moringa-added complementary soft porridge to caregivers in Hammanskraal, Gauteng province and Lebowakgomo, Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sithandiwe Ntila --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Ashwell R. Ndhlala --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Unathi Kolanisi --- Department of Consumer Science, South Africa Hafiz Abdelgadir --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Muthulisi Siwela --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaObjectives: This study determined caregivers’ (mothers’) acceptability and perceptions of a soft, white maize porridge (traditional complementary food (TCF)) that was modified by substituting maize meal with Moringa oleifera Lam. leaf powder at different levels, 1%, 2% and 3% weight... -
Caregivers of children with diabetes mellitus: challenges of caring for and perceptions of consultations in a South African public sector context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BL Dhada --- Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, South Africa DR Blackbeard --- Department of Clinical Psychology, South AfricaBackground: Understanding caregivers’ challenges in caring for children with diabetes mellitus (DM) and their perceptions of consultations with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) may be valuable in assisting in achieving control. -
“Do unto others what you want … ”: Reciprocity and childcare in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samuel Asiedu Owusu --- Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, GhanaThis exploratory study aimed to assess reciprocity qualities in childcare and likely influences on child health outcomes. Informants were 83 child caregivers from the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. Of these, 56 individual maternal (n = 28) and non-maternal child caregivers (n = 28) completed... -
The socio-ecology of childcare in Apartheid South Africa: Retrospective experiences of a sample of caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jené Pretorius --- , South Africa Carinne Annfred Lorraine Petersen --- , South Africa Athena Pedro --- , South AfricaWe sought to retrospectively understand current caregivers’ childhood experiences of apartheid in South Africa. A sample of eight caregivers (black = 3, white = 2, mixed race = 3; age range = 29 to 55 years) took part in the... -
Caregivers of early adolescent children: Influences of their apartheid experiences on their intergenerational learning practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jené Pretorius --- , South Africa Carinne Annfred Lorraine Petersen --- , South Africa Athena Pedro --- , South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the experiences of apartheid that South African caregivers share with their early-adolescent children. Utilising a qualitative exploratory inquiry approach, we interviewed eight participants (male = 1; age range: 29–55 years old; black = 3; coloured... -
Breakfast and lunchboxes provided to foundation phase learners: do caregivers’ knowledge and attitude reflect their practices?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Thea Hansen --- , South Africa Elmine du Toit --- , South Africa Cornel van Rooyen --- , South Africa Ronette Lategan-Potgieter --- , United States -
Factors underlying taking a child to HIV care: implications for reducing loss to follow-up among HIV-infected and -exposed children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Juddy Wachira [d221e18] Susan E Middlestadt Rachel Vreeman Paula BraitsteinObjective: With the aim of reducing pediatric loss to follow-up (LTFU) from HIV clinical care programs in sub-Saharan Africa, we sought to understand the personal and socio-cultural factors associated with the behavior of caregivers taking HIV-infected and -exposed children for... -
Self-care among caregivers of people living with HIV and AIDS in Kakola location, Nyando District, Kisumu County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Leila Moraa Geteri [cor1] Evelyn Mandela Angogo [AN2]This study was carried out in Kakola Location of Nyando District in Kenya. The aim of study was to determine the factors influencing the practice of self-care among caregivers for person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) as well as their practice... -
Social support seeking and self-efficacy-building strategies in enhancing the emotional well-being of informal HIV/AIDS caregivers in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Bernedette Okwuchukwu Okeke --- , NigeriaThis study examined the relative efficacy of social support seeking (SSS) and self-efficacy building (SEB) in the management of emotional well-being of caregivers of people suffering from HIV/AIDS. It was based at the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS... -
HIV status disclosure rate and reasons for non-disclosure among infected children and adolescents in Enugu, southeast Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: A.C. Ubesie --- , , Nigeria K.K. Iloh --- , , Nigeria I.J. Emodi --- , , Nigeria N.S. Ibeziako --- , , Nigeria I.N. Obumneme-Anyim --- , , Nigeria O.N. Iloh --- , , Nigeria A.C. Ayuk --- , , Nigeria C.J. Anikene --- , , Nigeria J.E. Enemuo --- , , NigeriaAims: To determine the rate of HIV status disclosure, caregivers’ reasons for non-disclosure, and factors influencing disclosure among a sample of HIV-infected children in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. Methods: Data were collected prospectively via a questionnaire on HIV-infected children and their... -
On the periphery of HIV and AIDS: Reflections on stress as experienced by caregivers in a child residential care facility in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kesh Mohangi --- , , South Africa Chereen Pretorius --- , , South AfricaFew researchers have investigated how female caregivers of institutionalised children, especially those affected by HIV and AIDS, experience stress. The role played by caregivers cannot be overemphasised; yet caregivers who work in institutions caring for orphaned and/or abandoned children affected... -
Sociodemographic variables affecting caregivers’ attitudes towards the provision of healthy breakfast and lunchboxes to children in their care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Thea Hansen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Elmine du Toit --- University of the Free State, South Africa Cornel van Rooyen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Ronette Lategan-Potgieter --- Stetson University, United States of America -
Completeness of the road-to-health card and factors affecting knowledge and practices of growth monitoring and promotion in caregivers of young children in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Mabesa --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Knight --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa N Nkwanyana --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Andile Glodin Mokoena-de Beer --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Mmasetlhaba Ruth Ledwaba --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Lily Keneilwe Motswasele-Sikwane --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaThis phenomenological study explored interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons diagnosed with intellectual disability at a selected psychiatric hospital in South Africa. In-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted with 16 nurses (female = 10, males = 06 with 2... -
Infant and young child feeding practices of caregivers in Copesville, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Thobani Mzobe --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Kirthee Pillay --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
