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Career Development for Psychology Students through an Inpatient Mental Health Volunteer Programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthony L. Pillay --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Anna Maria Kritzinger --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,We report on a volunteer programme for undergraduate psychology students, as a prospective career pathway into the inpatient mental health context. Data on motives for joining the programme, as well as their expectations and career plans were collected from 56... -
South African Eastern Cape Contexts Influencing the Quality of Community Home-Based Care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David Morton --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Thoko Mayekiso --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Peter Cunningham --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,This study explored the perceptions of the quality of community home-based care (CHBC) as provided by volunteer caregivers in a South African Eastern Cape district. Data on perceptions regarding quality of care were collected from 76 community informants (32 volunteer... -
Barriers to accessing PMTCT services in a rural area of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Donald Skinner Sakhumzi Mfecane Tebogo Gumede Nomvo Henda Adlai DavidsDespite good intentions and commitment from providers, prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services can be difficult for pregnant women to access, despite the provision of free health services for women and children. We examined the introduction of PMTCT services in a... -
Gendered home-based care in South Africa: more trouble for the troubled
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Olagoke AkintolaThis study investigates the experiences of informal caregivers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of home-based care from 21... -
Building partnerships to support community-led HIV/AIDS management: a case study from rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Yugi Nair Catherine CampbellThe importance of partnerships between marginalised communities and support agencies (from the public sector, private sector and civil society) is a pillar of HIV/AIDS management policy. Such alliances are notoriously difficult to promote and sustain. We present a case study... -
Home-based care for people living with AIDS in Zimbabwe: voluntary caregivers' motivations and concerns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alexander Rödlach --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, United StatesSimilar to the healthcare systems of other resource-constrained countries with a high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, Zimbabwe's healthcare system encourages communities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to support the public healthcare sector by initiating home-based care activities and training volunteers... -
What helps volunteers to continue with their work?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, C Jackson --- CHoiCe (NGO doing home based care in the Tzaneen Municipal Area.), S Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine,Aim The aim of the study was to understand what volunteers perceived to be the factors helping them to continue working as volunteers, thereby assisting project leaders to improve the recruitment procedures, as well as quality of service, in the... -
Who are good home-based care volunteers?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit, C Jackson --- CHoiCe (NGO doing home-based care in the Tzaneen municipal area), GS Fehrsen --- Department of Family Medicine,Aim The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of volunteers who remained active in the home-based care project located in Tzaneen (Limpopo Province) and thereby assist the project leaders to improve the recruitment and quality of the... -
Support for volunteer caregivers and its influence on the quality of community home-based care in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David Morton --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Thoko Mayekiso --- Vice Chancellor's Office, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa Peter Cunningham --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, South AfricaThe factors influencing the quality of community home-based care (CHBC) were explored from the perspective of volunteer caregivers, their clients and key informants in a South African Eastern Cape district. Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews were used to collect... -
Retention of festival volunteers: Management practices and volunteer motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Diane Zievinger --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Frans Swint --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsMany volunteers in different festival organisations within the hospitality industry begin with great excitement, but slowly lose interest. This might be due to poor volunteer management practices that result in decreased motivation among volunteers, and with the consequences of them... -
The art of retaining volunteers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik S. Pahus --- , DenmarkThis article is part of an ongoing research project into motivation and retention of volunteers at festivals and events. The overall project is conducted in collaboration with “Muskelsvindfonden”, which is a Danish foundation that runs several large festivals in the... -
Training and support relationship influences on volunteers’ public advocacy behaviours: Their mediation by psychological empowerment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Meng Chenli --- , China Eugene Abrokwah --- , ChinaThis study examined how psychological empowerment mediation of training and support relationship influences volunteer public advocacy behaviours. Survey participants were 300 volunteers at community health volunteer organisations (CHVOs) in Shanghai, China (female = 36.94%; mean age = 28.89 years, SD... -
Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Catherine Campbell --- London School of Economics, Yugi Nair --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sbongile Maimane --- HIVAN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Andy Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal,With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part... -
The social construction of identity in HIV/AIDS home-based care volunteers in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Thirusha Naidu [d128e18] Yvonne Sliep Wenche DageidHome-based care volunteer (HBCV) identity and how it is shaped was the main focus of the study. Fifteen HBCVs were interviewed about their work and personal life stories and then interviewed reflectively using a narrative interviewing style. Specific attention was...
