Browsing Department of Social Work by Subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)"
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Adolescents’ perceptions and experiences of Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) at a tertiary hospital in Francistown, Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Botswana is experiencing high levels of HIV prevalence rate at 16.9% among the general population, 4.5% among adolescents aged 10-14 and 4.7% among adolescents aged 14-19. Adolescents are in a critically stage between ... -
Lived experiences of family members’ adjusting to HIV/AIDS disclosure within the family.
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)HIV/AIDS is one of the major challenging illnesses globally and is increasingly recognised as an illness that affects families and not just the individual. While HIV/AIDS has brought many challenges to infected individuals ... -
Psychosocial variables in the transmission of AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)In the decade since first identified, the Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a serious global disease. The nature of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, whereby a carrier may be ...