HIV managers’ perceptions and experiences regarding implementing HIV policies at primary health care facilities in the Western Cape

Abstract

The implementation of policy involves translating the goals and objectives of a policy into action. One major problem involved with implementing HIV policy within the Western Cape, South Africa is that there is a lack of proper direction or guidelines on how to put it into practice. Within the context of HIV, the term ‘policy implementation’ refers to the legal framework in which various organisations and stakeholders work together, applying procedures and techniques, to put policies into effect to attain goals. Policy models have been developed to accelerate policy implementation, while quality assurance is utilised to determine whether the policies are successfully implemented or not. This study was guided by the constructivism paradigm which allows researchers to view the world through the perceptions and experiences of the participants.