Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Social Work) by Title
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Guidelines for social work interventions with children affected by HIV and AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Children affected by HIV and AIDS are often left without adult supervision when the parent or caregiver ultimately dies from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and in need of care. ... -
Guidelines for sustainable women co-operatives
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The number of women joining the formal waged labour market has been visibly increasing since the 1950s to become half of the employees in the developed economies (McAdam & Marlow, 2010; OECD, 2003). Women entrepreneurship ... -
Guidlines for the development of an HIV/AIDS workplace support programme for teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The aim of this study was to develop guidelines for an HIV/AIDS support programme for teachers. In order to achieve this goal, Intervention Research: Design and Development model by Rothman and Thomas (1994) was adopted ... -
Health promotion : the design of a School Health Index Score Card to assess psychosocial health and well-being in early childhood development at primary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Schools, world-wide, have been regarded as important settings for health promotion and health education. Research indicate that schools constitute a crucial setting for programmes that aim at promoting the health of children, ... -
Innovation capability and social franchising: An evaluative case study of the family in focus (fif) early childhood development programme in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)International research studies on early childhood development (ECD) confirm the importance of ECD as a key social policy phenomenon. In the South African context, this is a significant social developmental policy and ... -
An intervention to reduce adolescent Hookah pipe use and satisfy their basic psychological needs
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Adolescent hookah pipe use is a public health concern because it poses several health, environmental, and economic risks. Self-determination theory (SDT) posits that people are motivated to engage in certain behaviours ... -
Lived experiences of survivors of trauma, torture and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Many refugees and asylum seekers have emigrated from The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has a long history of unrest and instability. Besides its own citizens, South Africa is a refugee receiving country. Its ... -
Management of domestic violence: risk-based assessment and intervention guidelines with perpetrators of intimate violence
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The main goal of this study was to develop assessment and intervention guidelines that will provide practitioners with a framework to develop and implement batterer intervention programmes. The development of batterer ... -
Mental health of adolescents in refugee camps in Ethiopia: The development of an exploratory model based on traumatic experience, coping and resilience
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Refugees routinely experience a number of traumatic events that may result in poor mental health due to persecution, conflict and displacement. Children and adolescent refugees particularly migrate with histories of exposure ... -
A model examining the relationship between parenting styles and decision making styles on healthy lifestyle behaviour of adolescents in the rural Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Health Promotion Model provides a theoretical framework exploring the relationships between healthy lifestyle behaviours of individuals. The three behavioral determinants affecting healthy lifestyle behaviours as posited ... -
A needs assessment of a group of at-risk youth in Mitchell's plain a discourse analytic approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This study focused on determining and understanding the needs of a group of at-risk youth in Mitchell's Plain in order to identify the social competencies and basic life skills they require to enable them to cope with their ... -
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 ... -
The role of social workers in response to genocides and massacres: The case of Gukurahundi
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The term ‘Gukurahundi’ is a direct translation of a Zimbabwean Shona term that refers to “the first rain that washes away chaff before spring” (Eppel, 2008:1). In Zimbabwe, this term is specifically used in reference to ... -
Social justice and participatory parity: Students’ experiences of university residence life at a historically disadvantaged institution in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The shortage of appropriate student housing in South Africa has been under the spotlight for the past few years. This has been made explicit by the Report on the Ministerial committee for the review of the provision of ... -
Spirituality and social work in the Namibian mental health practice: Guidelines for social workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The aim of the study was to develop guidelines for social workers to be spiritually sensitive in their mental health practice. Spirituality in Namibia is an important part of the culture of the individuals that are served ... -
The design and development of guidelines to integrate spirituality and spiritual care into occupational therapy education using design-based research
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Spirituality and spiritual care have been gaining importance in recent years in occupational therapy education as constructs related to holistic and personcentred approaches, in order to improve occupational therapy practice. ...