Browsing Masters Degrees (Social work) by Title
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Understanding the bio-psychosocial effects of whoonga use by youth in KwaMashu Township, north of Durban.
(2016)Drug addiction is a chronic disease with users suffering bio-psycho and social effects. Whoonga is a relatively new addition to the drug market. The devastating effects on the lives of young people using whoonga have not ... -
Understanding the economic and psychosocial experiences of single parents in KwaDambuza.
(2013)When single-parent households are consequences of intentional or unintentional reasons, they are often associated with economic and psychosocial challenges. This study aimed to understand, explore, describe and interpret ... -
Understanding the experiences of caregivers of HIV infected children at a public hospital in Durban.
(2013)Globally HIV and AIDS are considered to be a major health and developmental challenge facing humanity. The HIV infection of children is not only an area of great concern for families but for the future of humankind. Caring ... -
Understanding the experiences of young widows in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa meant the end of gender discrimination and power imbalances against women as a minority population. Currently, South Africa is undergoing a process of fundamental transformation ... -
University of KwaZulu-Natal third-year male Social Work students’ experiences of group work practice with school children.
(2020)The Social Work profession in South Africa has been generally dominated by females. However, various studies have evidently revealed that over the recent years men have been slowly occupying this female dominated female ... -
The viability of a national healthcare system for South Africa : a KwaZulu-Natal case study.
(2004)This research is an endeavour to highlight the state of healthcare in South Africa as seen through the eyes of professional health care workers who are at the cold face of healthcare. Having worked in an environment of ... -
The views of primary caregivers on HIV/AIDS life skills education programme implemented in schools.
(2007)Social workers are faced with the huge challenge of HIV and AIDS. The increasing number of HIV infected people requires professional intervention. The National Integrated Plan is currently the strategy that social workers ... -
Women and contraceptive use : a case study of a South African urban informal settlement.
(2012)This study adopted a case study design to understand women and contraceptive use in the Diepsloot community, an impoverished urban informal settlement, north of Johannesburg. It was guided by feminist and critical theory, ... -
Women's experiences and expectations of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998.
(2003)No abstract available. -
Young unmarried fathers in the Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality : experiences and perceptions of fatherhood.
(2016)South Africa has a high number of unmarried and absentee fathers which includes young unmarried fathers. A number of factors have contributed to this phenomenon. For example, apartheid policies such as the migrant labour ...