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A contextual assessment of a workplace HIV/AIDS peer education programme.

dc.contributor.advisorBhagwanjee, Anil Mohanlal.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Roslyn.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T09:45:43Z
dc.date.available2010-08-17T09:45:43Z
dc.date.created2009
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.en_US
dc.description.abstractSet in the mining sector, the aim of this study was to explore the experiences, insights and reflections of a particular group of peer educator's with regard to their organisation’s peer education programme. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model (Green & Kreuter, 1991) as an organising framework, this study explored the pre-disposing, enabling and reinforcing factors that had an impact on this HIV/AIDS peer education programme. The specific objectives to be assessed in this study were the peer educator’s perceived impact on attitude and behaviour change amongst employees; the perceived organisational barriers and supports that peer educators encountered in programme delivery as well as further training needs of the peer educators. Using an interpretivist paradigm, the study was concerned with describing and interpreting people’s feelings and experiences with qualitative depth. Interviewees comprised of a non-probability saturation sample of five current adult peer educators and one adult ex-peer educator, employed in the Eastern Region of the Organisation (KwaZulu-Natal). In addition the regional manager and the human resource manager were interviewed. Semi-structured tape recorded interviews were used to collect data from the peer educators, and the data was transcribed verbatim from the digital recording. Themes were induced and coded by looking for reoccurring peer educator views, following which the researcher was able to induce potential predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors that the peer educators faced in programme delivery. Based on the findings of the study, appropriate recommendations are offered with a view to improving programme delivery and quality. Finally, the main constraints which limited the study findings are considered.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/135
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAIDS (Disease)--Prevention.en_US
dc.subjectAIDS (Disease)--South Africa--Prevention.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Psychology.en_US
dc.titleA contextual assessment of a workplace HIV/AIDS peer education programme.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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