- Title
- A study of the effectiveness of the VCT service at the NMMU
- Creator
- August, Yolande Margaret
- Subject
- HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Subject
- HIV infections -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Prevention
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Prevention
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:8540
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/470
- Identifier
- HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Identifier
- HIV infections -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Prevention
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Prevention
- Description
- The students are the future economic backbone of the country and it is essential that measures are taken to reduce the number of new HIV infections in this segment of the population. Free voluntary counselling and testing for HIV was introduced at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University as one of the prevention strategies to curb the spread of HIV. This service has grown steadily over the years but strategies need to be formulated and implemented to improve the existing service and thereby increase the utilisation of the testing service. This treatise takes the form of an investigative survey involving literature review and a survey of all the individuals who utilised the VCT service over a three month period. The author has attempted to portray the general views and best practices of experts in the field of VCT service delivery. The identified best practices were used as an assessment tool to determine to what extent the VCT service at the NMMU complies with national and international standards. The quantification of these insights must be viewed with caution since the survey sample was relatively low due to time constraints. It has been shown that the VCT service at the NMMU largely complies with national and international standards although several recommendations have been presented for consideration.
- Format
- xv, 92 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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