- Title
- Community development workers' perceptions of wellness at an HIV / AIDS organisation in Nelson Mandela Bay
- Creator
- Ndlela, Joshua Bongani
- Subject
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Organisational behavior
- Subject
- Health promotion -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9837
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1657
- Identifier
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Organisational behavior
- Identifier
- Health promotion -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- The general aim of the study was to explore and describe community development workers` perceptions of wellness at an HIV/AIDS organisation in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. The population of 36 community development workers at the Nelson Mandela Bay office of this organisation participated in this study. The sampling technique employed can be described as a census as it involved sampling an entire finite population that included all community development workers in the organisation. These workers are predominantly Xhosa-speaking adults between the ages of 21 and 60 years, and include both males and females. Qualitative data were gathered by means of audio-recorded focus groups, utilising semi-structured interviews. Tesch`s method was used to analyse the data, while Guba`s guidelines were used to enhance the trustworthiness of the research. Focus group interviews with community development workers revealed seven common themes in the experience of working in the HIV/AIDS organisation: (a) participants’ understanding of wellness; (b) organisational factors that impact on wellness; (c) personal factors that impact on wellness; (d) family and community factors that impact on wellness; (e) participants’ wellness; (f) personal coping strategies; and (g) suggestions regarding organisational strategies to enhance employee wellness. It is envisaged that the research findings of this study will be used in future to direct interventions that will be beneficial for the short and long term planning for the wellness of the community development workers of the HIV/AIDS organisation and those around them. It was recommended that the organisation was to develop a workplace wellness programme, increase management support towards the staff wellness and to increase the staff capacity.
- Format
- x, 102 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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