Hearing Community Voices: Grassroots Perceptions of an Intervention to Support Health Volunteers in South Africa


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Campbell C, Gibbs A, Maimane S, Nair Y

Series/Journal Title:

Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

Volume:

5

Issue:

4

Copyright:

2008

Pages:

16

Description:

With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS - as part of the wider task-shifting agenda. Yet little is known about how best to facilitate such involvement. This paper reports on community perceptions of a 3-year project which sought to train and support volunteer health workers in a rural community in South Africa. [from abstract]
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