The Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Hospital Nurses in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: Nurses' Perspectives and Implications for Health Policy

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Zelnick ◽  
Max O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Southern Africa's response(s) to international HIV/AIDS norms: the politics of assimilation

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO ANTONIO VIEIRA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Advocacy Networks ◽  
International Norm ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Phenomenon ◽  
Hiv Aids

AbstractThis article is interested in the impact of a singular international phenomenon, namely the global securitisation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, on the domestic structure of three Southern African states: Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa. These countries are geographically located in the epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, Southern Africa. However, notwithstanding their common HIV/AIDS burden, Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa present quite different political cultures and institutions which reflected upon the distinctive way they responded to the influence of international HIV/AIDS actors and norms. So, by investigating the latter's impact in these rather diverse settings, the present analysis aims to empirically demonstrate and compare variations in the effects of norm adaptation across states. To carry out this evaluation, the study provides a framework for understanding the securitisation of HIV/AIDS as an international norm defined and promoted mainly by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the US government and transnational HIV/AIDS advocacy networks. The HIV/AIDS securitisation norm (HASN) is an intellectual attempt of the present work to synthesise in a single analytical concept myriad of ideas and international prescriptions about HIV/AIDS interventions.

Case Study: Memory Work with Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Denis
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Narrative Therapy ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Story Work ◽  
Oral History Interview ◽  
Hiv Aids

This article focuses on working with children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Arica. In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, relief organizations focused their efforts on the material needs of children, but their psychological and emotional needs are no less important. Recognizing this, the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work in Africa, a research and community development center located at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Pietermaritzburg South Africa, has pioneered a model of psychosocial intervention for children in grief—particularly but not exclusively in the context of HIV/AIDS. This model uses the methodology of oral history in a novel manner, combined with other techniques such as life story work and narrative therapy. During the early years of the project, the model followed for the family visits was the oral history interview. A discussion on caregiver as the narrator and skills required in memory work especially in these cases concludes this article.

The impact of life skills education on adolescent sexual risk behaviors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Magnani ◽  
Kate MacIntyre ◽  
Ali Mehyrar Karim ◽  
Lisanne Brown ◽  
Paul Hutchinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk ◽  
Skills Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Life Skills Education
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