Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Community"
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Community participation in rural primary health care services from the community's perspective
(2014)The World Health Organization (WHO) (WHO, 2004:20) describes a community as a social group of any size, with its members residing in a specific locality, sharing government and a common cultural and historical heritage. ... -
Concordance between goals and meaning in the community domain of life: Association with well-being and socio-demographic variables
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)According to the self-concordance model, people experience higher levels of well-being when their goals and the things they find meaningful in their lives are aligned. For eudaimonic well-being, meaning and goals are ... -
Experiences of people living with HIV and people living close to them of a comprehensive community–based HIV stigma reduction and wellness enhancement intervention
(2014)Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a highly stigmatised condition for people living with HIV or AIDS (PLHA) and people living close to them (PLC) within the African context as well as in other countries. PLC often ... -
An exploration of community resilience in a group of postgraduate students in a challenging training programme
(North-West University, 2009)The literature on community resilience focuses on communities' adaptation in the aftermath of natural disasters. However, little attention has been given to continuous exposure to challenging circumstances that require ... -
Exploring ways to protect and promote the psychosocial wellbeing of the San community living at Platfontein in the Northern Cape
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)The focus of this research was an exploration of the psychosocial wellbeing of the San people in Platfontein in the Northern Cape. This San community consists of mainly two groups of San people, namely the the !Xun and the ... -
UNICEF infant and young child feeding training in Zimbabwe : analysis and recommendations
(2014)INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: UNICEF introduced a community infant and young child feeding (cIYCF) training and counselling package in 2010, which was implemented in Zimbabwe for community counsellors (CCs) in rural districts. ... -
Young adult males' experiences of relationships with older persons in an economically deprived community in the North West Province
(2014)This article describes how young adult males experience relationships with older people in an economically deprived community. Intergenerational relations refer to the relationship between people who are either familially ...