Article Sidebar
Published:
Apr 19, 2004Keywords:
Home-based care volunteers Aids characteristics
Article Details
Issue
Section
Articles
By submitting manuscripts to SAFP, authors of original articles are assigning copyright to the SA Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care. Copyright of review articles are assigned to the Publisher, Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd, unless otherwise specified. Authors may use their own work after publication without written permission, provided they acknowledge the original source. Individuals and academic institutions may freely copy and distribute articles published in SAFP for educational and research purposes without obtaining permission.
Main Article Content
Who are good home-based care volunteers?
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of volunteers who remained active in the home-based care project located in Tzaneen (Limpopo Province) and thereby assist the project leaders to improve the recruitment and quality of the service in the future.
Methodology: Structured questionnaires were completed with all the available volunteers trained during 1999. The questionnaires were quantitatively analysed manually.
Results: Ninety-six (96) people attended the introductory phase of the home-based care course during 1999. Seventy-one (71) were volunteers and 25 were people living with HIV. Forty-six (46) of the participants completed the questionnaires (44 volunteers plus two people living with HIV working as volunteers). Twenty-seven (27) volunteers could not be traced, as they were no longer active in the project.
The following factors were associated with active volunteers:
1. Married
2. Female
3. >30 years of age
4. Breadwinners themselves or have a husband/spouse who is the breadwinner.
Conclusions: Presently, most of the active volunteers are married, female, older than 30 and are the breadwinner themselves or have a husband who is the breadwinner.
Key words: Home-based care, volunteers, Aids, characteristics
For full text, click here: SA Fam Pract 2004; 46(2) : 29-31
Methodology: Structured questionnaires were completed with all the available volunteers trained during 1999. The questionnaires were quantitatively analysed manually.
Results: Ninety-six (96) people attended the introductory phase of the home-based care course during 1999. Seventy-one (71) were volunteers and 25 were people living with HIV. Forty-six (46) of the participants completed the questionnaires (44 volunteers plus two people living with HIV working as volunteers). Twenty-seven (27) volunteers could not be traced, as they were no longer active in the project.
The following factors were associated with active volunteers:
1. Married
2. Female
3. >30 years of age
4. Breadwinners themselves or have a husband/spouse who is the breadwinner.
Conclusions: Presently, most of the active volunteers are married, female, older than 30 and are the breadwinner themselves or have a husband who is the breadwinner.
Key words: Home-based care, volunteers, Aids, characteristics
For full text, click here: SA Fam Pract 2004; 46(2) : 29-31
