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Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa
Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25963 Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa Louw, Willem Petrus phiase@mweb.co.za Kotze, Sophia Catharina Counsellor Personalised risk-reduction plan Social constructionism Empowerment Health education Hiv/aids counselling Innate knowledge Pre-test counselling conversation Document analysis Counselling assumptions Clinical service delivery Client-centred approach UCTD Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. This study is concerned with the pre-test counselling conversation (as regulated by policy-governing and training documents) that occurs between HIV counsellors and their clients. It attempts to explore and describe some of the assumptions underlying HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa, and reflects on how these assumptions determine the content and process of HIV pre-test counselling. This exploration has been done by means of an analysis of a selection of official and non-official documentation on pre-test counselling. The aim of HIV/AIDS counselling in general is to support and educate infected/affected clients about the HI-virus. Pre-test counselling (the conversation that takes place before an HIV-test is administered) forms the entry level to HIV counselling service delivery in South Africa, and it is often the only opportunity a counsellor has to support and educate a client about HIV/AIDS. Policy-governing pre-test counselling and training documents on such counselling confirm the role played by counsellors. The pre-test counselling conversation is based on the assumption that education about the HI-virus will enable clients to make informed decisions about their health which will help them to live long and healthy lives once they are aware of their HIV-status. However, this educational approach does not seem to be successful, as a change in risk behaviour is often not achieved. My recognition of this situation motivated this study and its focus on the conversation that takes place between counsellors and their clients in pre-test counselling. I was curious about what is discussed during pre-test counselling and why, if we acknowledge that counselling plays a major role in infection rate prevention, risk-reducing behaviour is not being achieved. This qualitative study was based on a social constructionist paradigm and document analysis was used as a research method. This study offers an alternative approach to health education – a drive towards client-centred pre-test counselling where the client’s needs become the focus of the pre-test counselling conversation. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T01:39:25Z 2006-01-30 2013-09-07T01:39:25Z 2005-04-21 2007-01-30 2006-01-30 Dissertation Kotze, S 2005, Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25963 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25963 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01302006-154411/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Counsellor Personalised risk-reduction plan Social constructionism Empowerment Health education Hiv/aids counselling Innate knowledge Pre-test counselling conversation Document analysis Counselling assumptions Clinical service delivery Client-centred approach UCTD Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title | Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title_full | Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title_short | Rethinking HIV/AIDS pre-test counselling in South Africa |
| title_sort | rethinking hiv aids pre test counselling in south africa |
| topic | Counsellor Personalised risk-reduction plan Social constructionism Empowerment Health education Hiv/aids counselling Innate knowledge Pre-test counselling conversation Document analysis Counselling assumptions Clinical service delivery Client-centred approach UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25963 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01302006-154411/ |