Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom (IPS)

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An investigation of organisations' current approach to HIV/AIDS education programmes
(University of the Western Cape, 1998) Raybin, Somaya
A descriptive survey was conducted at South African Nylon Spinners (SANS) Fibres to investigate employee knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS infected employees to establish the viability of the organisation's current HIV/AIDS approach to education programmes and if an alternative intervention strategy is necessary to reduce the ignorance, negatives attitudes and anxiety about the disease. A stratified random sample of 200 employees was selected from a population of 1825. And a convenience sample of two employees of the Occupational Health Centre at SANS Fibres was selected. The methods employed to collect data were questionnaires and interviews. The response rate on the questionnaire was 30%. The majority of the findings were inconclusive , but one result indicated that low levels of rejection are associated with less anxiety among employees. Further the findings revealed that an established education programme was lacking. A rational behavioral model, which is frequently utilized in health care settings, was proposed as an alternative intervention strategy, to remedy the problem situation.