Employee knowledge, attitude and practices relating to HIV/AIDS at [a] mining company in Namibia

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dc.contributor.advisorTerblanche, Susan S.
dc.contributor.authorGrötzinger, Elsabé
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Social Work
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Community and Health Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-14T08:00:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T08:14:47Z
dc.date.available2007/06/19 05:56
dc.date.available2007/07/20
dc.date.available2013-10-14T08:00:40Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T08:14:47Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionMagister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)en_US
dc.description.abstractA global prospecting and mining leader recognizes HIV/AIDS as a threat to the company and its employees. The management has committed them to have a proactive approach trying to minimize the impact of this killing disease by putting in place effective workplace programmes. However, programmes can only be successful if the employees’ needs regarding knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices have been thoroughly researched identified. The aim of this study was to do an explorative descriptive study of the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and behaviours of the employees of a mining company in Namibia on HIV/AIDS. The objectives were: diams; To measure the overall knowledge levels as well as attitudes and sexual practices of DBMN employees on HIV and STD's. diams; To determine whether there was a difference in the knowledge levels, attitudes and sexual practices of employees in different job categories, age groups, marital status, religion and education level. diams; To measure risky sexual behaviours of participants. All employees (550) of this mining company were invited to participate in the survey and 226 employees responded. A self-constructed questionnaire was used to collect data administered in a group setting. The questionnaire was regarded as having content validity and the SPSS program was be utilized for descriptive statistics. Utilizing the ratio data developed through the indexes, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to determine significant difference between the means of the groups in comparison. Because multiple comparisons were done, a post hoc test (Fisher LSD) was used to determine significant differences between group means.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/18751
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectHIV infectionsen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectPreventionen_US
dc.subjectEmployee health promotionen_US
dc.subjectAIDS (Disease)en_US
dc.subjectPreventionen_US
dc.subjectMineral industriesen_US
dc.subjectEmployeesen_US
dc.subjectHealth and hygieneen_US
dc.titleEmployee knowledge, attitude and practices relating to HIV/AIDS at [a] mining company in Namibiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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