From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements

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dc.contributor.advisorPosel, Deborahen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHodes, Rebeccaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVale, Bethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T06:44:06Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T06:44:06Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates community health workers' negotiation between the prescribed 'manual' for care and the lived realities of their field, exploring how prescriptions of public health are reappropriated through the micro-politics of everyday practice. What inventiveness, agency and tactical manoeuvres are woven between abstract ideals and situational demands? And how are these shaping the content of care? Community health work has been established as the model for health service delivery in resource-poor settings, particularly those hard-hit by AIDS. While its outcomes are widely celebrated, what this success looks like in practice remains under-explored. This dissertation investigates the messy application of this abstract model of care within a specific social context, exploring the place of care in the lives of carers, and how circumstantial pressures shape care delivery in unintended ways.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVale, B. (2012). <i>From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11340en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVale, Beth. <i>"From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11340en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVale, B. 2012. From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Vale, Beth AB - This thesis investigates community health workers' negotiation between the prescribed 'manual' for care and the lived realities of their field, exploring how prescriptions of public health are reappropriated through the micro-politics of everyday practice. What inventiveness, agency and tactical manoeuvres are woven between abstract ideals and situational demands? And how are these shaping the content of care? Community health work has been established as the model for health service delivery in resource-poor settings, particularly those hard-hit by AIDS. While its outcomes are widely celebrated, what this success looks like in practice remains under-explored. This dissertation investigates the messy application of this abstract model of care within a specific social context, exploring the place of care in the lives of carers, and how circumstantial pressures shape care delivery in unintended ways. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements TI - From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11340 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11340
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVale B. From manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlements. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11340en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleFrom manual to makeshift: the practice of community health work in Wallacedene and Bloekombos informal settlementsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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