dc.contributor.author |
Kangethe, Simon |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-07-08T08:45:44Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-07-08T08:45:44Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4793 |
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dc.description.abstract |
To explore and assess the magnitude of stigma and its impact to palliative care giving.
Objective: To involve the palliative caregivers in exploring the impact of stigma in their care giving.
Materials and Methods: The study was exploratory in nature and used attracted qualitative design and
interviewed 82 palliative caregivers in 10 focus groups using an interview guide as a data collection instrument,
and five CHBC nurses on one-to-one in-depth interviews, still guided by an interview guide that differed only
slightly with the one for the caregivers.
Results: The study findings revealed that stigma and discrimination was immensely perfidious due to:
(1) Discrimination against caregivers by the service providers, especially at the Kanye referral hospital;
(2) Refusal of youth to help the elderly caregivers; (3) Shunning of government assistance packages by
caregivers and their clients; (4) Caregivers secretly taking away their clients to faraway places for assistance;
(5) Caregivers and their clients turning to alternative therapies from the traditional healers; (6) Caregivers and
clients having inadequate assistance.
Recommendations: We recommend strong anti-stigma education and campaign by the government,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and all the civil society bodies and campaigners. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Wolters Kluwer--Medknow Publications |
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dc.subject |
Care giving |
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dc.subject |
Community home based care |
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dc.subject |
Palliative caregivers |
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dc.subject |
Stigma |
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dc.title |
The Perfidy of Stigma Experienced by the Palliative CHBC of Kanye in Botswana |
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dc.type |
Article |
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