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Health promotion needs of Hammanskraal families with adolescents orphaned by HIV/AIDS.(RESEARCH)(human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome.)
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Health SA Gesondheid
- Article date:
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March 1, 2008
- Author:
- Peu, M.D.; van Wyk, N.C.; Botha, A.D.H.
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ABSTRACT
Health promotion is regarded as the cornerstone of good health. It is the action expected from individuals and families in order to better their own health situation. Health promotion is an art and science (Edelman & Mandle, 2002:16) that is integrated into the primary health care to reduce existing health problems. The purpose of the research on which this article is reporting, was to explore and describe the health promotion needs of families with adolescents orphaned by human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The research was located within a qualitative paradigm that is both exploratory and descriptive. Eight families ...