Medelina Dube
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 341834 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Medelina Dube |
| NOMBRES | Medelina |
| APELLIDO | Dube |
| FIRMA | DUBE M |
| AFILIACIONES | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2635-2640 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Widowhood and Psychosocial Challenges in Low-Resourced Communities in South Africa
Unless the psychosocial challenges experienced by widows in low-resourced communities are unpacked and understood, efforts to offer them proper and befitting interventions for their experiences will remain scant in South Africa. This paper explores the psychosocial challenges faced by widows in Ngaka Modiri Molema, a district in South Africa’s North West Province with limited resources. Using a qualitative approach and an exploratory descriptive …
The Psychosocial Challenges Experienced by African Widows During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Low-Resourced African Communities
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was a traumatic experience that brought disruption to people’s lives and required intense changes to be made in a short period of time. The adversity and trauma that COVID-19 brought may have had a negative long-term impact on the lives of widows who lost their spouses during the pandemic, particularly in Africa. However, little attention has been paid to the psychosocial experiences that African widows have en…
Community Reintegration of Offenders at an Overcrowded Rural Correctional Facility
Community reintegration of offenders is one of South Africa’s methods of rehabilitating offenders who have served a portion of their sentence in a correctional centre. However, overcrowding in the rural correctional facilities that have limited resources have exposed the correctional officials to enormous work-related challenges. This paper discusses the work-related challenges experienced by correctional officials at Rooigrond Correctional Centr…
Isolation and Its Impact on Widows
The lives of women change immediately after the death of their husbands. After the death of their husbands, they experience extraordinary isolation which excludes them from important socioeconomic decisions. This paper discusses how widows are isolated and excluded in pertinent socioeconomic spheres and decisions that impact negatively on their lives including the lives of their children in low resourced communities of Binga District in Zimbabwe.…
When the Challenges of Widowhood Extend to Childcare
Unless widows recount their painful experiences of caring for their children, their day-to day lived challenges of childcare may be misunderstood if not totally missed by social workers in practice. This article discusses the widow's painful experiences of caring for their children in Binga District in Zimbabwe and the critical aspects needed for consideration by social workers in practice. A qualitative research approach using a phenomenological…
Exploring Intervention for Widows in Binga District, Zimbabwe
This article discusses a social work intervention model that addresses the psychosocial plight of widows in Zimbabwe. The ARTICLE uses a qualitative approach and a phenomenological research design as a basis for one-on-one interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews that provided the information needed for the formulation of a social work basic care integrative model. The findings of the research indicate that there are gaps…
Zimbabwe's national Aids levy
BACKGROUND: We conducted a case study of the Zimbabwe National AIDS Trust Fund ('AIDS Levy') as an approach to domestic government financing of the response to HIV and AIDS. METHODS: Data came from three sources: a literature review, including a search for grey literature, review of government documents from the Zimbabwe National AIDS Council (NAC), and key informant interviews with representatives of the Zimbabwean government, civil society and …
Isolation and Its Impact on Widows
The lives of women change immediately after the death of their husbands. After the death of their husbands, they experience extraordinary isolation which excludes them from important socioeconomic decisions. This paper discusses how widows are isolated and excluded in pertinent socioeconomic spheres and decisions that impact negatively on their lives including the lives of their children in low resourced communities of Binga District in Zimbabwe.…
When the Challenges of Widowhood Extend to Childcare
Unless widows recount their painful experiences of caring for their children, their day-to day lived challenges of childcare may be misunderstood if not totally missed by social workers in practice. This article discusses the widow's painful experiences of caring for their children in Binga District in Zimbabwe and the critical aspects needed for consideration by social workers in practice. A qualitative research approach using a phenomenological…
Zimbabwe's national Aids levy
BACKGROUND: We conducted a case study of the Zimbabwe National AIDS Trust Fund ('AIDS Levy') as an approach to domestic government financing of the response to HIV and AIDS. METHODS: Data came from three sources: a literature review, including a search for grey literature, review of government documents from the Zimbabwe National AIDS Council (NAC), and key informant interviews with representatives of the Zimbabwean government, civil society and …
Zimbabwe's national Aids levy
BACKGROUND: We conducted a case study of the Zimbabwe National AIDS Trust Fund ('AIDS Levy') as an approach to domestic government financing of the response to HIV and AIDS. METHODS: Data came from three sources: a literature review, including a search for grey literature, review of government documents from the Zimbabwe National AIDS Council (NAC), and key informant interviews with representatives of the Zimbabwean government, civil society and …
Exploring Intervention for Widows in Binga District, Zimbabwe
This article discusses a social work intervention model that addresses the psychosocial plight of widows in Zimbabwe. The ARTICLE uses a qualitative approach and a phenomenological research design as a basis for one-on-one interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews that provided the information needed for the formulation of a social work basic care integrative model. The findings of the research indicate that there are gaps…
Isolation and Its Impact on Widows
The lives of women change immediately after the death of their husbands. After the death of their husbands, they experience extraordinary isolation which excludes them from important socioeconomic decisions. This paper discusses how widows are isolated and excluded in pertinent socioeconomic spheres and decisions that impact negatively on their lives including the lives of their children in low resourced communities of Binga District in Zimbabwe.…
When the Challenges of Widowhood Extend to Childcare
Unless widows recount their painful experiences of caring for their children, their day-to day lived challenges of childcare may be misunderstood if not totally missed by social workers in practice. This article discusses the widow's painful experiences of caring for their children in Binga District in Zimbabwe and the critical aspects needed for consideration by social workers in practice. A qualitative research approach using a phenomenological…
Community Reintegration of Offenders at an Overcrowded Rural Correctional Facility
Community reintegration of offenders is one of South Africa’s methods of rehabilitating offenders who have served a portion of their sentence in a correctional centre. However, overcrowding in the rural correctional facilities that have limited resources have exposed the correctional officials to enormous work-related challenges. This paper discusses the work-related challenges experienced by correctional officials at Rooigrond Correctional Centr…
The Psychosocial Challenges Experienced by African Widows During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Low-Resourced African Communities
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was a traumatic experience that brought disruption to people’s lives and required intense changes to be made in a short period of time. The adversity and trauma that COVID-19 brought may have had a negative long-term impact on the lives of widows who lost their spouses during the pandemic, particularly in Africa. However, little attention has been paid to the psychosocial experiences that African widows have en…
Widowhood and Psychosocial Challenges in Low-Resourced Communities in South Africa
Unless the psychosocial challenges experienced by widows in low-resourced communities are unpacked and understood, efforts to offer them proper and befitting interventions for their experiences will remain scant in South Africa. This paper explores the psychosocial challenges faced by widows in Ngaka Modiri Molema, a district in South Africa’s North West Province with limited resources. Using a qualitative approach and an exploratory descriptive …
Qualitative research (5 obras) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Psychological intervention (4 obras) · Psychosocial (4 obras) · Social science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 obras) · Focus group (3 obras)