The Experiences of Early Childhood Development Home Visitors in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Azzi-Lessing, Lenette; Schmidt, Kim
Titel	The Experiences of Early Childhood Development Home Visitors in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 9 (2019) 1, Artikel 748 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Azzi-Lessing, Lenette) ORCID (Schmidt, Kim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Home Visits; Child Development; Program Effectiveness; Poverty; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Child Abuse; Rewards; Barriers; Social Work; Caseworkers; Interdisciplinary Approach; Municipalities; School Community Relationship; Universities; College Faculty; Child Welfare; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausbesuch; Kindesentwicklung; Armut; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Abuse of children; Abuse; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Reward; Belohnung; Soziale Arbeit; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Magistrat; University; Universität; Fakultät; Kindeswohl; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Background: This article examines the development of early childhood development (ECD) home-visiting services in South Africa. Aim: To examine the factors that could support the success of home-visiting programmes as well as to explore the experiences of bachelor's-level home visitors rendering such services. Setting: This study was conducted in the Eastern Cape, a highly impoverished area of South Africa. Methods: It begins with a discussion of the emergence of home-visiting as a strategy for the delivery of ECD services in South Africa and a review of the literature on ECD home-visiting, particularly with highly vulnerable, impoverished families. Next a focus group conducted with a small sample of home visitors as part of a multi-faceted community assessment is described. The results are examined within the context of challenges facing this particular part of South Africa and the nation as a whole. Results: Four themes emerged as most prominent: (1) encountering the effects of extreme family poverty, (2) identifying high rates and multiple aspects of child maltreatment, (3) encountering scarce resources in high-need areas and (4) finding rewards and maintaining a desire to continue serving challenging populations. Conclusion: This study provides a unique window on the challenges that ECD home visitors are likely to encounter when working with families living in extreme poverty, the resourcefulness that home visitors often demonstrate and the rewards to be found in this work. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	AOSIS. 15 Oxford Street, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7550 South Africa. Tel: +27-21-975-2602; Fax: +27-21-975-4635; e-mail: publishing@aosis.co.za; Web site: https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01