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UNASSIGNED: Social workers play an instrumental role in supporting vulnerable populations by among others, designing and implementing support programmes such as community home-based care (CHBC) for People Living with HIV (PLWHIV). Existing research studies have demonstrated their role in championing programmes like support groups, counselling services and material support to PLWHIV and their caregivers as well as the HIV prevention and other advocacy programmes across communities. Within the CHBC programmes for HIV, social workers\' roles include supporting caregivers who care for PLWHIV to manage complex cases that are beyond their competencies and offering the necessary training on patient support. Although the contributions made by social workers in the field of HIV have immensely been documented in various parts of literature, less substantial attention has been given to their challenges particularly when working with PLWHIV through CHBC programmes.
UNASSIGNED: This qualitative research study was designed from exploratory and descriptive strategies and grounded on ecological systems theory to explore the challenges faced by social workers working with PLWHIV through the CHBC programmes. Thirteen social workers were sampled from South Africa\'s City of Tshwane Municipality (CTMM) through purposive and snowball techniques, to participate in semi-structured interviews of which the data were analysed thematically and verified according to Lincoln and Guba\'s data qualitative data verification strategies.
UNASSIGNED: The findings highlighted several difficulties faced by social workers including difficulties associated with managing challenges faced by PLWHIV, dealing with uncooperative PLWHIV and lack of resources to effectively respond to their clients\' needs.
UNASSIGNED: The conditions in which social workers render services to PLWHIV were highlighted by pointing to the complexities resulting from these challenges which further compromises the quality of services rendered to PLWHIV. For the success of HIV programmes, it is essential to support social workers through training, resources, community awareness and income-generating projects.
UNASSIGNED: This qualitative research study was designed from exploratory and descriptive strategies and grounded on ecological systems theory to explore the challenges faced by social workers working with PLWHIV through the CHBC programmes. Thirteen social workers were sampled from South Africa\'s City of Tshwane Municipality (CTMM) through purposive and snowball techniques, to participate in semi-structured interviews of which the data were analysed thematically and verified according to Lincoln and Guba\'s data qualitative data verification strategies.
UNASSIGNED: The findings highlighted several difficulties faced by social workers including difficulties associated with managing challenges faced by PLWHIV, dealing with uncooperative PLWHIV and lack of resources to effectively respond to their clients\' needs.
UNASSIGNED: The conditions in which social workers render services to PLWHIV were highlighted by pointing to the complexities resulting from these challenges which further compromises the quality of services rendered to PLWHIV. For the success of HIV programmes, it is essential to support social workers through training, resources, community awareness and income-generating projects.
摘要：
■社会工作者在支持弱势群体方面发挥了重要作用，为艾滋病毒感染者（PLWHIV）设计和实施支持计划，例如社区家庭护理（CHBC）。现有的研究已经证明了它们在支持支持团体等项目中的作用，向艾滋病毒感染者及其护理人员提供咨询服务和物质支持，以及跨社区的艾滋病毒预防和其他宣传方案。在CHBC艾滋病毒方案中，社会工作者的角色包括支持照顾PLWHIV的护理人员，以管理超出其能力范围的复杂病例，并提供必要的患者支持培训。尽管社会工作者在艾滋病毒领域的贡献在文献的各个部分都有大量记载，对他们的挑战给予的关注较少，特别是在通过CHBC计划与PLWHIV合作时。
■这项定性研究是从探索性和描述性策略设计的，并以生态系统理论为基础，以探索通过CHBC计划与PLWHIV合作的社会工作者所面临的挑战。通过目的和滚雪球技术从南非的茨瓦内市（CTMM）抽取了13名社会工作者，参加半结构化访谈，对数据进行主题分析，并根据林肯和古巴的数据定性数据验证策略进行验证。
调查结果强调了社会工作者面临的几个困难，包括与管理PLWHIV面临的挑战相关的困难，处理不合作的PLWHIV和缺乏有效应对客户需求的资源。
强调了社会工作者向PLWHIV提供服务的条件，指出了这些挑战所带来的复杂性，这些挑战进一步损害了向PLWHIV提供的服务质量。为了艾滋病毒方案的成功，通过培训支持社会工作者至关重要，资源,社区意识和创收项目。
■这项定性研究是从探索性和描述性策略设计的，并以生态系统理论为基础，以探索通过CHBC计划与PLWHIV合作的社会工作者所面临的挑战。通过目的和滚雪球技术从南非的茨瓦内市（CTMM）抽取了13名社会工作者，参加半结构化访谈，对数据进行主题分析，并根据林肯和古巴的数据定性数据验证策略进行验证。
调查结果强调了社会工作者面临的几个困难，包括与管理PLWHIV面临的挑战相关的困难，处理不合作的PLWHIV和缺乏有效应对客户需求的资源。
强调了社会工作者向PLWHIV提供服务的条件，指出了这些挑战所带来的复杂性，这些挑战进一步损害了向PLWHIV提供的服务质量。为了艾滋病毒方案的成功，通过培训支持社会工作者至关重要，资源,社区意识和创收项目。
