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dc.contributor.advisor | Bhagwan, Raisuyah | - |
dc.contributor.advisor | Sibiya, Nokuthula | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chandramohan, Sandhya | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-24T14:28:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-24T14:28:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-30 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10321/4008 | - |
dc.description | A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2020. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Humanity is facing massive health problems, physical pathologies and ecological damage that cannot be ignored. This escalating destruction of all forms of life on earth is a consequence of human action. Such destruction is reinforced by a worldview that denies nonhuman nature any value, respect or justice. Although the South African Department of Education developed the White paper on the Transformation of Higher Education (Department of Education 1997: 10), which committed universities to policies and programmes for community development, as part of the universities mandate there is no educational model that guides community engagement with regard to eco-issues. This study focused on developing a model to guide community engagement in Health Sciences through a qualitative approach. A developmental research paradigm was used as the research design. This paradigm allowed for the use of a qualitative research approach to design the new model. Data was collected from academics and students from Health Sciences, and faith-based leaders; through interviews and focus group discussions. Qualitative data analysis using thematic data analysis was utilized to transform the data into findings. The findings of the study confirm the ongoing damage to the eco-systems and how such environmental damage contributes negatively on health. These finding recommend that higher education embrace community engagement as a tool to create community awareness on eco-justice issues. For this to be successful it is recommended that community engagement be incorporated into Health Science modules in order to transform the Health Science curriculum. The developed eco-justice model for Health Sciences can serve as a guide for academics and students as they work in collaboration with their communities on eco-justice issues to reduce the resultant negative impact on health. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 345 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Eco-justice model | en_US |
dc.subject | Community engagement | en_US |
dc.subject | Health Science | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Environmental justice | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Community and college--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Durban University of Technology--Faculty | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Universities and colleges--Environmental aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Universities and colleges--Social aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal | en_US |
dc.title | The development of an eco-justice model to guide community engagement in Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.level | D | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/4008 | - |
local.sdg | SDG03 | - |
local.sdg | SDG16 | - |
local.sdg | SDG04 | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairetype | Thesis | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
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Chandramohan_S_2020.pdf | Thesis | 3.88 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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