| What motivates people to volunteer? the case of volunteer AIDS caregivers in faith-based organizations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
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PMID: 20511348 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Volunteers are increasingly being relied upon to provide home-based care for people living with AIDS in South Africa and this presents several unique challenges specific to the HIV/AIDS context in Africa. Yet it is not clear what motivates people to volunteer as home-based caregivers. Drawing on the functional theory on volunteer motivations, this study uses data from qualitative interviews with 57 volunteer caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS in six semi-rural South African communities to explore volunteer motivations. Findings revealed complex motivations underlying volunteering in AIDS care. Consistent with functional theorizing, most of the volunteers reported having more than one motive for enrolling as volunteers. Of the 11 categories of motivations identified, those relating to altruistic concerns for others and community, employment or career benefits and a desire by the unemployed to avoid idleness were the most frequently mentioned. Volunteers also saw volunteering as an opportunity to learn caring skills or to put their own skills to good use, for personal growth and to attract good things to themselves. A few of the volunteers were heeding a religious call, hoping to gain community recognition, dealing with a devastating experience of AIDS in the family or motivated for social reasons. Care organizations' poor understanding of volunteer motives, a mismatch between organizational goals and volunteer motivations, and inadequate funding meant that volunteers' most pressing motives were not satisfied. This led to discontentment, resentment and attrition among volunteers. The findings have implications for home-based care policies and programmes, suggesting the need to rethink current models using non-stipended volunteers in informal AIDS care. Information about volunteer motivations could help organizations plan recruitment messages, recruit volunteers whose motives match organizational goals and plan how to assist volunteers to satisfy these motives. This could reduce resentment and attrition among volunteers and improve programme sustainability. |
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Authors:
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Olagoke Akintola |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-05-28 |
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Title: Health policy and planning Volume: 26 ISSN: 1460-2237 ISO Abbreviation: Health Policy Plan Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8610614 Medline TA: Health Policy Plan Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 53-62 Citation Subset: H |
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School of Psychology, University of Kwazulunatal, Durban, South Africa. akintolao@ukzn.ac.za |
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