Philani program: a case study of an integrative approach of empowerment and social and economic development.
This article reports a case study of a South African nongovernmental organization's role in implementing maternal and child health care services for families in Khayelitsha, an informal township in the Western Cape. The township is an extremely poor community with high unemployment and many other social indicators of high need. The case study explores how services were enhanced to respond to the service needs of children and families. The role of economic development as a means of empowering the mothers is examined within the context of nongovernmental organization services. The implications of developing services that integrate social and economic development are discussed as a model for social work practice in the United States.
Austin
Sandra A
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School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA. saustin@albany.edu
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D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009938:Organizations; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012922:Social Change; D012946:Social Welfare; D013019:South Africa