In Partnership with the UCT School of Public Health and Family Medicine and Directorate of Primary Health Care
Thank you for your interest in the reports from the 2006 Stanford University community needs assessments that were conducted in in the Khayelitsha, Langa, and Bonteheuwel communities. The findings are divided into two separate reports. The first consists of a community needs assessment conducted in Khayelitsha and addresses community and clinical staff perceptions of health, healthcare facilities, and preventive care. The second report investigates current commnity attitudes and resources relating to substance abuse and domestic violence in the neighboring communities of Langa and Bonteheuwel. These reports can be accessed by clicking on this links below.
Khayelitsha Community Needs Assessment - Stanford Research Group 2006 - PDF
Langa and Bonteheuwel Needs Assessment - Stanford Research Group 2006 - PDF
Both groups would like to thank Stanford University, the University of Cape Town and our various community guides and sponsors for their efforts in facilitating these projects. Contact information for all researchers involved in these projects is contained within the published articles available above.
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The University of Cape Town has invited Stanford University to engage its students, who are studying in Cape Town in January-March 2006, in a collaborative situation analysis related to the intended location of Student Learning Centres in two township communities in the Western Cape – the Bontehuewel and Langa area surrounding the Vanguard Day Hospital and Khayelitsha.
The students’ focus is to be on community health needs and resources in these communities. These projects are intended to develop new understandings of each community’s health challenges, community residents’ perspectives on these challenges, and resources with which to address these challenges. They should build new knowledge and skills for the involved students and community volunteers. They should respond effectively to the community health information needs of our research partners and community organizations, andultimately contribute towards improving the health of the community.
The students will begin their work with an orientation to the project and targeted communities on Friday afternoon, 27 January. They will carry out their research on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the following weeks. They will present their findings to the respective communities on Friday, 17 March, and provide a written report to all participants and relevant audiences shortly thereafter.
Seven students will focus on the Khayelitsha, Site B area. Eight students will focus on the Vanguard Day Hospital area. Community volunteers will assist both groups as key informants, guides, and interpreters, and will be compensated for their time (approximately 8 hours per week).
For further information please contact Stanford faculty leader Tim Stanton at (021) 671-0894 or tstanton@stanford.edu.