The Effectiveness Of Interpersonal Communication Skills of Micro Enterprise Workers Living With Hiv/Aids in Debre Berhan Town
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interpersonal
communication skills of microenterprise workers who live with HIV/AIDS in
Deber Berhan Town. To conduct the study, mixed research method was
employed. The participants were selected by using simple random sampling
particularly, a lottery method. The data were collected from 80 workers from the
four associations namely: Fikir Lenatoch, Endersallen, Tiwild Yidan and
Yesetoch Mahiber. The quantitative data were analyzed by using percentage,
mean, frequency, one way ANOVA, and Pearson product moment correlation in
combination with the qualitative data that was obtained through observation and
interview. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the workers did not
have adequate interpersonal communication skills to exchange their ideas,
information, commodities and services with their customers accurately. Among
the factors that affect their communication were lack of adequate education,
psychological, social and economic factors were reported. Finally, it was
recommended that the concerned bodies particularly, non government
organizations that are found in Deber Berhan Town should create opportunities
to provide short term training, to enhance workers communication skills and
develop different programs such as awareness and teaching the society to
change their attitude about the people who live with HIV/AIDS
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