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Strengthening families to support children affected by HIV and AIDS.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
- What do we know about children living with HIV-infected or AIDS-ill adults in Sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of the literature.AIDS care · 2016Pooled it
- Lessons learned from family-centred models of treatment for children living with HIV: current approaches and future directions.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2010Pooled it
- A cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate a resilience-based intervention for caregivers of HIV-affected children in China.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Trial
- Examining the nonkin support networks of orphaned adolescents participating in a family-based economic-strengthening intervention in Uganda.Journal of community psychology · 2019Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a resilience-based intervention on psychosocial well-being of children affected by HIV/AIDS: Effects at 6- and 12-month follow-up.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Trial
- Children affected by maternal HIV/AIDS: feasibility and acceptability trial of the Children United with Buddies (CUB) intervention.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2015Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of an intervention to promote resilience in young children of HIV-positive mothers in South Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2014Trial
- Mental health and psychosocial support among refugee children and adolescents with HIV in West Nile Uganda: An exploratory study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- "I can't fail. And my son can't fail.": Caregiver perspectives on supporting youth to self-manage their HIV in Ndola, Zambia.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Psychosocial Challenges and Coping Strategies Among Adults Living with HIV in Ubungo Municipality, Tanzania: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
- Parenting in Adversity: Effects of Older Caregivers, Biological Carers and Troubled Carers on Child Outcomes in High HIV-Affected Communities.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2023Article
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- Impact of the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers on Mentalizing in Orphans and Vulnerable Children in South Africa.Journal of infant, child, and adolescent psychotherapy : JICAP · 2023Article
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- The Rise and Prominence of Skip-Generation Households in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries.Population and development review · 2020Article
- Depressive symptoms among children attending community based support in South Africa - pathways for disrupting risk factors.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2020Article
- A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Drivers of HIV Status Knowledge in Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique.Global health, science and practice · 2020Article
- Measurement of Parenting Self-efficacy Among Female HIV-Affected Caregivers in Uganda.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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13 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the arguments for the central role of families, defined very broadly, and we emphasise the importance of efforts to strengthen families to support children affected by HIV and AIDS. We draw on work conducted in the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and AIDS's Learning Group 1: Strengthening Families, as well as published data and empirical literature to provide the rationale for family strengthening. We close with the following recommendations for strengthening families to ameliorate the effects of HIV and AIDS on children. Firstly, a developmental approach to poverty is an essential feature of responses to protect children affected by HIV and AIDS, necessary to safeguard their human capital. For this reason, access to essential services, such as health and education, as well as basic income security, must be at the heart of national strategic approaches. Secondly, we need to ensure that support garnered for children is directed to families. Unless we adopt a family oriented approach, we will not be in a position to interrupt the cycle of infection, provide treatment to all who need it and enable affected individuals to be cared for by those who love and feel responsible for them. Thirdly, income transfers, in a variety of forms, are desperately needed and positively indicated by available research. Basic economic security will relieve the worst distress experienced by families and enable them to continue to invest in the health care and education of their children. Lastly, interventions are needed to support distressed families and prevent knock-on negative outcomes through programmes such as home visiting, and protection and enhancement of children's potential through early child development efforts.
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