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Psychological counseling and mentoring for OVC may improve their psychological well-being.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
3 studies Gray II, IIIa, IV counseling, depression, orphans, support groups, youth Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Providing community development projects, rather than a narrowly defined HIV/AIDS program, may reduce the stigma against OVC.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
2 studies Gray IV OVC, community-based care, stigma Kenya, Tanzania
Further interventions are needed to help female OVCs reduce risky sexual behaviors and protect them from sexual violence. [See %{c:9}]
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
NGO and government interventions must take care not to create dependence on externally funded services and decrease the community’s sense of responsibility for OVC. An evaluation of programs providing services to orphans found that because of NGO interventions, communities believed they had no responsibilities towards caregivers and orphans.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
Further interventions are needed to help female OVCs reduce risky sexual behaviors and protect them from sexual violence. [See also %{s:73}] Studies found that female orphans had higher rates of early sexual debut and were more likely to have had coerced sex.
Mitigating Risk
1 study
Educational support for orphan girls may reduce risk of HIV acquisition and increase educational attainment.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
3 studies Gray II, IIIb OVC, education Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Programs that provide community-wide cash transfers, microenterprise opportunities, old age pensions or other targeted financial and livelihood assistance can be effective in supporting orphans.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
6 studies Gray II, IV, V OVC, adolescents, community care, financial assistance, grandparents, microfinance, orphans, pensions, self-perception, sexual risk-taking Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
HIV/AIDS programming should also reach young children. A review found that despite the impact of investing in early childhood interventions, few HIV/AIDS programs exist for young children.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Care and Support
In some countries, three generations have been affected by HIV (Oladokun et al., 2010a). Even as incidence declines, there is a clear need to continue meeting the needs of children orphaned and made vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS. "Nowadays there is a deadly disease called AIDS. This disease is only treated but not cured. Anyone can be infected -- male, female, young, old, rich, poor, educated...
Accelerating treatment access for adults with children can reduce the number of orphans, improve pediatric mortality and social well-being. [See also %{c:13}]
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
4 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V child labor, education, mortality, orphans, treatment Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Ukraine