Resilience-based Psychosocial Intervention Among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
Emotional Adjustment, Aids/Hiv Problem
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Emotional Adjustment
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 8 to 17 years of age
- having lost one or both parent to AIDS (orphans) or are currently living with a HIV-positive parent (vulnerable children)
Exclusion Criteria:
- children living in centralized care setting;
- known HIV-infection;
- physical illness and developmental disability (e.g., severe mental retardation) that prevent them from engaging routine daily activities;
- plan to permanently relocate outside of the province within a year.
Sites / Locations
- University of South Carolina
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
No Intervention
Child-only Intervention
Child+Caregiver Intervention
Child+Caregiver+Community Intervention
Attention Control
The children in this arm will receive only child intervention curriculum (peer group activities). The child intervention includes 20 hours of facilitator-guided programming delivered in 10 sessions in a peer-group setting and aims to increase resilience by developing a number of skills including positive thinking, emotional regulation, coping, and problem solving.
The children in this arm will receive child intervention and their caregivers will receive the caregiver intervention, At the caregiver level, caregivers receive 10 hours of facilitator-guided programming delivered in five sessions that aims to increase positive parenting skills and build the capacity of the caregiver to engage in self-care and seek support.
The children in this arm will received child intervention; their family will receive caregiver intervention and community-based intervention. At the community level, trained community advocates (e.g., teachers, village nurses) conduct monthly home visits and organize a series of community-based activities over a period of two years to promote cohesion and strength within local communities and to increase community support for affected families.
Children and caregivers who do not receive any intervention activities