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Project Started : January 2003
Project Ends : Ongoing
Lead Researcher : Tim Quinlan
Project Donor : Achwrp donor; National institutes of health and the JFA
Overview
The project's two core aims are:
- Document the consequences of parental deaths from AIDS for the welfare of AIDS orphans and for other children in households that care for orphans;
- Use research information with appropriate governmental and non-governmental agencies to construct a coherent district-level child welfare management plan.
The Field Trial
The objectives are:
- To describe the impact of a parental death on household composition and on the children’s residency and migration experiences
- To measure the impact of orphans on household economic welfare
- To describe and measure differences between orphaned children and a) non-orphaned children in the same household; and b) non-orphaned children in households without orphans in the domains of:
- Educational access and attainment
- Health and risk behaviour
- Psychosocial welfare
Associated Contextual studies :
- Beard, J. 2005. HIV/AIDS Curriculum and Support Services in the Amajuba Public School System.
- [in progress] Gaylard, S. 2006. The needs of, and care for, orphaned and other vulnerable children in Amajuba in the context of HIV/AIDS: Perceptions of child welfare organisations.
- Casale, M. 2006. Bridging the gap between researchers and policymakers. Report for the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme of the ODI.
- Jurgensen, M. 2003. Somatic and psychological health of orphans and vulnerable children in a context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic - a case study of needs and services in one locality in South Africa.
- Wan-Ju, W. 2005. Public Sector Rollout of Antiretroviral Therapy in Amajuba District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Social Marketing Strategy
- Child welfare is the product/service to be marketed
- Orphans and vulnerable children in the district are the primary target audience - as beneficiaries of the programme
- Government and NGO/CBO agencies are the secondary target audience - as conduits through which to achieve benefits for orphans and vulnerable children
- Social marketing entails achieving voluntary 'behaviour change' by government and NGO/CBO agencies, whereby planning of child welfare management in the district changes from a HEARD-driven and/or uncoordinated process, to a coordinated government/agency driven process
Outputs and Activities
- Click here to view the multimedia piece, Keeping the Promises.
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