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Final report: Newcastle social marketing project, Phase 2 of the Amajuba Child Health and Well-Being Research Project (ACHWRP)

Final report: Newcastle social marketing project, Phase 2 of the Amajuba Child Health and Well-Being Research Project (ACHWRP)

The Amajuba Child Health and Wellbeing Research project (ACHWRP) was located in the Amajuba district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and was in operation from 2003 through to 2010. The ACHWRP had two aims. The first aim was to document and compare the material and psychosocial welfare of orphans and non-orphans in a locality via three annual surveys of approximately 700 children and their caregivers. The second aim was to facilitate, via an integrated research and management methodology, the development of a coherent district child welfare management plan (SCWMP).The project was evaluated in terms of performance relative to the envisage time frame, performance on key outputs, performance on process, opportunities for future experimental research and finally, relevance of project to HEARD’s future goals. This report is structured to provide a summary of essential information on the Amajuba Social Marketing Project (SMP), and contains a detailed body of supporting project material attached for reference purposes

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