TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping
T2 - A challenge for guardians of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in a South African township
AU - Kiggundu, Edith
AU - Oldewage-Theron, Wilna
N1 - Funding Information:
Before conducting the cross-sectional baseline survey, the researchers visited this HIV/ AIDS centre to introduce themselves, make observations, and explain the objectives of the project to the elderly people attending the centre and obtain their consent to take part. Approval from the Ethics Committee of the University of the Witwatersrand was granted unconditionally.1 The study met the Medical Research Council guidelines for research in human beings. Participation was voluntary, and respondents could withdraw at any time. Their written consent, or fingerprint for illiterate respondents, was obtained, and anonymity and confidentiality were ensured as they were allocated numbers and no names were used.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The main objective of this study, part of an investigation into the health of guardians of HIV/AIDS orphans, was to explore the guardians' coping mechanisms. Previous research has shown that there is a relationship between the use of social support networks and the guardians' ability to cope with the challenges of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans. Data were collected by means of a socio-demographic questionnaire and individual semi-structured interviews with guardians who attend a support group organised by a non-governmental organisation in Alexandra, the oldest township in Gauteng and a very poor area of South Africa. The article concludes that harnessing social support networks is an effective strategy that could help guardians cope with the challenges of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans.
AB - The main objective of this study, part of an investigation into the health of guardians of HIV/AIDS orphans, was to explore the guardians' coping mechanisms. Previous research has shown that there is a relationship between the use of social support networks and the guardians' ability to cope with the challenges of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans. Data were collected by means of a socio-demographic questionnaire and individual semi-structured interviews with guardians who attend a support group organised by a non-governmental organisation in Alexandra, the oldest township in Gauteng and a very poor area of South Africa. The article concludes that harnessing social support networks is an effective strategy that could help guardians cope with the challenges of caring for HIV/AIDS orphans.
KW - Coping mechanisms
KW - Guardians
KW - HIV/AIDS orphans
KW - Social support networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349739197&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03768350903086754
DO - 10.1080/03768350903086754
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349739197
VL - 26
SP - 383
EP - 397
JO - Development Southern Africa
JF - Development Southern Africa
SN - 0376-835X
IS - 3
ER -