Doing Childhoods in the Context of HIV and AIDS: Young Children in Early Schooling Speak

This study investigated children's experiences and understandings of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Grade 3 children (n=31) from the province of KwaZulu-Natal aged between 8-11 years were participants in the study. Data were collected through a four-stage focus group process including activities such a...

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Published in:Journal of psychology in Africa 2008-01, Vol.18 (3), p.385-391
Main Authors: Muthukrishna, Nithi, Tshauka, Fundisa, Ebrahim, Hasina, Mbatha, Thabile, Ntoi, Vuyelwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
AIDS
Childhood
Cognitive development
Data analysis
discourses
Early childhood
Epidemiology
Focus groups
Health education
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Illness
participatory research
Psychology
young children
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Summary:This study investigated children's experiences and understandings of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Grade 3 children (n=31) from the province of KwaZulu-Natal aged between 8-11 years were participants in the study. Data were collected through a four-stage focus group process including activities such as diagrammatic mapping, drawing, timelines, projective techniques and ranking exercises. The findings suggest that the meanings children make about HIV and AIDS are contextual and situational. Moreover, the contexts in which children live act as power sites where struggles over meaning and meaning making occur.
ISSN:1433-0237
1815-5626
DOI:10.1080/14330237.2008.10820214