A Novel Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risks Among School-Going AIDS Orphans in Rural Uganda

Abstract This study tested an economic intervention to reduce HIV risks among AIDS-orphaned adolescents. Adolescents (n = 96) were randomly assigned to receive the intervention or usual care for orphans in Uganda. Data obtained at baseline and 12-month follow-up revealed significant differences betw...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent health 2008, Vol.42 (1), p.102-104
Main Authors: Ssewamala, Fred M., Ph.D, Alicea, Stacey, M.P.H, Bannon, William M., Ph.D, Ismayilova, Leyla, M.S.W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Africa
AIDS orphan care and support
AIDS orphaned adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Orphaned - psychology
Child, Orphaned - statistics & numerical data
Economic intervention
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion - economics
Health Promotion - methods
HIV
HIV Infections - economics
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
International
Intervention
Male
Medical sciences
Orphans
Pediatrics
Poverty
Prevention and actions
Preventive programmes
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
Rural Health Services - economics
Rural Health Services - organization & administration
School Health Services - economics
School Health Services - organization & administration
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Students - psychology
Uganda
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:Abstract This study tested an economic intervention to reduce HIV risks among AIDS-orphaned adolescents. Adolescents (n = 96) were randomly assigned to receive the intervention or usual care for orphans in Uganda. Data obtained at baseline and 12-month follow-up revealed significant differences between the treatment and control groups in HIV prevention attitudes and educational planning.
ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.011