wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/72fc16eaf778d5db816019474a2869ff-fauk-nelsensius-kla/info.yaml

abstract: 'Background: The purpose of this study was to understand the strategies

  employed by families that adopt Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

  (AIDS)-orphaned children (Adoptive families) for coping with and

  mitigating the impact of AIDS in Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania. High

  numbers of AIDS orphaned children aged below 18 years in Mbeya Region

  have led to increasing the burden of families caring for them.

  Understanding the coping strategies and impact mitigation activities

  employed by adoptive families is important in order to develop

  programmes to help them.

  Methods: This study employed a qualitative method for data collection

  (one-on-one in-depth interviews). The respondents included 12 male and 8

  female heads of families that provide essential care for AIDS-orphaned

  children in Mbeya Rural District in Tanzania. The framework approach was

  used to analyse the data that were collected from 15 July to 15 August

  2010.

  Results: The study findings revealed that adoptive families faced

  several challenges including financial constraints due to increased

  needs for basic essentials such as health care expenses, school fees and

  food. Further impacts on adoptive families included shortage of work

  opportunities and limited time to address these challenges. To mitigate

  these challenges, adoptive families employed a range of coping

  strategies including selling family assets and renting out parts of

  cultivable land for extra cash. Task reallocation which involved the

  AIDS-orphaned children entering the labour force was also employed as a

  strategy to mitigate challenges and involved de-enrolling of children

  from schools so they could take part in income-generating activities in

  order to earn supplementary family income. The creation of additional

  income-generating activities such as poultry farming were other coping

  mechanisms employed, and these received support from both

  non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governmental organisations,

  including the Isangati Agricultural Development Organization (local NGO)

  and the local government respectively.

  Conclusions: The current study identified challenges that adoptive

  families as well as the AIDS- orphaned children themselves faced in

  Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania. Recognition of these issues highlights

  the need for targeted interventions to address the underlying social

  determinants of human immunodeficiency virus or HIV and AIDS in affected

  populations in order to prevent further imposition of social, cultural

  and economic disadvantages on families that provide care for

  AIDS-orphaned children and the children themselves. These findings may

  prove useful in provoking discussions that may lead to HIV/AIDS

  prevention and the development of broader mitigation strategies to

  alleviate the impact of this scourge on families and communities in

  rural Tanzania, and in similar settings across the world.'
affiliation: 'Mwanri, L (Corresponding Author), Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Hlth
  Sci, Discipline Publ Hlth, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Fauk, Nelsensius Klau, Inst Resource Governance \& Social Change, Jl R W Monginsidi
  II,2 Kel Kelapa Lima, Kupang, Nusa Tenggara T, Indonesia.

  Mwakinyali, Silivano Edson, Natl Food Reserve Agcy, POB 5384, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

  Putra, Sukma, Binus Univ Int, Jl Hang Lekir I 6, Jakarta 10270, Indonesia.

  Mwanri, Lillian, Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Hlth Sci, Discipline Publ Hlth,
  GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.'
article-number: '21'
author: Fauk, Nelsensius Klau and Mwakinyali, Silivano Edson and Putra, Sukma and
  Mwanri, Lillian
author-email: lillian.mwanri@flinders.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Fauk
  given: Nelsensius Klau
- family: Mwakinyali
  given: Silivano Edson
- family: Putra
  given: Sukma
- family: Mwanri
  given: Lillian
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0233-7
eissn: 2049-9957
files: []
issn: 2095-5162
journal: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY
keywords: 'Adoptive families; AIDS-orphaned children; Coping strategies; HIV; AIDS;

  Mbeya Rural District; Tanzania'
keywords-plus: IMPACT; HIV/AIDS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; SUPPORT; LABOR; CARE
language: English
month: FEB 7
number-of-cited-references: '62'
orcid-numbers: 'Fauk, Nelsensius/0000-0002-1325-2640

  Mwanri, Lillian/0000-0002-5792-7785'
papis_id: 60d8e7e9620e1903dfe2c24bd75d1b1f
ref: Fauk2017understandingstrateg
researcherid-numbers: 'Fauk, Nelsensius/L-8024-2015

  Mwanri, Lillian/AGG-3711-2022'
times-cited: '8'
title: 'Understanding the strategies employed to cope with increased numbers of AIDS-orphaned
  children in families in rural settings: a case of Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000394300900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '6'
web-of-science-categories: Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Tropical Medicine
year: '2017'