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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'
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type: article
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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'