AEGiS-14IAC: A pilot study for children iInfected/affected by HIV/AIDS an impact study.

14th International AIDS Conference


Barcelona, Spain - July 7-12, 2002

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A pilot study for children iInfected/affected by HIV/AIDS an impact study.

Int Conf AIDS 2002 Jul 7-12; 14:(abstract no. E11468)

Wessels CC
University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

BACKGROUND: The South African Cabinet approved a special allocation to finance the integrated approached to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It was agreed that the focus of the plan should be on children and youth. The overall goal of the plan is to ensure access to an appropriate and effective integrated system of prevention, care and support services for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through different programmes. The aim of the impact evaluation was to assess the imact or effect of the care and support on the families who participated in the pilot project.

METHODS: A decision was taken that the impact evaluation would be conducted on a sample size of 10% of the participants that qualifeid for the pilot project. The following measuring instruments were used:1)A questionnare that deals with different needs of the family 2)Quality to live inventory 3)Coping Operations Preference Enquiry 4) The General Health Questionnaire 5)Hunger Scale Questionnaire.

RESULTS: The majority of households knewy the patients status 12 months or longer. The majority of households were not working. Family members support them. Disclosure is a Obstacle that needs to be overcome. A need exists on education about prevention, nursing, medication and nutrition. The majority of the children attended school. The quality of life of the participants increased. This might be due to the financial support received by thye families. Families were better equipped to cope with their illness after the start of home based care. Somatic symptoms, anxiety, insomnia, dysfunction and severe depression were lower after the start of the home based care project. The families received funds and food vouchers. Research indicated that the risk of hunger decreased.

CONCLUSIONS: More families must participated. Those who participated benefited from this project. Valuable lessens were learnt.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Pilot Projects, HIV Seropositivity, Family, Family Characteristics, Questionnaires, Child, Human, EconomicsKWDaegis,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,hivinfections,pilotprojects,hivseropositivity,family,familycharacteristics,questionnaires,child,human,economics

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