Journal article
The orphaning experience: descriptions from Ugandan youth who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS
Abstract
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has continued to pose significant challenges to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Millions of African children and youth have lost parents to HIV/AIDS leaving a generation of orphans to be cared for within extended family systems and communities. The experiences of youth who have lost parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic provide an important ingress into this complex, evolving, multi-dimensional phenomenon. A fundamental …
Authors
Harms S; Jack S; Ssebunnya J; Kizza R
Journal
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Vol. 4, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2010
DOI
10.1186/1753-2000-4-6
ISSN
1753-2000