Perceived social support disparities among children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
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Auteurs : Paul Narh Doku [Ghana] ; John Enoch Dotse [Ghana] ; Kofi Akohene Mensah [Ghana]Source :
- BMC Public Health [ 1471-2458 ] ; 2015.
Abstract
The study investigated whether perceived social support varied among children who have lost their parents to AIDS, those who have lost their parents to other causes, those who are living with HIV/AIDS-infected caregivers and children from intact families (comparison group).
This study employed cross-sectional, quantitative survey that involved 291 children aged 10–18 years in the Lower Manya Krobo District of Ghana and examined their social support disparities.
Multivariate linear regressions indicate that children living with HIV/AIDS-infected caregivers reported significantly lower levels of social support compared with AIDS-orphaned children, other-orphaned children and non-orphaned children independent of socio-demographic covariates. Children who have lost their parents to other causes and other-orphaned children reported similar levels of social support. In terms of sources of support, all children orphans and vulnerable children were more likely to draw support from friends and significant others rather than from the family.
The findings indicate a need to develop interventions that can increase levels of social support for orphaned and vulnerable children within the context of HIV/AIDS in Ghana, particularly networks that include the family.
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1856-5
PubMed: 26048140
PubMed Central: 4457987
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cross-sectional survey</title><author><name sortKey="Doku, Paul Narh" sort="Doku, Paul Narh" uniqKey="Doku P" first="Paul Narh" last="Doku">Paul Narh Doku</name><affiliation wicri:level="4"><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana</nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Ghana</country><wicri:regionArea>Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon</wicri:regionArea><orgName type="university">Université du Ghana</orgName><placeName><settlement type="city">Accra</settlement><settlement type="town">Legon (Ghana)</settlement><region type="region">Région du Grand Accra</region></placeName></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Dotse, John Enoch" sort="Dotse, John Enoch" uniqKey="Dotse J" first="John Enoch" last="Dotse">John Enoch Dotse</name><affiliation wicri:level="4"><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana</nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Ghana</country><wicri:regionArea>Department of Psychology, University 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other-orphaned children and non-orphaned children independent of socio-demographic covariates. Children who have lost their parents to other causes and other-orphaned children reported similar levels of social support. In terms of sources of support, all children orphans and vulnerable children were more likely to draw support from friends and significant others rather than from the family.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>The findings indicate a need to develop interventions that can increase levels of social support for orphaned and vulnerable children within the context of HIV/AIDS in Ghana, particularly networks that include the family.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Cluver, L" uniqKey="Cluver L">L Cluver</name></author><author><name sortKey="Gardner, F" uniqKey="Gardner F">F Gardner</name></author><author><name sortKey="Operario, D" uniqKey="Operario D">D Operario</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Robson, E" uniqKey="Robson E">E Robson</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Guterman, Nb" uniqKey="Guterman N">NB 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">BMC Public Health</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">BMC Public Health</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>BMC Public Health</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1471-2458</issn><publisher><publisher-name>BioMed Central</publisher-name><publisher-loc>London</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">26048140</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4457987</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1856</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1186/s12889-015-1856-5</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Perceived social support disparities among children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Doku</surname><given-names>Paul Narh</given-names></name><address><email>pndoku@ug.edu.gh</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dotse</surname><given-names>John Enoch</given-names></name><address><email>Johnoch04@yahoo.com</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mensah</surname><given-names>Kofi Akohene</given-names></name><address><email>akohenemensah@yahoo.com</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><aff id="Aff1">Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>6</day><month>6</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>6</day><month>6</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><elocation-id>538</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>28</day><month>10</month><year>2014</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>19</day><month>5</month><year>2015</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© Doku et al. 2015</copyright-statement><license license-type="open-access"><license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ext-link>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</ext-link>) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Background</title><p>The study investigated whether perceived social support varied among children who have lost their parents to AIDS, those who have lost their parents to other causes, those who are living with HIV/AIDS-infected caregivers and children from intact families (comparison group).</p></sec><sec><title>Method</title><p>This study employed cross-sectional, quantitative survey that involved 291 children aged 10–18 years in the Lower Manya Krobo District of Ghana and examined their social support disparities.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Multivariate linear regressions indicate that children living with HIV/AIDS-infected caregivers reported significantly lower levels of social support compared with AIDS-orphaned children, other-orphaned children and non-orphaned children independent of socio-demographic covariates. Children who have lost their parents to other causes and other-orphaned children reported similar levels of social support. In terms of sources of support, all children orphans and vulnerable children were more likely to draw support from friends and significant others rather than from the family.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>The findings indicate a need to develop interventions that can increase levels of social support for orphaned and vulnerable children within the context of HIV/AIDS in Ghana, particularly networks that include the family.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Perceived social support</kwd><kwd>Orphaned children</kwd><kwd>HIV/AIDS</kwd><kwd>Ghana</kwd></kwd-group><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>issue-copyright-statement</meta-name><meta-value>© The Author(s) 2015</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta></front></pmc><affiliations><list><country><li>Ghana</li></country><region><li>Région du Grand Accra</li></region><settlement><li>Accra</li><li>Legon (Ghana)</li></settlement><orgName><li>Université du Ghana</li></orgName></list><tree><country name="Ghana"><region name="Région du Grand Accra"><name sortKey="Doku, Paul Narh" sort="Doku, Paul Narh" uniqKey="Doku P" first="Paul Narh" last="Doku">Paul Narh Doku</name></region><name sortKey="Dotse, John Enoch" sort="Dotse, John Enoch" uniqKey="Dotse J" first="John Enoch" last="Dotse">John Enoch Dotse</name><name sortKey="Mensah, Kofi Akohene" sort="Mensah, Kofi Akohene" uniqKey="Mensah K" first="Kofi Akohene" last="Mensah">Kofi Akohene Mensah</name></country></tree></affiliations></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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