Psychology, Cognitive Science, Health Psychology, and Curriculum and Pedagogy

Publication Date: 2012

Publication Name: Journal of Health Psychology

Health Promotion, Public health systems and services research, and Curriculum and Pedagogy

Publication Date: 2013

Publication Name: Health Promotion International

Development Practice

Publication Date: 2013

Publication Name: Development in Practice

Major changes in UNAIDS international policy and treatment guidelines from 2010 to 11 still need to be correspondingly translated into policy and practice at national and local in-country levels. This special issue ha... more abstractMajor changes in UNAIDS international policy and treatment guidelines from 2010 to 11 still need to be correspondingly translated into policy and practice at national and local in-country levels. This special issue has drawn on social determinants of health (SDH) perspective to investigate how better to provide HIV and health services to affected children and youth. The articles featured here give examples of how a SDH perspective not only supports flexible and coordinated in-country service provision, but also fits well with UNAIDS' broader policy goals for the eradication of HIV and AIDS through the “Getting to Zero” policy campaign. We call for the widespread adoption of a SDH-based framework for policy, programming, and funding at all levels, to advance the UNAIDS policy goals of increased HIV service usage and decreased HIV rates in children and youth, as well as in all populations globally.

HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS policy, and HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Global Health

Youth in Zimbabwe are at a high risk of being AIDS-infected, AIDS-affected, or orphaned. Stigma and negative representations of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) inhibit community efforts to provide optimal suppor... more abstractYouth in Zimbabwe are at a high risk of being AIDS-infected, AIDS-affected, or orphaned. Stigma and negative representations of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) inhibit community efforts to provide optimal support to HIV-positive children and children caring for HIV-positive family members; it is particularly detrimental to their health and wellbeing when compounded with other sources of struggles and hardship. Our work recognizes children's perspectives, agency, and unique coping strategies and seeks to ...

Social Capital

Publication Date: 2011

Publication Name: Social capital and AIDS competent communities: evidence from eastern Zimbabwe

Contents: Technical report 2: Church responses to HIV in Zimbabwe: To what extent are the Anglican, Apostolic and Catholic churches supportive of HIV care, treatment and prevention? Technical report 3: In what way do ... more abstractContents: Technical report 2: Church responses to HIV in Zimbabwe: To what extent are the Anglican, Apostolic and Catholic churches supportive of HIV care, treatment and prevention? Technical report 3: In what way do formal community groups impact HIV-related behaviours? The role of social capital in building HIV competence in rural Zimbabwe. Technical report 4: In what ways do community groups support optimal access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Zimbabwe? Technical report 5: Grassroots ...

Publisher: The London School of Economics and Political Science

Publication Date: 2011

Reporting on local experiences of a community-led cash transfer programme in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, this qualitative study reports on a thematic network analysis of the perspectives of 58 adults and 4 children... more abstractReporting on local experiences of a community-led cash transfer programme in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, this qualitative study reports on a thematic network analysis of the perspectives of 58 adults and 4 children (age 14-15) who participated in 35 structured individual interviews (av. 40 min.) and three focus group discussions (av. 94 min.)(see Table below). Interviews were conducted in Shona, translated and transcribed into English. Transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis and coding to generate concepts.

Publication Date: 2012

Publication Name: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY

Page 1. Unearthing Environmental Citizens: Exploring the Representations and Agency of Ethiopian Students in Addis Ababa Eleanor Campbell (1) Morten Skovdal (1) Catherine Campbell (1) (1) Institute of Social Psycholog... more abstractPage 1. Unearthing Environmental Citizens: Exploring the Representations and Agency of Ethiopian Students in Addis Ababa Eleanor Campbell (1) Morten Skovdal (1) Catherine Campbell (1) (1) Institute of Social Psychology, London School of Economics 1 Page 2. Abstract ...

Publication Name: biea.ac.uk

Children living in households affected by HIV face numerous challenges as they take on significant household-sustaining and caregiving roles, often in conditions of poverty. To respond to their hardships, we must iden... more abstractChildren living in households affected by HIV face numerous challenges as they take on significant household-sustaining and caregiving roles, often in conditions of poverty. To respond to their hardships, we must identify and understand the support systems they are already part of. For this reason, and to emphasise the agentic capabilities of children, this article explores how vulnerable children cope with hardship through peer social capital. The study draws on the perspectives of 48 HIV-affected and caregiving children who through PhotoVoice and draw-and-write exercises produced 184 photographs and 56 drawings, each accompanied with a written reflection. The themes emerging from the essays reveal that schools provide children with a useful platform to establish and draw on a mix of friendship structures. The children were found to strategically establish formalised friendship groups that have the explicit purpose of members supporting each other during times of hardship. The children also formed more natural friendship groups based on mutual attraction, with the implicit expectation that they will help each other out during times of hardship. In practice, the study found that children help each other through sharing (e.g. schools material and food) as well as through practical support (e.g. with domestic duties, securing food, and income-generation) - thus demonstrating that children are able to both accumulate and benefit from 'peer social capital.' The study concludes that a key coping strategy of HIV-affected and caregiving children is to mobilise and participate in friendship groups which are characterised by sharing and reciprocity of support. Development responses to support children affected by the HIV epidemic need to take heed of children's ability to draw on peer social capital.

Publication Date: 2012