Gender psychosocial health of children orphaned by AIDS

Autor:	Francis N. Onuoha, Tsunetsugu Munakata
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Child abuse Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Social stigma media_common.quotation_subject Self-esteem Distress Social support Foster care Developmental and Educational Psychology Social determinants of health Psychology Psychosocial Clinical psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 5:256-267
ISSN:	1745-0136 1745-0128
DOI:	10.1080/17450128.2010.498903
Popis:	Gender, defined as sex difference between females and males, is central to social health policy, plan and care for all [WHO. (2001). The world health report 2001. Geneva: WHO]. But there are limited data on the gender social health of orphans and vulnerable children who may require these social health programs most. This article examines gender psychosocial health outcomes in sub-Saharan African children (n = 952). The design had children orphaned by AIDS (n = 185), those orphaned by other causes (n = 475) and those whose parents were living (n = 292). Participants' grand age mean = 13.59 (SD = 2.34), mode = 14 years. Perceived child abuse, anxiety, depression, social discrimination, parental/foster care, self-esteem and social support measures estimated psychosocial health. The gender ANOVA showed that AIDS-orphaned boys scored highest distress psychosocial health factors. So did AIDS-orphaned girls. However, between girls and boys in each of the three groups, no significant gender difference was observe...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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