Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say?

dc.contributor.authorBrandt, René
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T10:37:23Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T10:37:23Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2016-05-03T10:35:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper outlines the findings of the psychosocial and psychological literature on the impact of mothers and primary caregivers’ HIV infection on maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment. Drawing on an ecological approach, the paper outlines a model that both demonstrates the link between parental HIV/AIDS and child outcome, and examines the pathways that account for this relationship. These include personal, familial and environmental factors. Some of the key findings that emerge from the literature are that children of HIV positive mothers are at greater risk for emotional and psychological problems than children of uninfected mothers, especially internalising problems such as depression. However, children in poor, affected communities also experience detrimental developmental effects, indicating that HIV/AIDS typically serves as an added stressor in already at-risk communities. Further, disruptions to parental monitoring and the quality of the parent-child relationship are a key pathway whereby these impacts are felt, and are more likely where maternal HIV infection has progressed to AIDS. It is recommended that policy responses take cognisance of children’s contexts and the pathways to child outcomes when attempting to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBrandt, R. (2005). <i>Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19372en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBrandt, René <i>Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19372en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBrandt, R. (2005). maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: what does the psychological literature say?. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Brandt, René AB - This paper outlines the findings of the psychosocial and psychological literature on the impact of mothers and primary caregivers’ HIV infection on maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment. Drawing on an ecological approach, the paper outlines a model that both demonstrates the link between parental HIV/AIDS and child outcome, and examines the pathways that account for this relationship. These include personal, familial and environmental factors. Some of the key findings that emerge from the literature are that children of HIV positive mothers are at greater risk for emotional and psychological problems than children of uninfected mothers, especially internalising problems such as depression. However, children in poor, affected communities also experience detrimental developmental effects, indicating that HIV/AIDS typically serves as an added stressor in already at-risk communities. Further, disruptions to parental monitoring and the quality of the parent-child relationship are a key pathway whereby these impacts are felt, and are more likely where maternal HIV infection has progressed to AIDS. It is recommended that policy responses take cognisance of children’s contexts and the pathways to child outcomes when attempting to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say? TI - Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19372 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19372
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBrandt R. Maternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say?. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19372en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
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dc.sourceCentre for Social Science Research
dc.source.urihttp://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/
dc.subject.otherHIV infection
dc.subject.otherMaternal well-being
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDS
dc.titleMaternal well-being, childcare and child adjustment in the context of HIV/AIDS: What does the psychological literature say?en_ZA
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