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KenyaOrphan Status, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Rural Kenya
Objective: To examine orphan status, mental health, social support, and HIV risk among adolescents in rural Kenya. Methods: Randomly selected adolescents aged 10–18…
Orphan Status, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Rural Kenya
Objective To examine orphan status, mental health, social support, and HIV risk among adolescents in rural Kenya. Methods Randomly selected adolescents aged 10–18…
Health and nutritional status of orphans <6 years old cared for by relatives in western Kenya
One of the consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is the increase in the number of orphans, estimated to have reached 6–11% of children
Impact of Domestic Care Environment on Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Orphans in Western Kenya
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic…
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (CT-OVC), KENYA
Kenya has been seriously affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It has increased the number of orphans in the country and also the vulnerability of affected households,…
Do Orphans And Vulnerable Children Have A Future? A Critical Analysis of Community-Based Social Protection Systems in Kenya
Globally, widespread increase of adversities such as chronic poverty and Hiv/Aids have increased the number of orphans and vulnerable children, thereby threatening…
An investigation of factors leading to children becoming orphans and social problems orphans face in Limuru area
The care and support provision for orphans and vulnerable children is among of the greatest challenges that face Kenya today; it is estimated that about 2.4 million…
Factors Influencing Implementation Of Orphan And Vulnerable Children Projects In Igembe North Sub-county, Meru County, Kenya.
Project ideas have been suggested; some ideas so superior that if implemented through project work could positively change people’s lives. However, such ideas remain…
A Child's Right to Participation: Photovoice as Methodology for Documenting the Experiences of Children Living in Kenyan Orphanages
Through ethnographic research, including participatory photography or “photovoice,” this research project explored the changing landscape of childhood faced by…
Set up to Fail: Inadequate Educational Support for Orphans in Central Kenya
In response to Kenya’s goal of free and universal primary education for every child by 2015, this paper describes a few of the obstacles that one of the most visible…
Psychosocial Effects of Traumatic Experiences in Children Living In Orphanages: A Selected Case of Kings Kid Village and Our Home Child Care Center in Nairobi County, Kenya
This study explored the psychosocial effects of traumatic experiences in children living in two orphanages: Kings Kid Village and Our Home Child Care Center in…
Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes among Urban Poor Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya
The study examines the relationship between orphanhood status and nutritional status and food security among children living in the rapidly growing and uniquely…
The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable children: cross-sectional comparison of household and individual characteristics of those with and without
Background: The ‘Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children’ (CT-OVC) in Kenya is a government-supported program intended to provide regular and predictable…
“Retirement lost”—the new role of the elderly as caretakers for orphans in western Kenya
A study on the new role of the elderly as caretakers of orphans was conducted in a rural part of Kenya applying a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods.…
kenya’s cash transfer program: pro- tecting the health and human rights of orphans and vulnerable children
In Kenya, as in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa heavily burdened by HIV/ AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) face poverty and despair. There is an…
Protecting rights of orphan and vulnerable children: no substitute for community action in Nyanza, Kenya Get access Arrow
This article focuses on the plight of orphans of HIV and AIDS victims and other vulnerable children in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It draws upon participatory…