Researchers and aid organizations have reported that orphans in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. This article is a review of qualitative studies …

Over the last three decades, 35 million people have died of AIDS. As a result, HIV/AIDS has
brought about a significant reduction in human capital, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa …

Background The emergence of a large population of orphaned youth in sub-Saharan Africa
is due to the natural maturity of orphaned children. Research indicates that orphaned youth …

This paper explores two orphaned girls' accounts of victimization and vulnerability to child
sexual abuse in their family homes. Interviews with these girls revealed a trend of neglect …

In June 2010, we conducted a qualitative participatory research study to explore the
experience of orphaned, HIV seropositive children who live in a group home in semi-urban …

Psychosocial wellbeing is among the important components of the general wellbeing of an
individual and crucial for children's survival and development. The current study aimed at …

Background Bereaved people need a supportive response from those around them.
Knowing children's and surviving parents9 needs following parental death is the first step to …

The aim of this study was to explore how older orphans in youth-headed households (YHHs)
experience and respond to maternal death and to examine the strategies they employ to …

Purpose The study aims to understand how enacted stigma influences bereavement coping
at the style (scale) level and the specific pathways at the strategy (item) level. Methods The …

The paper examines the relationship between migration, the reconstruction of motherhood
as identity and the transnational mothering role. The complexification of the mothering role …