TY - JOUR
T1 - Imagining the future
T2 - Community perceptions of a family-based economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-orphaned adolescents in Uganda
AU - Ismayilova, Leyla
AU - Ssewamala, Fred
AU - Mooers, Elizabeth
AU - Nabunya, Proscovia
AU - Sheshadri, Srividya
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - AIDS-orphaned children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to basic services, including health and education. Using a qualitative approach, the study explores the meaning of education in rural Uganda, obstacles faced by AIDS-orphaned adolescents and their caregivers to access secondary education, and the potential of an economic empowerment intervention SEED in addressing the challenges of accessing educational opportunities for AIDS-orphaned adolescents. The findings come from 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with eleven adolescents study participants, four caregivers and fourteen community leaders involved in the pilot SEED intervention. Study participants and community members indicated that the savings accounts offer a unique opportunity for orphaned adolescents to stay in school and imagine the future with optimism.
AB - AIDS-orphaned children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to basic services, including health and education. Using a qualitative approach, the study explores the meaning of education in rural Uganda, obstacles faced by AIDS-orphaned adolescents and their caregivers to access secondary education, and the potential of an economic empowerment intervention SEED in addressing the challenges of accessing educational opportunities for AIDS-orphaned adolescents. The findings come from 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with eleven adolescents study participants, four caregivers and fourteen community leaders involved in the pilot SEED intervention. Study participants and community members indicated that the savings accounts offer a unique opportunity for orphaned adolescents to stay in school and imagine the future with optimism.
KW - AIDS-orphaned adolescents
KW - Community perceptions
KW - Economic-empowerment intervention
KW - Orphan children
KW - Qualitative study
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84865122082
U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.06.010
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.06.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84865122082
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 34
SP - 2042
EP - 2051
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
IS - 10
ER -