Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS : global issues and policy responses / / Ruth Evans and Saul Becker [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778488103321
• Autore: Evans Ruth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-4473-0176-5; 1-84742-021-4; 1-282-30421-6; 9786612304217; 1-84742-370-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 614.599392
• Soggetti: AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Care; Children of AIDS patients
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-335) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Children's and young people's caring responsibilities within the family -- ; 2. HIV and the family -- ; 3. Reflexivity, methodology and ethics: the research process -- ; 4. Living with HIV and the effects on family life: parents' narratives -- ; 5. Children's and young people's care work in households affected by HIV and AIDS -- ; 6. Resilience and impacts of care work for individual young people and their families -- ; 7. Resilience and impacts of young people's care work within the school and wider community -- ; 8. The role of formal safety nets in building children's and families' resilience -- ; 9. Global and local processes influencing young people's caring roles in families affected by HIV and AIDS -- ; 10. Responding to the support needs of children and young people caring for parents with HIV.
• Sommario/riassunto: This ground-breaking book focuses on the experiences and perspectives of children that are caring for a parent with HIV in the global North and South. Drawing on original research data, this book presents a unique insight into the similarities and differences in children's experiences across diverse socio-economic, cultural and welfare contexts. This book makes a significant contribution to the ; growing research evidence on children with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally. It examines the impacts of caregiving within families affected by HIV/AIDS; children's and families' resilience; the factors influencing whether children become involved in care work; and local and global policy responses. Additionally, it provides the accounts of parents living with HIV and service providers working with families. This book will be of interest to policymakers and practitioners in HIV/AIDS, and to researchers, academics and students concerned with international development; social policy; childhood and youth studies; social work; health and social care; education; children's services; and, nursing and palliative care.