Cash transfers and caregivers: working together to reduce vulnerability and HIV risk among adolescent girls in Johannesburg, South Africa
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1 janvier 2021
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adolescent girls adolescent HIV risk caregivers child support grant cash transfers vulnerability and HIV riskSujets proches
Family caregivers Informal caregivers Care givers Carers Home health caregivers Adolescent girls Female adolescentsCiter ce document
Naomi Hill et al., « Cash transfers and caregivers: working together to reduce vulnerability and HIV risk among adolescent girls in Johannesburg, South Africa », Social Work, ID : 10670/1.js9230
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In South Africa adolescent girls have the highest HIV incidence of any sex or age cohort. Scalable HIV-prevention interventions targeting this group are critical for epidemic control. Reaching 12.2 million children, the Child Support Grant mitigates the socio-structural drivers of HIV risk. This qualitative study of eight adolescents and their caregivers in Westbury, Johannesburg, explored how caregiving increases protective potential. 'Caregiving' enhanced the HIV risk-reduction benefits of 'cash' when characterised by substantial positive caregiver-adolescent involvement and adequate levels of control and consistency. Results underpin the value of social protection as an HIV-prevention modality and endorse investment in caregiver support programmes.