Report of research supported by Save the Children Fund (UK) that piloted research techniques, for use with children to understand the psychological, social and economic dimensions of the impact on them and their families of HIV/AIDS.
Brief report on the methodology and findings of a research project carried out to examine the impact of HIV/AIDS on the lives of children on a commercial farm. The coping mechanisms used by families and children of both AIDs and non-AIDs affected families were investigated and also the pathways of vulnerability to HIV/AIDs infection. The roles of eduation, the AIDS awareness campaigns and economic insecurity in increasing vulnerability were considered.