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10 Child vulnerability and community coping mechanisms
(Routledge, 2010-09-30)
In the wider literature regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, many empirical studies have discussed child vulnerability as a general condition that requires intervention through appropriate responses (Hunter and ...
Ethical dilemmas of social science research on AIDS and orphanhood in Western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2008-09-01)
This paper is based on the experiences drawn from a long-term social science research programme on the impact of the AIDS pandemic on orphanhood in western Kenya. It discusses the ethical dilemma of maintaining a delicate ...
Sharing Food: Grandmothers and “The Children of Today” in Western Kenya
(2008)
This chapter1 shows how HIV/AIDS has affected child exchange practices and grandmother-grandchild relationships in contemporary Luo society in western Kenya. Intergenerational relations between grandmothers and grandchildren ...
Children and Hiv/aids: Questioning Vulnerability in Western Kenya
(Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2006)
Vulnerability to HIV infection among Luo female adolescent orphans in Western Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-11-01)
Large-scale surveys have reported that about 55% of orphans worldwide are adolescents. In Kenya, the majority of HIV-infected adolescents are females. The current study used the anthropological methods of in-depth case ...
Change and continuity in kin-based support systems for widows and orphans among the Luo in Western Kenya
(2004-12-01)
This paper discusses change and continuity in the kin-based support for widows and orphans among the Luo in western Kenya, It shows how the involvement of external actors such as church and donor-sponsored institutions ...