Vuka Family Program: Supporting Perinatally HIV Youth in South Africa

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Reddy, V (Mr Vasudhevan)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Reddy, D (Ms Deshanie), Ngcobo, AS (Dr Sibongile), Machanyangwa, S.C. (Ms Sphindile), Gengiah, S. (Ms Santhana)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: ()
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: The VUKA family program: piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa, The VUKA family program: implementation challenges and pragmatic concerns of a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV+ early adolescents in health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal

Abstract

The primary aim of the proposed study is to meet the urgent need for theory-driven, emprirically informed, effective and sustainable HIV prevention and care approaches for the unprecedented number of perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) youth in South Africa. With one of the highest HIV prevalence rate in the world, communities within KwaZulu- Natal and the South African Department of Health and severely challenged to meet the complex needs of a growing number of surviving perinatally HIV-infected youth who must now cope with HIV as a chronic, highly stigmatized, and transmittable illness. Vuka is an axample of a much needed conprohensive intervention to address health, mental health and behavoiral outcomes, with the potentioal to significantly advance HIV science and practice for PHIV + youth in Africa

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