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Families are talking. It's important to talk to children about HIV/AIDS

You may think that children are too young to learn about HIV/AIDS, but young people hear many messages about it from the media, friends, or other family members. Perhaps they even know someone who...

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
20/03/2012
Talk with your kids....before everyone else does

Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us will ever have — and one of the toughest. In large part, that’s because times have changed. We live in an increasingly...

Dumas, L.S.
20/03/2012
Young children and HIV/AIDS: Mapping the field

HIV/AIDS has always affected children. Nevertheless, for various reasons, attention to children generally, and young children specifically, has lagged behind. The concentration of children...

Sherr, L
20/03/2012
HIV positive A book for caregivers to help children cope emotionally with HIV/AIDS

This book is targeted towards caregivers of children under 9 years of age. It provides tools and advice on how to support and deal with the emotional issues children living with HIV/AIDS face.

Media in Education Trust
KwaZulu Natal Department of Education and Culture
25/01/2012
Young children and HIV

A publication by the HIV/AIDS Alliance part of the Building Blocks Africa-wide briefing notes. ‘Young children and HIV’ provides practical guidance on meeting the developmental needs...

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
25/01/2012
Disclosure of HIV to perinatally infected childen and adolescents

This is the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute clinical guidelines for disclosure of HIV to perinatally inefected children and adolescents. These guidelines are directed for use by...

New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
23/01/2012
Healthcare providers’ perspectives on discussing HIV status with infected children

The disclosure of HIV status to infected children has received relatively little attention to date in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted 40 semi-structured interviews with healthcare providers...

Myer,Landon
Moodley, Keymanthri
Hendricks, Fahad
Cotton, Mark
23/01/2012
Guideline on HIV disclosure counselling for children up to 12 years of age

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidance for health care workers on how to support children up to 12 years of age and their caregivers with disclosure of HIV status. Health care...

Letteney, Susan
Krauss, Beatrice
De Beats, Anniek
23/01/2012
Disclosing to our children. What the HIV experience has taught us

This chapter from the Paediatric Hepatitis Report by Parents of Kids with Infectious Disease on lessons learnt about how to disclose to children about an infectious disease. This is an...

Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases
29/11/2011
How to talk to a child about viral hepatitis

This chapter from the Paediatric Hepatitis Report by Parents of Kids with Infectious Disease provides guidelines to parents on how to speak to children about Hepatitis. The guidelines...

Parents of Kids with Infectious Disease
29/11/2011