Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Child care arrangements of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS: the importance of grandparents as kinship caregivers. |
| Authors: |
Cook JA (AUTHOR), Boxer AM (AUTHOR), Burke J (AUTHOR), Cohen MH (AUTHOR), Weber K (AUTHOR), Shekarloo P (AUTHOR), Lubin H (AUTHOR), Mock LO (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. 2003, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p5-20. 16p. |
| Abstract: |
This study examined the residential and custody status of children whose mothers were deceased participants in the Chicago Consortium of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). Data were collected on 53 minor children. At follow-up, 77% of children lived with family, the residential status of 15% was unknown, and 8% lived in foster care or with a non-relative. Less than 25% of child care arrangements were formalized through legal procedures prior to mothers' deaths. Despite lack of formalized planning or financial assistance, children's relatives (especially grandparents) kept families together, preventing most motherless children from entering the child welfare custodial system. Ways in which health care providers and social workers can engage mothers with HIV/AIDS in the permanency planning process are discussed, as are implications for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
