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- 2025| Termedia PublishingBackground. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to ravage the entire world, creating orphans who should receive care from caregivers. These caregivers face enormous challenges, particularly in North West Province (NWP), South Africa. Objectives. Explore and describe the challenges faced by caregivers of HIV/AIDS orphans in North West Province, South Africa. Material and methods. A qualitative exploratory descriptive contextual design was used to explore and describe the challenges faced by caregivers of HIV/AIDS orphans in the NWP. Individual semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from eight participants, and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The researcher religiously adhered to the principles of credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability to ensure the trustworthiness of the study. Results. Four themes surfaced from the study. The first was lack of support for caregivers, whose subthemes were lack of family support, inadequate social support, and lack of financial support. The second theme was behavioral problems of orphans, with subthemes as delinquent behavior of orphans and non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). The third theme was psychological and emotional distress, and the subthemes were stigma and discrimination, as well as the burden of caring for orphans. Conclusions. Caregivers of HIV/AIDS orphans are overwhelmed by the challenges of caring and do not receive support from their families or the Department of Social Services
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- Background: Effective parent-adolescent communication plays a crucial role in preventing HIV, especially during adolescence, a stage marked by heightened curiosity, risk-taking behaviour, and exploration of sexual activity. Even though many adolescents are sexually active, research indicates that communication between parents and adolescents about HIV-related issues remains limited, particularly in developing countries. This lack of communication leaves adolescents vulnerable to misinformation, risky behaviours, and increased rates of HIV infection. Objective: To explore factors that influence parent-adolescent communication about HIV-related issues. Relevant literature was retrieved from databases including Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, Content Server, and JSTOR, covering the period from 2010 to 2022. Results: The selected articles revealed one central theme: the challenges faced by parents when communicating HIV-related issues to adolescents. Two sub-themes also emerged, cultural and religious barriers and parents’ level of knowledge, with six distinct codes identified under each sub-theme. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that parent-adolescent communication about HIV remains limited in developing countries. Strengthening this communication is essential for effective HIV prevention among adolescents.
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- Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a public health problem that has destroyed the lives of many people worldwide. As it continues to spread, disclosure of HIV status is fundamental to mitigate the spread of the virus, expedite various types of support, and improve and well-being of people living with HIV (PLWHIV). Disclosure is a process that takes place without coercion, as PLWHIV should do it voluntarily. Various people are disclosing their HIV statuses to their partners for different reasons. Literature revealed that the majority of PLWHIV disclosed their HIV statuses to their partners in Sub-Saharan Africa. Material and methods: This study adopted a scoping literature review to achieve the objectives. The following five steps of scoping literature review were the blueprint to guide this study, namely identifying the research question, identifying the relevant studies, selecting studies, charting data and finally collating, summarising and reporting the results. Results: This review revealed two themes and six sub-themes. The first theme was facilitation of support, with sub-themes for partner support, emotional support, social support, and financial support. The second theme was health promotion, with sub-themes for protecting loved ones from infection and enhancing medication adherence. Conclusions: The PLWHIV disclosed their HIV statuses to partners to support them through the entire journey of the illness. The support received from the partners included financial support to enable them to travel to the respective facilities to collect medication. In addition, they needed social and emotional support during difficult times. The findings of this study may assist policymakers in formulating policies and guidelines supporting PLWHIV, which discloses their status to their beloved partners. Furthermore, the findings can further inform health promotion activities carried outby healthcare professionals.
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