YOUNG CARERS - POLICY BRIEFS & REPORTS

Policy Brief #1: Abuse and extreme poverty drive increased transactional sex exploitation among AIDS-affected youth.
Policy Brief #2: Negative education impacts for children in AIDS-sick homes. Department of Health and NACCA
Policy Brief #3: Psychological distress in youth with AIDS-sick caregivers. Department of Health and NACCA
Policy Brief #4: Infectious diseases & TB in children with AIDS-affected caregivers. Department of Health and NACCA
Policy Brief #5: Long-term mental health impacts of AIDS-orphanhood. Department of Health and NACCA
Bray, R. (2012). Charting the terrain of childhood, adult sickness, and care: Ethnographic research in a poor, peri-urban community affected by AIDS. Department of Health and NACCA

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PUBLICATIONS BY OTHER RESEARCHERS AT OXFORD

Education and HIV/AIDS
Biggs, NA (Editor)

Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/AIDS-affected youth in South Africa
Boyes, M. E., Mason, S. J., & Cluver, L. D. (in press)

Risk factors for HIV-1 infection among men who have sex with men in Coastal Kenya
Sanders, E.J,  Okuku, H.S, Smith, A.D,  Mwangome, M, Wahome, E, Fegan, G,  Peshu, N, van der Elst, E.M,  Price, M.A, McClelland, R.S,  Graham, S.M. (in press). Poster available here.

Performance of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in a sample of children and adolescents from poor urban communities in Cape Town
Boyes, M.E. & Cluver, L. (in press)

HIV Prevention Successes and Challenges for MSM.
Sullivan, P. Carballo-Dieguez, A. Coates, T. Goodreau, S. McGowan, I. Sanders, E. Smith, A. Goswami, P. Sanchez, J. (2012)

Educational shortfalls among 'Young Carers' in the South African AIDS Epidemic.
Cluver, L, Operario, D, Lane T, Kganakga, M (2012)

Psychometric properties of the Child PTSD Checklist in a community sample of South African children and adolescents.
Boyes, M. E., Cluver, L.D., & Gardner, F. (2012)

Depression amongst carers of AIDS-orphaned and other children in Umlazi Township, South Africa.
Kuo, C, Operario, D & Cluver, L. (2012)

AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver HIV/AIDS sickness status: effects on psychological symptoms in South African youth.
Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M.E., Gardner, F., & Nikelo, J. (2012)

Persisting mental health problems among AIDS-orphaned children in South Africa.
Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Gardner, F & Boyes, M. E. (2012)

Children of the AIDS Pandemic. Nature. Cluver, L (2011)

Transactional sex among AIDS-orphaned & AIDS-affected adolescents predicted by abuse & extreme poverty.
Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M. E., Gardner, F & Meinck, F. (2011)

HIV infection and sexual risk behaviour among youth who have experienced orphanhood: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Operario, D, Underhill, K, Chuong, C, & Cluver, L. (2011)

Exploring the condom gap: Is supply or demand the limiting factor - comdom access and use in an urban and rural setting in Kilifi district, Kenya
Papo, L, Bauni, EK, Sanders, EJ, Brocklehurst, P, & Jaffe, H (2011)

High prevalence of quinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in coastal Kenya.
Duncan, S., Thiong'O, A. N., Macharia, M., Wamuyu, L., Mwarumba, S., Mvera, B., Smith A.D, Sanders, E. J. (2011)

Health Financing in Brazil, Russia and India: What Role Does the International Community Play?
Sridhar, D. & Gomez, E. (2011)

Expectations for the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases.
Sridhar, D. Morrison, S. & Piot, P. (2011)

Risk and protective factors for bullying victimization among AIDS-affected and vulnerable children in South Africa.
Cluver, L, Bowes, L & Gardner, F. (2010)

Developing a Sustainable Global Response to HIV/AIDS.
Sridhar, D. (2010)                                                  

Posttraumatic Stress in AIDS-Orphaned Children Exposed to High Levels of Trauma: The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support
Cluver, L, Fincham, D & Seedat, S (2009)

Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Smith et. al (2009)

Is Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) Useful in Risk Behaviour Assessment of Female and Male Sex Workers, Mombasa, Kenya?
van der Elst et. al (2009)

Role Versatility and Female Partnerships amongst MSM Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Smith et. al (2009)

Universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy.
Jaffe, H., Smith, A., & Hope, T. (2009)

Vertical Funds in Health: Lessons for Education from the Global Fund and GAVI.
Sridhar, D. & Tamashiro, T. (2009)

Do we need a UN Agency for HIV/AIDS?
Sridhar, D. & Woods, N. (2009)

Cumulative risk and AIDS-orphanhood: Interactions of stigma, bullying and poverty on child mental health in South Africa
Cluver, L & Orkin, M (2009)

Poverty and psychological health among AIDS-orphaned children in Cape Town, South Africa
Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2009)

Parental illness, caregiving factors and psychological distress among children orphaned by acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in South Africa
Cluver, L, Operario, D, & Gardner, F (2009)

Background Report for UNAIDS Transition Working Group.
Sridhar, D. Kucysnski, D. & Latulippe, K. (2008)

MisFinancing Global Health: The Case for Transparency in Disbursements and Decision-Making.
Sridhar, D. & Batniji R. (2008)

Screening for genital and anorectal sexually transmitted infections in HIV prevention trials in Africa
Grijsen et. al (2008)

Measuring sex acts in male sex workers in Kenya: Intermittent Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) may be feasible
Smith et. al (2008)

Effects of Stigma on the Mental Health of Adolescents Orphaned by AIDS.
Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D. (2008)

Psychological Distress Amongst AIDS-orphaned Children in Urban South Africa.
Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D. (2007)

The mental health of children orphaned by AIDS: a review of international and southern African research.
Cluver, L & Gardner, F. (2007)

Risk and protective factors for psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town: a qualitative study of children and caregivers' perspectives.
Cluver, L & Gardner, F. (2007)

HIV-1 infection in high risk men who have sex with men in Mombasa, Kenya
Sanders et. al (2007)