title: Strengthening the roles of existing structures by breaking down barriers and building up bridges: intensifying HIV/AIDS awareness, outreach, and intervention in Uganda.
abstract: A major repercussion of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the challenge of caring for the children who have been dramatically affected by watching their parents fall sick, become incapacitated, lose their jobs, become stigmatized, and die. The biopsychosocial impact on these children is compelling. The Eaglets Child Welfare Project is working to identify community-based problem-solving strategies to address the needs of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. This article describes the impact of the epidemic, the project's methodology, and lessons learned to assist in bringing down barriers and building bridges.
authors.affiliation: Eaglets Child Welfare Organisation, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sayson
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Meya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology