title: Imagining the future: Community perceptions of a family-based economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-orphaned adolescents in Uganda.
abstract: AIDS-orphaned children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to basic services, including health and education. Using a qualitative approach, the study explores the meaning of education in rural Uganda, obstacles faced by AIDS-orphaned adolescents and their caregivers to access secondary education, and the potential of an economic empowerment intervention SEED in addressing the challenges of accessing educational opportunities for AIDS-orphaned adolescents. The findings come from 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with eleven adolescents study participants, four caregivers and fourteen community leaders involved in the pilot SEED intervention. Study participants and community members indicated that the savings accounts offer a unique opportunity for orphaned adolescents to stay in school and imagine the future with optimism.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ismayilova
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ssewamala
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mooers
authors.forename: Proscovia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nabunya
authors.forename: Srividya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheshadri
keywords: AIDS-orphaned adolescents; caregivers; community perceptions; economic-empowerment intervention; orphan children; qualitative study; sub-Saharan Africa
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