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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"orphanhood"”.
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Testing the orphanhood method against benchmark mortality rates in South Africa since 1996
… and the 2007 Community Survey to test the orphanhood method mortality estimates against consensus estimates of mortality produced using other methods. In all the two censuses and the survey there were questions on the survival status of the respondent’s biological parents. The orphanhood …
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The effect of HIV on the orphanhood method of estimating adult female mortality
The orphanhood method of estimating adult mortality is widely used in developing countries. The method is subject to a number of assumptions, some of which are violated when a generalized high-prevalence HIV epidemic is present. Non-independence of the mortality of children and mothers, …
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Lost to the state: family discontinuity, social orphanhood, and residential care in the Russian Far East
My thesis examines the phenomenon of 'social orphanhood' today and is based on twelve months' fieldwork in the cities of Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Far East. 'Social orphans' are children without parental care. By 2003 the number of these children has reached 776,000 and is …
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Children’s Geography and the Everyday Lives of Orphans in Malawi
… concept because of the shifting definitions of orphanhood, the cultural connotations of abandonment and helplessness associated with orphanhood, and the diversity of causes and experiences of orphanhood. This thesis sets out to challenge assumptions about childhood and domesticity that are often …
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Children’s Geography and the Everyday Lives of Orphans in Malawi
… concept because of the shifting definitions of orphanhood, the cultural connotations of abandonment and helplessness associated with orphanhood, and the diversity of causes and experiences of orphanhood. This thesis sets out to challenge assumptions about childhood and domesticity that are often …
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Estimating adult mortality in South Africa using information on the year-of-death of parents from the 2016 Community Survey
… the development of indirect methods such as the orphanhood method. These methods are however limited, i.e., the single-survey approach produces out of date estimates of mortality and the two-survey approach is affected by the differential reporting of orphanhood between two surveys. To avoid …
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Orphanhood and the Search for Home in L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
Defining home is not an easy task. Protagonists Dorothy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Yuri of Doctor Zhivago are alike in their search for home. They journey through the texts learning what home means to them, which leads to their own discoveries of home. Through these discoveries, they also …
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Orphanhood and the Search for Home in L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
Defining home is not an easy task. Protagonists Dorothy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Yuri of Doctor Zhivago are alike in their search for home. They journey through the texts learning what home means to them, which leads to their own discoveries of home. Through these discoveries, they also …
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Estimating adult mortality in South Africa using orphanhood and year of death data from the 2008 National Income Dynamics Study
… better than those derived using the conventional orphanhood method.
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Estimation of the level and trend of adult motrality in Zambia
… of dying between ages 15 and 60 years; the orphanhood method to 1992, 1996, 2001/2 and 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHS) and 1996, 1998, 2002/3, 2004 and 2006 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey (LCMS) information on survivorship of parents to estimate probabilities of dying …
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A Wonder Whose Origin is not Known: The Importance of the Orphan Hero in Otherworldly Film
… has its source in the response he takes to his orphanhood. These young men suffered great loss early in their lives, but found the strength to sacrifice themselves for others, the ultimate sign of a hero.
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The attitudes of primary caregivers towards caring for HIV/AIDS orphans in the Ingwavuma District
… literature that focuses on a HIV/AIDS and Orphanhood has been reviewed. Various recommendations have been made based on the findings of the study. The findings indicate that a need exist for training on parenting and coping skills. HIV/AIDS orphans need to be involved in counselling …
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Sibship in Low Fertility Settings: A Microsimulation Approach
… life course stages: during childhood, at orphanhood, and near death. The microsimulations illustrate how sib set composition is linked to its roots in women’s fertility by varying: (i) women’s age at first union, (ii) women’s average number of children, and (iii) variance among women in …
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The relationship between the loss of parents and academic performance among selected secondary school pupils in Mufulira district,Zambia
… the independent variable (which in this case was orphanhood) had already happened. The dependant variable was academic performance. The study was guided by Bowlbys’ attachment theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The sample for the study was 118 respondents consisting of eighty-two (82) …
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The relationship between the loss of parents and academic performance among selected secondary school pupils in Mufulira district,Zambia
… the independent variable (which in this case was orphanhood) had already happened. The dependant variable was academic performance. The study was guided by Bowlbys’ attachment theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The sample for the study was 118 respondents consisting of eighty-two (82) …
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Investigation on how orphaned learners experience psychological support in two high schools in Esikhaleni Township
… of this study was to provide an account of how orphanhood should be catered during their schooling. To attain the research objective, a qualitative research design was used to explore the experience of the orphaned learners consequently an exploratory study. Semi-structured interviews were used …
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Experiences and social determinants of sexual violence and post-violence help-seeking behaviour among children and young people in Kenya
… education status, HIV/AIDS testing, orphanhood, and household poverty. This study had 1344 female and 788 male participants. Young women reported a higher lifetime prevalence of sexual violence compared with young men (25.2% vs. 11.4%, p=0.000). Of these lifetime experiences of sexual …
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A situational analysis of children living with terminally ill parents
… literature available on the negative effects of orphanhood on children, litle attention has been paid to children in the period before their parents die when they are living with a sick parent. This study seeks to focus on such children to gain greater understanding of their situation. Aim: To …
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Optimizing Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living with HIV in Low and Middle-Income Settings
… the caregiver, family cohesion, social support, orphanhood status, number of people in the household, HIV disclosure, years spent at the current residence, and household asset ownership. The model predicted virologic failure with an AUC of 73.8 (95% CI: 68.3 – 78.0) and an almost perfect …
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Maltreatment experiences and mental health problems in orphaned and vulnerable children in alternative care settings in Tanzania
… (Atilola, 2014). Poverty (Lund et al., 2011), orphanhood due to AIDS and being raised in alternative care settings are some of the risk factors that are particularly salient for OVC and may contribute to their mental health problems (Sharp, et al., 2015; SOS Children’s Villages International, …