This article puts forward the view that unless health and social services for children affected by HIV and AIDS are family-centred and include non-traditional families, rather than being directed towards individuals, they become piecemeal
Rather than prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes focusing on biomedical interventions during the perinatal period, this article argues that they should address the health needs of the whole family
This article advocates the need for a family-centred model of care to address the many needs of people with HIV and other household members, following a systematic review of family-centred HIV care programmes
This article argues that there is a need to improve HIV testing for fathers, increase understanding of the fathers and fathering and approach childbirth from a family perspective
This article describes the availability of data about men and families, in particular fathers, in sub-Saharan African surveys and longitudinal population cohorts. To date, there has been limited research to examine men's role in providing emotional and material support and protection for children and families affected by HIV and AIDS, however increasing interest in family-oriented interventions around HIV and AIDS mean that such information needs to be collected
Little is known about the vulnerabilities faced by the children of injection drug users and female sex workers, their sources of resilience or programmes providing services to their families. This article synthesises the evidence from a literature review and offers preliminary descriptive data from Ukraine and Zambia
The Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Program (CHAMP) is a family-focused, evidence-based intervention that has been tested in low-income contexts in the US, Caribbean and South Africa. This paper gives a description of the theoretical and empirical bases of the development and implementation of CHAMP in the US and South Africa
"Traditionally, HIV prevention focuses on individual behaviours that place one at risk for HIV infection. Less widely regarded as a fundamental public health issue is parental depression and the detrimental effects it exerts on infant and child development, as well as its key contribution to non-fatal burden. Much like many HIV prevention and treatment interventions, programmes for depression focus almost exclusively on individuals and individual behaviour. This paper will use the extensive evidence base from research into parental depression as a model to argue for a family based approach to HIV prevention and treatment. The aim of this will be to make a case for targeting a broader set of behaviours that occur within families when developing and implementing interventions"
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed electronic journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age eight. ECRP emphasises articles reporting on practice-related research and development, and on issues related to practice, parent participation, and policy. ECRP also includes articles and essays that present opinions and reflections, and letters to the editor.
Beginning with the Spring 2004 issue (Vol. 6, No. 1), ECRP is a fully bilingual (English and Spanish) journal.