Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Subject "Orphans"

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    • Changing Household Composition and Food Security among the Elderly Caretakers in Rural Western Kenya 

      Muga, Geoffrey O; Onyango-Ouma, Washington (Springer USInstitute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2009)
      A descriptive cross-sectional study including quantitative and qualitative methods was carried out in rural western Kenya to examine household composition and food security among the elderly caretakers. The findings indicate ...

    • Changing patterns of orphan care due to the HIV epidemic in western Kenya 

      Nyambedha, Erick Otieno; Wandibba, Simiyu; Aagaard-Hansen, Jens (Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, KenyaDanish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jœgersborg Allé 1 D, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark, 2003)
      The HIV/AIDS epidemic has given rise to major demographic changes including an alarming number of orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. The study describes a rural community in western Kenya in which one out of three children ...

    • Policy implications of the inadequate support systems for orphans in Western Kenya 

      Nyambedha, Erick Otieno; Wandibba, Simiyu; Aagaard-Hansen, Jens (Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, KenyaDanish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Jaegersborg Allé 1D, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark, 2001)
      This paper describes the support systems available for orphans in a rural Luo community in Nyang'oma sub-location in Bondo District of Western Kenya. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with orphaned ...