futures at risk - d isability in children affected by hiv in south africa and malawi
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Sarah Skeen UCT SA Lorraine Sherr , UCL, London , Mark Tomlinson , Stellenbosch, SA Ana Macedo UCL, UK , Natasha Croome UCL, UK . Futures at risk - D isability in children affected by HIV in South Africa and Malawi. Community Care study. 989 children (4-13y) and their carers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sarah Skeen UCT SALorraine Sherr, UCL, London, Mark Tomlinson , Stellenbosch, SA Ana Macedo UCL, UK, Natasha Croome UCL, UK.
Futures at risk - Disability in children affected by HIV in South Africa and Malawi
Community Care study• 989 children (4-13y) and their carers• 11 funding partners World Vision, Comic Relief, Save the Children, Firelight
Foundation, Help Age, UNICEF, REPSSI, Bernard van Leer, STOP AIDS Now, AIDS Alliance, Diana Memorial Fund
• All CBO’s (588) provided - 28 randomly selected (24 in SA, 4 in Malawi) • Indicators to track • Demographics and psychosocial situation• Quality of Life• Strengths and Difficulties
• Developmental disability • Ten Questions; WG/ UNICEF measure• Cognitive Draw-a-person test• Working memory Digit Span;
• School performance • Enrolment, correct class, attendance, performance (Child Status Index)
• Organisation questionnaire – carers and providers
Overall mental health and living conditions
Family loss 18.2%
Family illness11.4%
Both10.5%
None59.9%
Not in school
Living in a shack
Food insecure
Uncomfortable home
HH unemployment
Does not have own bed
4%
15.5%
26.9%
41.4%
46.3%
73.2%
HIV+ children
• 135 children are HIV+ (13.7%)
• Only a third of children (n=43) know their HIV status
• 189 carers are HIV+ (19.3%)
• 332 children live in households with HIV+ people (33.6%)
HIV+ child 9.6%
HIV+ carer13.9%
HIV+ child & HIV+ carer
5.4%
Another HIV+ adult 4.9%
None 66.2%
Child developmental disability• 451 out of 989 children (45.6%) had 1 or more
type of disability. • No country differences: SA - 45.9% vs. Malawi - 43.9%
Fits/seizuresLearning
MovementNo speech
UnderstandingVision
HearingMotor milestones
SpeechCognitive
1.6%
4.2%
4.8%
4.9%
6.3%
7.6%
11.0%
10.5%
10.1%
18.0%
Any 1 out of 10 2 out of 10 3 or ˃ out of 100
20
40
60
80
100
45.6%
26.5%11.0% 8.0%
% children with one or more types of disabilit -ies
Disability by HIV status
Any Cognitive Motor milestones
Hearing Speech Walking0
20
40
60
80
100
70.4
34.827.4
22.216.3
11.1
41.7
15.37.8 9.3 9.1
3.7
HIV+ (n=135)
Non-HIV+ (n=854)
P all <.001
Disability in HIV-affected and non-affected children
HIV-infected child (n=135)
HIV-affected child (n=222)
Non-affected child (n=632)
95 (70.4%)
108 (48.6%)
248 (39.2%)
% ch
ildre
n sc
reen
ing
posi
tive X2 (2)=44.5, p≤.0001
Disability in children living in bereaved and/or sick families
Loss
of family
(n=178)
Sickness
in the fa
mily (n
=112)
Double burden of lo
ss and sic
kness (n=103)
No loss
nor sick
ness (n=586)
86 (48.3%) 59 (52.7%) 62(60.2%)
234 (39.9%)
% c
hild
ren
scre
enin
g po
sitive X2 (3)=19.1, p≤.0001
Predictors of disability• HIV infection • [OR:3.36, 95% CI: 2.16-5.24, p≤.0001]
• Living in South Africa• [OR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.12-3.29, p=.02]
• Family sickness• [OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.05-2.09, p=.03]
• Poor housing conditions• [OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.07-1.90, p=.02]
• Multivariate model adjusted for• Demographics• Socio-economic indicators• Family burden of HIV, other illness
and loss• HIV-related stigma
HIV and other developmental outcomes
HIV+ children • Significantly > emotional
and behavioural problems
• Significantly < health-related quality of life, both in physical and psychosocial domains
• Significantly worse on all school measures
Incorrect class
Slow learners
Struggle in class
Attend less regularly
0
20
40
60
80
100
50
41.5
32.3
8.5
25.8 24.7
14.1
3.6
HIV+ (n=135)non-HIV+ (n=854)
All associations significant, p≤.001
HIV and digit span/draw a person test (Higher scores better performance )
• HIV+ children performed lower at digit span subtest
• HIV+ children performed lower at draw-a-person test
HIV+ (n=135) non-HIV+ (n=854)
0
5
10
15
20
M=7.2 SD= 3.9
M=9.0 SD=3.9
HIV+ (n=135) non-HIV+ (n=854)405060708090
100110120130
M=79.2SD=21.4
M=87.1SD=17.9
F=23.9 p<.001 F=17.5 p<.001
Acknowledgement to Matt Kenney and Che Cheung for scoring tests
Impact of HIV x Developmental disability• Lowest performance in digit span - double burden• Group with no HIV nor disability scored near the mean
of the norm group (mean of 10 and SD of 3) (Wechsler, 1991)
No HIV nor disability (n=464)
HIV- child & any disability (n=317)
HIV+ child & no disability (n=39)
Double burden of HIV and disability (n=87)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
9.568.25 7.67
6.98
F (3)=15.8, p≤.0001
1-year follow up
• Data collected between 2013-14
• 854 followed up (86.3% response rate)
• Children lost to follow-up more likely to:• Live in South Africa• Live in informal (shack) housing• Not attend school• Have higher depression scores at baseline• Have higher stigma scores at baseline
Disability at follow-up• Six core functional domains: seeing, hearing, walking, cognition, self-
care and communication• 547 out of 854 children (64.1%) had one or more disabilities.
Playing (
older)
Communication
Self c
are
Comprehension
Relationships
Playing (
younge
r)
Seeing
Hearing
Learn
ing
Behaviour
Emotions
Attention
Coping
Walking
Remembering
0
20
40
60
80
100
Cannot do at all
A lot of difficulty
Some difficulty
No difficulty
HIV and disability at follow-up
Remembering
Coping with change
Learning
Seeing
Comprehension
0 20 40 60 80 100
38.3
30.4
25.2
14.8
7.8
26.7
18.9
15.1
7.9
3
non-HIV+ (n=737)HIV+ (n=115)
Any 1 out of 14 2 out of 14 3 or > out of 14
0
20
40
60
80
100
71.3
17.4 18.3
35.7
63
25.117.4 20.5
ns
HIV not associated with disability. But HIV+ children more likely to suffer from multiple disabilities.
Predictors of disability at follow-up
Any disability
• HIV status not associated• Gender (higher in boys)• [OR:1.44, 95% CI: 1.07-1.94, p=.02]
• HH unemployment• [OR:1.49, 95% CI: 1.06-2.10, p=.02]
• Food insecurity• [OR:1.63, 95% CI: 1.02-2.62, p=.04]
Moderate/Severe disability
• HIV status not associated• Parental bereavement • [OR:1.62, 95% CI: 1.05-2.50, p=.03]
• Each multivariate model adjusted for:• Developmental disability at baseline• Demographics• Socio-economic indicators• Family burden of HIV, other illness and loss• HIV-related stigma
Disability and access to grants• Children in Malawi had no access to financial support
• Of the 450 children in South Africa with disability (any degree)• 339 (75.3%) received a child support grant• 49 (10.9%) received a foster care grant• 17 (3.8%) received a care dependency grant
• Of the 120 children in South Africa with a severe disability• 85 (70.8%) received a child support grant• 23 (19.2%) received a foster care grant• 3 (2.5%) received a care dependency grant
• Children with severe disability were more likely to receive a foster care grant (19.2%) than those with a mild or no disability (9.9%), p=.007.
Disability and access to any child grant
Any disability (n=450) Severe disability (n=120)0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
4.7% 5.8%
80.7% 80.8%
14.7% 13.3%
None One grant Two grants
HIV and access to grants• Of the HIV+ children• 44 (55.7%) receive a child
support grant• 21 (26.6%) receive a foster
care grant• 10 (12.7%) receive a care
dependency grant
Two grants (n=38)
One grant (n=544)
None (n=111)0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
13.9
67.1
19
4.3
78.1
17.6
HIV+ (n=79)Non-HIV+ (n=629)
X2 (2)=13.3, p=.001
Uptake of services
Baseline (n=989) Follow-up (n=854)
Psychological
Medical
Material supplies
Child interventions
Parenting interventions
Home visiting
Education services
Referral
Assistance grants
0 50 100
*
*
Non-HIV+HIV+
Psychological
Medical
Material supplies
Child interventions
Parenting interventions
Home visiting
Education services
Referral
Assistance grants
0 50 100
*
**
*
*
*
*
Non-HIV+HIV+
Psychological
Medical
Material supplies
Child interventions
Parenting interventions
Home visiting
Education services
Referral
Assistance grants
*
* No Disability (n=711)
Moderate/Severe Disability (n=143)
Follow Up (n=854)
CBO as a source of support:Disability inclusion policy & disability/rehabilitation services provision
Any disability (n=574)
Severe disability (n=120)
Any disability (n=574)
Severe disability (n=120)
Policy Services
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
38.4 44.8 39.547.6
61.6 55.2 60.552.4
NoYes
Conclusions• Disability level is high• Compounded by HIV and the ramifications of HIV• Not all HIV+ve children receive support• Children in need get more medical and psychological support
but not educational input• CBO are a good source of support but need • Universal policy• Universal services• Enhanced understanding and provision for children with HIV
and disability• Accurate targeting of service to need