Impact of HIV on Children and Adolescents Living with HIV and Their Families: Coping, Resilience, and Support Strategies
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 52
Editor
Interests: HIV risk factors; transmission and impacts; HIV care; social determinants of health; migrants' health
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Dear Colleagues,
Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to experience complex and interrelated health, psychological, social, educational, and family-related challenges. Although advances in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care have improved survival and quality of life, many children and adolescents still face stigma, discrimination, disclosure-related concerns, treatment adherence difficulties, mental health challenges, social isolation, and disruptions to schooling and family relationships. These challenges often extend beyond the individual child or adolescent, affecting parents, caregivers, siblings, and wider family systems.
This Special Issue aims to build on the first Special Issue, “Impact of HIV on Children and Adolescents Living with HIV and Their Families”, by also emphasizing coping strategies, resilience, and supportive responses among children, adolescents, and their families. We welcome original research articles, reviews, case studies, and intervention-focused papers that explore lived experiences, psychosocial impacts, family and community responses, stigma reduction, mental health support, treatment adherence, peer support, disclosure practices, and culturally appropriate coping mechanisms. Contributions from diverse geographical, social, and healthcare contexts are encouraged, particularly those that generate evidence to inform policies, programs, and interventions that promote wellbeing, resilience, and quality of life among children and adolescents living with HIV and their families.
Dr. Nelsensius Klau Fauk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- children
- adolescents
- HIV
- families
- coping strategies
- resilience
- psychosocial impact
- mental health
- stigma and discrimination
- treatment adherence
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