Traube Dorian, Dukay Victor, Kaaya Sylvia, Reyes Hector, Mellins Claude
USC School of Social Work, 669 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2010 Jun;5(2):174-187. doi: 10.1080/17450121003668343.
Understanding the impact of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic is critical for developing appropriate interventions to create supportive environments for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Unfortunately, there are very few studies on the psychosocial wellbeing of children orphaned by AIDS in Africa, and even fewer in Tanzania. It has been difficult to make generalizations across studies and to identify and track children suffering from mental health difficulties, given the lack of culturally sensitive, standardized screening scales and diagnostic procedures. As a contribution to filling that gap, the current study demonstrates the applicability of an existing depression screening instrument (CDI) to evaluate both the needs of OVC as well as the effectiveness of interventions designed to support them.
了解获得性免疫缺陷综合征（艾滋病）流行的影响对于制定适当干预措施以营造有利于孤儿和弱势儿童（OVC）的支持性环境至关重要。不幸的是，关于非洲艾滋病致孤儿童心理社会福祉的研究非常少，在坦桑尼亚更是少之又少。鉴于缺乏具有文化敏感性的标准化筛查量表和诊断程序，很难在各项研究之间进行归纳总结，也难以识别和追踪有心理健康问题的儿童。作为填补这一空白的一项工作，本研究证明了一种现有的抑郁筛查工具（儿童抑郁量表）在评估OVC需求以及旨在支持他们的干预措施有效性方面的适用性。
