Impact of Family-Based Economic Empowerment Intervention, Suubi plus Adherence (2012-2018) on Multidimensional Poverty for Adolescents Living with HIV (ALWHIV) in Uganda

Dvalishvili, D (通讯作者),Washington Univ, Brown Sch, St Louis, MO 63130 USA.
2022-11
Children growing up in poverty are disproportionately affected by diseases, including HIV. In this study, we use data from Suubi+Adherence, a longitudinal randomized control trial (2012-2018) with 702 adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV), to examine the effectiveness of a family-based multifaceted economic empowerment (EE) intervention in addressing economic instability and multidimensional poverty among ALWHIV in Southern Uganda. We constructed a Multidimensional Poverty Index of individual and household indicators, including health, assets, housing and family dynamics. We computed the proportion of multidimensionally poor children (H), estimated poverty intensity (A) and adjusted headcount ratio (M-0). Using repeated measures at five-time points (baseline, years 1, 2, 3 and 4-post baseline) across two study arms: treatment (receiving the EE intervention) vs. control arm (not receiving EE), we find that both the incidence and proportion of multidimensional poverty decreased in the treatment arm vs. the control arm. Given that there is a direct link between economic instability and poor health outcomes, these findings are informative. They point to the potential for family EE interventions to decrease multidimensional poverty among vulnerable children, including ALWHIV, impacting their overall wellbeing and ability to meet their treatment needs and improve HIV care continuum outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:21
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Washington University (WUSTL)
资助机构
Eunice Kennedy National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD)
资助信息
This research was funded by the Eunice Kennedy National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) under Grant number 1R01HD074949-01 (Ssewamala, F.M, PI).
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
2
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192114326
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
adolescent wellbeing adolescents living with HIV HIV care evidence-based intervention impact evaluation family-based multifaceted economic empowerment intervention multidimensional poverty poverty reduction resource-limited settings
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health