Document 0962
 DOCN  M94A0962
 TI    Children orphaned by AIDS: providing homes for a most vulnerable
       population.
 DT    9412
 AU    Cameron T; Cornell Univ., City and Regional Planning Department.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):240 (abstract no. PB0972). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371613
 AB    Large numbers of children will be orphaned through the AIDS-related
       deaths of their parents. Recent statistics reveal that the number of
       persons infected with human immune deficiency virus (HIV), the virus
       that causes AIDS, is still growing. To date, understanding the etiology
       and epidemiology of HIV has been the highest priority in the response to
       AIDS. Most attention has focused on those who have contracted the
       disease, the primary victims. Social programs have emerged to help
       victims cope with their illness and inevitable death, and medical
       programs strive to develop a preventive vaccine. Other programs have
       searched for ways to provide support for families and friends of those
       infected, the secondary victims. Less attention has been directed
       towards the needs of still another group affected, those who are
       dependent on individuals who have contracted AIDS, the tertiary victims.
       This group consists of spouses and living partners, elderly parents left
       childless, and children left fatherless, motherless, or orphaned. This
       article deals specifically with the impact on children.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  *Child  Child Care  Human  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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