The pregnancy health book is meant for mothers living with HIV. Encouraging mothers to test for HIV and bring your partner to test, avoid things that are bad for them and the baby, and making sure to deliver at a hospital or a health facility.
This manual aims to give women an opportunity to talk about their feelings about being HIV+ and pregnant, make women aware of the importance of looking after their physical and emotional health now that they know they are HIV+ and pregnant, and motivating the women to attend 4 antenatal clinic appointments and 4 Project Masihambisane sessions before their baby is born.
The goal of Project Masihambisane is to design, implement, and evaluate a robust, sustainable, and scalable intervention that improves the health and mental health of Mothers Living with HIV (MLH) in order to enhance the health and adjustment of their children. The intervention focuses on HIV-positive pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa.
MASIHAMBISANE (Enhance the Adjustment of Children of Mothers Living with HIV) – Intervention Outline
The goal of Project Masihambisane is to design, implement, and evaluate a robust, sustainable, and scalable intervention that improves the health and mental health of Mothers Living with HIV (MLH) in order to enhance the health and adjustment of their children. The intervention focuses on HIV-positive pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa.
The BSSS is an abbreviated and revised eight-item form of the Sensation Seeking Scale for Children (Russo et al., 1993), which includes 26 items. Participants indicate responses to all sensation seeking items using a five-point scale.
This survey assesses disruptive behavior in the last 6 months. This survey asks questions related to truancy in school, running away from home, and stolen from victims.
This scale was developed within the Child and Family Center of the University of Oregon. The Center houses the instrument. There is no background information provided on the development of this scale. The specific authors are unknown. This information is currently being researched
Developers:
Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
Copyright:
University of Oregon Child and Family Center 195 West 12th Avenue Eugene, OR 97401
This survey assesses life goals and their importance. This survey asks questions related to developing a career, having a long-lasting marriage, and staying healthy.
This scale can be used to assess parental health locus of control regarding their children’s health. The scale was originally developed as the Children’s Health Locus of Control measure (Parcel et al., 1978), and modified by Tinsley and Holtgrave (1989) to become the Parental Health Locus of Control Scale. Pachter et al. (2000) developed and described subscales and tested the instrument in a U.S. Puerto Rican community.
Self-administered by parent or guardian with in-person assistance from Consultant at the pre-enrollment home visit. Self-administered by parent and/or patient with assistance from agency case manager in-person. Developers: Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle.