Young people in Rakai affected by parental HIV loss
Rakai Orphans in Communities
['FUNDING_R01'] · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · NIH-11168972
Looking at how losing a parent to HIV affects the health, schooling, and economic lives of adolescents and young adults in Rakai, Uganda.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_R01'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (NEW YORK, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11168972 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
You would see whether losing one or both parents to HIV changes your chances of getting HIV, staying in school, or earning money as you grow up. The team will use long-term community health data, household surveys, and clinic records from Rakai to link the age when a parent died to later health and social outcomes. They will compare young people who were orphaned at different ages with those who were not orphaned, and consider how wider access to HIV treatment and prevention has changed these patterns. The work combines social, economic, and medical information to suggest better ways to support families and adolescents.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adolescents and young adults living in Rakai, Uganda, especially those who lost one or both parents to HIV or who experienced adolescence during declines in HIV-related deaths, would be ideal participants.
Not a fit: People living outside Rakai or in settings with very different HIV epidemics or social systems may not receive direct benefit from the study's local findings.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the work could guide programs and policies to better protect adolescents who lost parents to HIV and reduce their risk of HIV and economic hardship.
How similar studies have performed: Prior research links orphanhood to higher HIV risk and worse social outcomes, but studying how declining orphanhood due to better HIV treatment changes those risks is a newer approach.
Where this research is happening
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES — NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: SANTELLI, JOHN S. — COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- Study coordinator: SANTELLI, JOHN S.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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Conditions: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Virus