- Title
- Exploring the developmental profile of Black HIV positive/AIDS infants and children a longitudinal study
- Creator
- Sandison, Alida
- Subject
- Infants -- Development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Longitudinal studies
- Subject
- Child development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Longitudinal studies
- Subject
- HIV-positive persons -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) in children -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- Griffiths Scales of Mental Development
- Date Issued
- 2005
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9848
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/357
- Identifier
- Infants -- Development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Longitudinal studies
- Identifier
- Child development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Longitudinal studies
- Identifier
- HIV-positive persons -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) in children -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- Griffiths Scales of Mental Development
- Description
- This study aimed at exploring the developmental profile of HIV positive/AIDS infants and children (three to 35 months) over a period of 11 months in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, utilising the Revised Extended Griffiths Scales of Mental Development (GSMD). The purpose was to generate information about the development of HIV positive/AIDS infants and children, highlighting developmental strengths and weaknesses to ultimately aid the custodians of these children with their interventions. A non-probability purposive sampling method was applied, and a longitudinal profile was generated as participants were assessed twice. Participants were all outpatients at Kwazakhele Day Clinic, Dora Nginza and Livingstone Hospitals in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, and were located for the study through their caregiver’s attendance of an HIV support groups at the Dora Nginza Hospital. Data was analysed statistically using descriptive statistics and Hotelings-T² tests. Results indicated a significant difference between first and second assessment on the General Quotient and on two of the six subscales, namely Eye-Hand Co-ordination (D) and Practical Reasoning (F). It was deduced that development declined or did not improve as participants aged.
- Format
- 218 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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