Assessment of the Well-being of Adolescents Living with HIV through a Mentoring Program

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Abstract

This article presents the results of a study of the well-being of adolescents living with HIV participating in a mentoring program. The specifics of working with adolescents with the human immunodeficiency virus are described. The material allows you to get an idea of the factors affecting the well-being of adolescents, tools and ways to evaluate the indicator. The decisions that were made based on the results are given.

General Information

Keywords: adolescent; commitment; HIV; well-being assessment; child well-being; mentoring; socializa-tion

Journal rubric: Scientific Life

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/ssc.2023040405

Funding. The article was prepared based on materials presented at the conference held within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, dated 08.02.2023, No. 073-00038-23-01, “Scientific and methodological support for evaluating the effectiveness of measures of the Decade of Childhood from the perspective of children’s well-being”.

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful for assistance in data collection O.N. Kiryanova.

Received: 14.12.2023

Accepted:

For citation: Bryanskaya M.S., Galtsova P.S., Efremova V.S. Assessment of the Well-being of Adolescents Living with HIV through a Mentoring Program [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sotsial’nye nauki i detstvo = Social Sciences and Childhood, 2023. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 54–62. DOI: 10.17759/ssc.2023040405. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Mariya S. Bryanskaya, Project Manager, Charity Foundation Help Children Socially Significant Diseases “Children+”, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8798-2265, e-mail: m.bryanskaya@childrenplus.ru

Polina S. Galtsova, Co-Founder , Charity Foundation Help Children Socially Significant Diseases “Children+”, Coordinator of the Committee on Work with Children and Adolescents, EMDR/DPDG Association of Russia, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9960-2071, e-mail: p.s.galtsova@childrenplus.ru

Veronika S. Efremova, Psychologist, Charity Foundation Help Children Socially Significant Diseases “Children+”, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1563-8519, e-mail: nichenicha@gmail.com

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