Atlas Logo
Child Community Care Study
BACK
Sample details

The Child Community Care Study is a multinational study of over 1,200 children aged 4 to 13 years old and affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) alongside their caregivers in South Africa, Malawi, and Zambia. Participants were recruited across 34 community-based organisations providing community-based psychosocial support and services to children and families infected and affected by HIV, which were randomly selected from a total of 558 organisations to reflect the size of the population in each country.

Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child

Number of participants at first data collection

1,179 (caregivers)

1,228 (children)

Age at first data collection

4 - 13 years (children)

Varied (caregivers)

Participant year of birth

Varied (caregivers)

Varied (children)

Participant sex
All

Representative sample at baseline?
No

Sample features

Caregiver and child dyad
Multi-site
Dataset details
Loading map...

Countries

Malawi, South Africa, Zambia

Year of first data collection

2011

Primary Institutions

Stellenbosch University (Universiteit Stellenbosch, SU) (Academic, South Africa)

University College London (UCL) (Academic, United Kingdom)

Links

lifecoursehealthresearch.org/older-children-adolescents

socialserviceworkforce.org/resources/a-foot-in-the-door-a-report-on-the-child-community-care-study-evaluating-the-effect-of-cbo-support-on-child-wellbeing-in-hiv-affected-communities/

Profile paper DOI
Not available

Funders

Norad (Direktoratet for utviklingssamarbeid) (Government, Norway)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Third Sector, United States of America)

Ongoing?
Yes

Data types collected

mentalHealthData
dataLinkage
Quantitative data collection
  • Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
  • Interview – face-to-face
  • Secondary data
Qualitative data collection
  • None
Neuroimaging data collection
  • None
Linked or secondary data
  • Census data
Features

Engagement

  • Patients, service users, lived experience involvement
  • Community engagement
  • Keywords

    Caregiving
    Childhood
    Community-based
    Health and wellbeing
    Human development
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
    Multi-site
    Parenting and family
    Policy
    Contact us

    |

    FAQS

    |

    Privacy

    |

    © 2026 Louise Arseneault

    Platform by Delosis