Rehabilitation interventions for children living with HIV: a scoping review

Abstract

Research in this area is limited. More rehabilitation research is needed especially in areas where the burden of the disease is highest and for those children receiving ART. Implications for Rehabilitation Many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) struggle with an undersupply of trained rehabilitation professionals. Due to the large number of children living with HIV in LMICs, and as more continue to receive life-saving treatment, the need will grow for more rehabilitation professionals to work with this population to address HIV-related disability. This scoping review indicates that there is a dearth of research on interventions provided by allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists for children living with HIV. There is a moderate literature base supporting the use of alternative and complementary therapies for children living with HIV.

Global Need for Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

“…the disability) from those conditions might not have been addressed as much as its prevalence. For instance, children with complex health conditions and people with HIV/AIDs now increasingly survive in LMICs but with associated disabilities and rehabilitation needs often unmet [84,86,[96][97][98][99]. In this scenario, granting access to needed rehabilitation, especially in LMICs, is of utmost importance [24,85,87], and justified by the current YLDs data.…”

“It Is an Eye-Opener That There Is a Relationship between Rehabilitation and HIV”: Perspectives of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in Kenya and Zambia on the Role of Rehabilitation with Adults and Children Living with HIV

“…This neglect of children's needs mirrors the other areas of HIV care, treatment, and support, in which pediatric priorities have fallen far behind those of adults. 20 Progressive opportunities exist for pediatric HIV rehabilitation, but services are largely unavailable; 21 thus, rehabilitation needs to be added to the broader advocacy agenda for children living with HIV.…”

Identify Indonesian Psychology Publications in PsycINFO Database: A Scoping Review

“…The review will focus on a research question: "What is known from the existing literature in PsycINFO database about articles published by Indonesian scholars?" In this research, PsycINFO was chosen because it is considered as the most expansive indexing database in the behavioral sciences and mental health, and has been referred to by many other scoping review articles (Piškur et al, 2012;Levac, Rivard, & Missiuna, 2012;Stevens, Kirsh & Nixon, 2014).…”