Outline the social effects of HIV/AIDS in the modern family.

      

Outline the social effects of HIV/AIDS in the modern family.

  

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Kavungya
i) Increases frequent visits to medical facilities
ii) Death of the infected creates a gap never to be filled in the family
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iii) Leads to creation of other social groups e.g. orphans, widow, widower in the family
iv) Changes the social roles in family e.g. child – headed family when parents are dead.
v) Social amenities e.g. schools experience high drop out rates due to orphaned learners or as caretakers of sick parents.
vi) Discrimination in social places in family meetings.
vii) Stigmatization by family members or the general society to the infected and affected family.
viii) The infected members tend to withdraw, isolate themselves from other family members hence fail to make decisions on family matters.
Kavungya answered the question on March 11, 2019 at 09:35


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