Study	Reason for exclusion
Adejuyigbe 2006	The study was a prospective intervention study which assessed the effectiveness of care and support provided to sero‐positive children of sero‐discordant parents compared to sero‐positive children who have sero‐concordant parents. The intervention in the study did not aim to improve psychosocial well‐being and the study did not include an outcome measure of psychosocial well‐being. The study did not compare participants exposed to the intervention with a control group who were not exposed to the intervention.
Beard 2005	The study was a descriptive review of several programs for vulnerable and orphaned children affected by HIV and AIDS. The review did not include intervention studies.
Bhargava 2005	The study aimed to measure psychosocial well‐being through exposure to the intervention of schooling. The study was a cross‐sectional design and did not measure psychosocial well‐being before and after the intervention. The study did not compare participants exposed to the intervention with a control group who were not exposed to the intervention.
Brown 2007	The study was a quasi‐experimental study which aimed to improve the psychosocial well‐being of youth living without adult care through a mentorship program. Less than 50% of the study participants had parents who had died or were infected by AIDS or HIV. Less than 80% of the participant were below the age of 18.
Dlamini 2004	The study was a descriptive account of intervention programs for the care of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS across 3 countries. The study did not include quantitative measures of the outcome of the interventions.
Drew 1998	The study aimed to assess community based support programs as an intervention for orphans affected by AIDS. The study was mostly descriptive but also included demographic and programmatic measures such as program cost‐effectiveness. The study did not include psychosocial well‐being outcome measures related to the participants of the program.
Gilborn 2001	The study was a case‐control intervention study with psychosocial well‐being as an outcome. The study reviewed the effectiveness of an educational, health and nutritional support program and a succession planning program. The study only reports baseline findings and no additional follow‐up data (post‐exposure to the intervention) was provided.
Healthlink 2004	The study was a descriptive evaluation of an intervention project which included succession planning, life skills education, peer activities and community‐based activities. The study did not include quantitative outcome measures and did not compare participants exposed to the intervention with a control group who were not exposed to the intervention.
Kayombo 2005	The study reviewed psychosocial interventions provided by traditional healers to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS. The study described basic demographic information about participants. No quantitative psychosocial well‐being outcome measures were provided.
Kmita 2002	The study reviewed and compared two different settings in which the psychosocial intervention of psychotherapy and counseling were administered to children living with HIV and AIDS. There were no quantitative outcome measures. The author was contacted and declared no other quantitative data from the study.
Ohare 2005	The study was a descriptive account of a hospital‐based intervention aimed at improving the physical, psychological and social well‐being of children and families infected by HIV. The study describes demographic and programmatic data however, no psychosocial well‐being outcome measures were reported.
Verma 2006	The study was a descriptive case report regarding the social rehabilitation of 2 sero‐positive children whose parents have died due to AIDS. No quantitative outcomes measures were described.