Changing patterns of orphan care due to the HIV epidemic in western Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-311

  Nyambedha, Erick Otieno ^b   Wandibba, Simiyu ^b   Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Demographic change; Kenya; Kinship; LUO; Orphans

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KINSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PARENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SENESCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0038632131     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00359-3     Document Type: Article

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