The children left to stand alone

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Roalkvam, Sidsel ^a  

^a Diakonhjemmet   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Child headed households; Communal coping strategies; Kinship; Lobola; Marriage transactions; Orphans and vulnerable children; Shona; Socialities

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY; DEATH; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; PARENTHOOD; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33644942822     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085900509490360     Document Type: Article

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