Orphan care in Botswana's working households: Growing responsibilities in the absence of adequate support

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1429-1435

  Miller, Candace M ^b   Gruskin, Sofia ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Rajaraman, Divya ^c   Heymann, S Jody ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORPHANAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; ADULT; CHILD CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; POLICY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33746663708     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072280     Document Type: Article

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