"Taking care of my own blood": Older women's relationships to their households in rural South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 69, 2007, Pages 147-154

  Schatz, Enid J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Aging; Caregiving; Gender; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PENSION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT CHILD; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN;

EID: 34547790874     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950701355676     Document Type: Article

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