Revealing the full extent of households' experiences of HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1249-1259

  Hosegood, Victoria ^a,b   Preston Whyte, Eleanor ^c   Busza, Joanna ^a   Moitse, Sindile ^d   Timaeus, Ian M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c HIVAN ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNDP   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Households; Impact; Morbidity; Mortality; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; WELFARE PROVISION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MALE; PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; OBSERVATION; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547858890     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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