Orphans in Nyanza, Kenya: Coping with the struggles of everyday life in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-98

  Landry, Tamara ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^a   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^b   Elkins, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c USAID   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coping; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Nyanza; Orphans; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LIFE; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PANDEMIC; PARENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 34548385285     PISSN: 15538346     EISSN: 15538613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J499v08n01_05     Document Type: Article

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