The long-term social and economic impact of HIV on the spouses of infected individuals in northern Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-531

  Floyd, Sian ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^a   Mwenebabu, Michael ^b   Mnkhondia, Stancelaus ^b   Ngwira, Bagrey ^b   Zaba, Basia ^a   Fine, Paul E M ^a  

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

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Household; Socio economic; Spouse; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; WIDOWHOOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KARONGA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 42149161223     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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