Targeting AIDS orphans and child-headed households? a perspective from national surveys in South Africa, 1995-2005

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1019-1028

  Richter, Linda M ^a   Desmond, Chris ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Children; Orphans; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORPHAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 52949145971     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701842738     Document Type: Article

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