Young carers as social actors: Coping strategies of children caring for ailing or ageing guardians in Western Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-595

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Ogutu, Vincent O ^b   Aoro, Cellestine ^b   Campbell, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WVP Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agency; Childhood; Community; Coping; Kenya; Orphans; Resilience; Young carers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COPING STRATEGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRAWING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67849129019     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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