"I washed and fed my mother before going to school": Understanding the psychosocial well-being of children providing chronic care for adults affected by HIV/AIDS in Western Kenya

Globalization and Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Ogutu, Vincent O ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WVP Kenya ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CASE REPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 70049091967     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-5-8     Document Type: Article

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