Household impacts of AIDS: Using a life course approach to identify effective, poverty-reducing interventions for prevention, treatment and care

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

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1032-1041

  Loewenson, Rene ^a   Hadingham, Jacqui ^b   Whiteside, Alan ^b  

^a Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC)   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS impacts; Intersectoral action; Life course approach

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450175606     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802626170     Document Type: Article

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