The impact of a community-based pilot health education intervention for older people as caregivers of orphaned and sick children as a result of HIV and AIDS in South Africa

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-389

  Boon, Hermien ^a,b   Ruiter, Robert A C ^b   James, Shegs ^a   Van Den Borne, Bart ^b   Williams, Eka ^c   Reddy, Priscilla ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Care giving; HIV; Older people; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; ORPHANED CHILD; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, ORPHANED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 71449088918     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-009-9101-2     Document Type: Article

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