Livelihood strategies and nutritional status of grandparent caregivers of AIDS orphans in Nyando District, Kenya

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1702-1715

  Wangui, Elizabeth Edna ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Caregiving; Families; HIV AIDS; Nutrition; Older people; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 72349088144     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309352906     Document Type: Article

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