Urban advantage or Urban penalty? A case study of female-headed households in a South African city

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Goebel, Allison ^a   Dodson, Belinda ^b   Hill, Trevor ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Female headed households; Health; South Africa; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COPING STRATEGY; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARGINALIZATION; POST-APARTHEID; POVERTY; URBAN AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE STRESS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

KWAZULU-NATAL; PIETERMARITZBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77649186123     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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