Bereavement, silence and culture within a peer-led HIV/AIDS-prevention strategy for vulnerable children in South Africa

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Van Der Heijden, Ingrid ^a   Swartz, Sharlene ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural practices; Empowerment; Grief; Group therapy; Orphaned and vulnerable children; Peer education; Psychosocial aspects; Social dynamics; Social support programmes

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TABOO; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 77951692590     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.484563     Document Type: Article

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