'You opened our eyes': Care-giving after learning a child's positive HIV status in rural South Africa

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-271

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^a,b   Norris, Shane A ^a   Kahn, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Care giving; Child health; HIV AIDS; Paediatric care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77953744715     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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