Voices of HIV&AIDS-affected educators: How they are psychosocially affected and how REds enabled their resilience

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Delport, Rina ^a   Strydom, Herman ^b   Theron, Linda ^b   Geyer, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

educators; HIV affected; HIVAIDS; qualitative; resilience

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PANDEMIC; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESILIENT EDUCATORS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING;

EID: 78651351207     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.498857     Document Type: Article

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