Caring for children with disabilities in Kilifi, Kenya: What is the carer's experience?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Gona, J K ^a   Mung'ala Odera, V ^a   Newton, C R ^a,b,c   Hartley, S ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Challenges; Coping strategies; Disability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951522237     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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