Caregiving, gender, and nutritional status in Nyanza Province, Kenya: Grandmothers gain, grandfathers lose

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 498-508

  Ice, Gillian H ^a   Heh, Victor ^a   Yogo, Jaja ^a   Juma, Elizabeth ^b  

^a University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79958131525     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21172     Document Type: Article

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