Health of adults caring for orphaned children in an HIV-endemic community in South Africa

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

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1128-1135

  Kuo, Caroline ^a   Operario, Don ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; general health and functioning; HIV AIDS; mental health; orphan carer; post traumatic stress; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KESSLER 10 SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOUTH AFRICA; WELLBEING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, ORPHANED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052105986     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.554527     Document Type: Article

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