Free love: A case study of church-run home-based caregivers in a high vulnerability setting

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Root, Robin ^a   van Wyngaard, Arnau ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Shiselweni Reformed Church Home based Care Organisation ^*  (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Africa; Gender; Health; Hiv; Home based care; Religion; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWAZILAND;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWAZILAND;

EID: 80052452974     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.581675     Document Type: Article

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