Outcomes and processes at a camp for youth with HIV/AIDS

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1508-1526

  Gillard, Ann ^a   Witt, Peter A ^b   Watts, Clifton E ^c  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents youth; case studies; children, growth and development; children, illness and disease; focus groups; HIV AIDS, interviews; observation; psychosocial issues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053338590     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311413907     Document Type: Review

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