'We are managing our own lives ...': Life transitions and care in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in Tanzania and Uganda

Area

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 384-396

  Evans, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS in Africa; Child and youth headed households; Gender and generational norms; Qualitative and participatory methods; Sibling care and life transitions; Tanzania and Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; GENDER RELATIONS; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY; POWER RELATIONS; SIBLING; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 80855144055     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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