Using people to cope with the hunger: Social networks and food transfers amongst HIV/aids afflicted households in kwazulu-natal, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1490-1502

  Kaschula, Sarah ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Interchurch Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Donated foods; Food security; HIV AIDS; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855181781     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0006-z     Document Type: Article

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