Gender differentials on the health consequences of care-giving to people with AIDS-related illness among older informal carers in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya

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

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1586-1594

  Chepngeno Langat, Gloria ^a   Madise, Nyovani ^a   Evandrou, Maria ^a   Falkingham, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Health impact; Older people; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMAL CAREGIVER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; URBAN AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84855655986     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.569698     Document Type: Article

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