Weighing up the burden of care on caregivers of orphan children: The Amajuba District Child Health and Wellbeing Project, South Africa

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

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 712-721

  Govender, Kaymarlin ^a   Penning, Susan ^a   George, Gavin ^a   Quinlan, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; burden; caregivers; extended family; grandmother; health; HIV AIDS; orphans

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84861503451     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.630455     Document Type: Article

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