Children's role in the community response to HIV in Zimbabwe

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Magutshwa Zitha, Sitholubuhle ^b   Campbell, Catherine ^c   Nyamukapa, Constance ^b,d   Gregson, Simon ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Agency; Childhood; Critical enablers; HIV; Investment framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD ROLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; AGENCY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CRITICAL ENABLERS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICA; AGENCY; CHILDHOOD; CRITICAL ENABLERS; HIV; INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879187117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18468     Document Type: Article

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