Poverty, AIDS and child health: Identifying highest-risk children in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 910-915

  Cluver, L ^a,b,c   Boyes, M ^a   Orkin, M ^d   Sherr, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; HIV AIDS; Paediatrics; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84889576759     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7045     Document Type: Article

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