Re-focusing the gender lens: Caregiving women, family roles and HIV/AIDS vulnerability in Lesotho

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 595-604

  Harrison, Abigail ^a   Short, Susan E ^a   Tuoane Nkhasi, Maletela ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Statistics South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic vulnerability; Gender; HIV; Southern Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESOTHO; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84896393048     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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