Reckoning HIV/AIDS care: A longitudinal study of community home-based caregivers and clients in Swaziland

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-274

  Root, Robin ^a   Van Wyngaard, Arnau ^b,c   Whiteside, Alan ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Shiselweni Home Based Care ^*  (Swaziland)

^d BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

adherence; Africa; ART ARV; care supporter caregiver; Community home based care; gender; HIV testing; HIV AIDS policy; religion; task shifting

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOME BASED CARE; COMMUNITY HOME BASED CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HOME BASED CLIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHISELWENI HOME BASED CARE; SWAZILAND; WELLBEING; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943364753     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2015.1059864     Document Type: Article

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