Home visiting programs for HIV-affected families: a comparison of service quality between volunteer-driven and paraprofessional models

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-317

  Kidman, Rachel ^a,b   Nice, Johanna ^c   Taylor, Tory ^b   Thurman, Tonya R ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community based care; evaluation; HIV and AIDS; home visiting; orphans and vulnerable children; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027942613     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2014.954025     Document Type: Article

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