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A qualitative study of the coping strategies used by caregivers of hiv-positive children in a residential childcare setting

Magister Psychologiae - MPsych / According to the findings of this study, childcare workers caring for HIV-positive children working in a residential care setting, have similar experiences and challenges to nurses, community-based caregivers and primary caregivers, such as coping with loss and contagion fear. Nonetheless, caring for HIV-positive children poses unique challenges for the caregiver, calling for flexibility and situation-dependent coping strategies.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/3672
Date January 2008
CreatorsLouis, Desirée
ContributorsMalcolm, Charles
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Rightsuwc

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