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HIV/AIDS and older persons
— special issue | | Author(s) | Nathalie Williams, John Knodel, David Lam |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 32, no 1, January 2010 |
| Pages | pp 3-151 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com doi:10.1177/0164027509348141 |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Family care ; Drugs ; Attitude ; Asia ; Africa. |
| Annotation | All but one of the articles in this special issue of Research on Aging were originally presented at a conference on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Older Persons in Africa and Asia held at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center in November 2008, and sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The purpose of the conference was to elicit research resulting evidence-based assessments of the full range of potential effects of HIV/AIDS on older people, and whether those impacts are negative, mixed or even positive. Issues relating to older people who are at risk or infected were deliberately not emphasised. Of the six articles, four refer to sub-Saharan African countries (including Kenya and South Africa), and the other two to Asian countries (Thailand and Cambodia). The articles cover a range of issues on the topic, including financial impacts, health outcomes, role in antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatments, and community relationships and reactions. The aim is to generally inform realistic policies and programmes for older people who are affected by HIV/AIDS around the world. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100907004 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: P6:SJ: LLD: DP: 7C: 7J |
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