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An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa

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An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa
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BMC Public Health, April 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-259
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Makandwe Nyirenda, Somnath Chatterji, Jane Falkingham, Portia Mutevedzi, Victoria Hosegood, Maria Evandrou, Paul Kowal, Marie-Louise Newell

Abstract

Despite the severe impact of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the health of older people aged 50+ is often overlooked owing to the dearth of data on the direct and indirect effects of HIV on older people's health status and well-being. The aim of this study was to examine correlates of health and well-being of HIV-infected older people relative to HIV-affected people in rural South Africa, defined as participants with an HIV-infected or death of an adult child due to HIV-related cause.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 168 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 17%
Student > Master 26 15%
Researcher 21 12%
Student > Bachelor 18 10%
Student > Postgraduate 12 7%
Other 35 20%
Unknown 34 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 40 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 33 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 5%
Psychology 6 3%
Other 26 15%
Unknown 40 23%
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#18,305,445
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