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Invisible carers: young people in Zimbabwe's home‐based healthcare
Author(s) -
Robson Elsbeth
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2000.tb00115.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , context (archaeology) , health care , pandemic , qualitative research , economic growth , nursing , sociology , psychology , political science , medicine , covid-19 , geography , social science , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics
Summary Women and young people are disproportionately burdened by the restructuring of healthcare services. Home‐based healthcare provision by children in Zimbabwe is investigated through qualitative interviews with young carers and key informants. The study suggests that young people (especially girls) become carers according to varied personal and household factors in the context of the AIDS pandemic, macro‐economic decline and ESAP‐weakened formal health services.