African families and AIDS : context, reactions and potential interventions

Caldwell, John C; Caldwell, Pat; Ankrah, E.Maxine; Anarfi, John Kwasi; Agyeman, Dominic; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Orubuloye, I. O

African families and AIDS : context, reactions and potential interventions

Date

1993

Authors

Caldwell, John C

Caldwell, Pat

Ankrah, E.Maxine

Anarfi, John Kwasi

Agyeman, Dominic

Awusabo-Asare, Kofi

Orubuloye, I. O

Publisher

Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University

Abstract

This paper reviews publications and research reports on how sub-Saharan African families have been affected by, and reacted to, the AIDS epidemic. The nature of the African family and its variation across the regions is shown to be basic to both an understanding of how the epidemic spread and of its impact. The volume of good social science research undertaken until now on the disease in Africa is shown to be extremely small relative to the need.