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Young Carers and HIV and AIDS
Ruth Evans (Department of Geographical and Environmental Science, University of Reading) has published a collection of useful and insightful articles and a book on children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS in Africa and in African migrant families in the UK.

References for the latest publications are:
R. Evans (2010) Children’s caring roles and responsibilities within the family in Africa, Geography Compass, 4/10, pp 1477-1496.

R. Evans (2010) “We are managing our own lives…”: Life transitions and care in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in Tanzania and Uganda, Area,  published online by Wiley (www.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00954.x.

R. Evans (2009) Young caregiving and HIV in the UK: Caring relationships and mobilities in African migrant families, Population, Space and Place, published online by Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.10002/psp.583

Evans, R. and Becker, S. (2009) Children Caring for Parents and Relatives with HIV and AIDS: Global Issues and Policy Responses, The Policy Press: Bristol.

R. Evans and F. Thomas (2009) Emotional interactions and an ethics of care: Caring relations in families affected by HIV and AIDS, Emotion, Space and Society, pp 1-9.

For further information about Ruth’s work please contact:
Dr. Ruth Evans
Department of Geography and Environmental Science
University of Reading, Whiteknights PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB, UK.
Email: r.evans@reading.ac.uk.