The roles of a Grandmother in African societies - please do not send them to old people's homes

J Glob Health. 2019 Jun;9(1):010306. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010306.

Authors

Janet Michel¹, Astrid Stuckelberger², Fabrizio Tediosi¹, David Evans¹, Peter van Eeuwijk³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Social Anthropology Department, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa
Aged
Female
Grandparents*
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Role*