{"product_id":"children-as-caregivers-jean-hunleth-9780813588032","title":"Children as Caregivers: The Global Fight against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Association for Africanist Anthropology Elliott P. Skinner Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Zambia, due to the rise of tuberculosis and the closely connected HIV epidemic, a large number of children have experienced the illness or death of at least one parent. \u003ci\u003eChildren as Caregivers\u003c\/i\u003e examines how well intentioned practitioners fail to realize that children take on active caregiving roles when their guardians become seriously ill and demonstrates why understanding children's care is crucial for global health policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using ethnographic methods, and listening to the voices of the young as well as adults, Jean Hunleth makes the caregiving work of children visible. She shows how children actively seek to \"get closer\" to ill guardians by providing good care. Both children and ill adults define good care as attentiveness of the young to adults' physical needs, the ability to carry out treatment and medication programs in the home, and above all, the need to maintain physical closeness and proximity. Children understand that losing their guardians will not only be emotionally devastating, but that such loss is likely to set them adrift in Zambian society, where education and advancement depend on maintaining familial, reciprocal relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e View a gallery of images from the book (https: \/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/childrenascaregivers) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Download the open access ebook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Hunleth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813588030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813588032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 6.05w x 0.52d","brand":"Jean Hunleth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120309891327,"sku":"9780813588032","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5c69b44-034b-4757-8057-373bb93ac4aa.jpg?v=1687413631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-as-caregivers-jean-hunleth-9780813588032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}