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Courtney Harold Van Houtven

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
Duke Box 3240, Durham, NC 27708
2424 Erwin Rd, Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Informal Care and Economic Stressors

Book section · May 11, 2015 This chapter uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to describe how informal care provided by adult children and spousal caregivers interact with economic stress. Multiple economic factors influence whether a person becomes an informal caregi ... Full text Cite

Resources and coping strategies among caregivers of operation iraqi freedom (OIF) and operation enduring freedom (OEF) veterans with polytrauma and traumatic brain injury

Book section · January 1, 2014 Family caregivers with adequate resources manage stress from caregiving more effectively, minimizing their risk for poor health. What resources caregivers have and how they use them may vary, however, by care recipients' level of functional dependence and ... Full text Cite