Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 208-215

  Kashala, Espérance ^a,b   Elgen, Irene ^c   Sommerfelt, Kristian ^c   Tylleskar, Thorkild ^b,c  

^a Kinshasa University Hospital   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Child mental health; School performance; SDQ

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21244475967     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-005-0446-y     Document Type: Article

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