The health and well-being of neglected, abused and exploited children: The Kyiv Street Children Project

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Kerfoot, Michael ^a   Koshyl, Vira ^b   Roganov, Oleksandr ^c   Mikhailichenko, Kateryna ^d   Gorbova, Irina ^d   Pottage, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Aspern Children's Centre   (Ukraine)

^c My Family (Vifezda) Centre   (Ukraine)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Abuse; Exploitation; Neglect; Street children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UKRAINE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; UKRAINE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846478040     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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