Education and nutritional status of orphans and children of HIV-infected parents in Kenya

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-395

  Mishra, Vinod ^a   Arnold, Fred ^a   Otieno, Fredrick ^b   Cross, Anne ^a   Hong, Rathavuth ^a  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b Kenya National Bureau of Statistics   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANAGE; PARENT; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 35848940945     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.5.383     Document Type: Article

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