Asset ownership and health and mental health functioning among AIDS-orphaned adolescents: Findings from a randomized clinical trial in rural Uganda

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Ssewamala, Fred M ^a   Han, Chang Keun ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS orphaned adolescents; Assets; Children savings accounts; Economic empowerment; Intervention; Mental health; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EMPOWERMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; ORPHAN; OWNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SAVINGS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ORPHANED CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 67649598586     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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