Poverty and psychological health among AIDS-orphaned children in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-741

  Cluver, Lucie ^a,b   Gardner, Frances ^a   Operario, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cape Town Child Welfare ^*  (South Africa)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Orphans; Poverty; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORPHANED CHILD; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449625310     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802511885     Document Type: Article

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