Impact of a mentoring program on psychosocial wellbeing of youth in Rwanda: Results of a quasi-experimental study

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 288-299

  Brown, Lisanne ^a   Thurman, Tonya R ^a   Rice, Janet ^a   Boris, Neil W ^a   Ntaganira, Joseph ^b   Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia ^b   de Dieu, Jean ^b   Snider, Leslie ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rwanda School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult support; AIDS orphans; Depression; Mentoring program; Youth headed households

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449895772     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903193915     Document Type: Article

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