Community interventions providing care and support to orphans and vulnerable children: A review of evaluation evidence

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

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 918-942

  Schenk, Katie D ^a,b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care and support; Community based; Evaluation; Intervention; Orphaned and vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERNET; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 70450208495     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802537831     Document Type: Article

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