Fostering resilience in children at risk through a cultural therapy intervention in Kingston, Jamaica

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 31-35

  Robertson Hickling, Hilary ^a   Paisley, Vanessa ^a   Guzder, Jaswant ^b,c   Hickling, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural therapy; Jamaica; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; JAMAICA; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CITIES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77249143893     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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