Improving the lives of vulnerable children: Implications of horizons research among orphans and other children affected by AIDS

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-336

  Schenk, Katie D ^a   Michaelis, Annie ^a,b   Sapiano, Tobey Nelson ^c,d   Brown, Lisanne ^e,f   Weiss, Ellen ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b William J Clinton Foundation   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALAWI; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RWANDA; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; WELLBEING; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORPHANED CHILD; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, ORPHANED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77950366058     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500223     Document Type: Review

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