Orphanhood and vulnerability: A conduit to poor child health outcomes in Rwanda

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

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Johnson, Fiifi Amoako ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a   Smith, Peter W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child morbidity; Demographic and health surveys; Graphical chain models; Orphaned and vulnerable children; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951037947     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903193682     Document Type: Article

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