Cross-cultural adaptation of the child depression inventory for use in tanzania with children affected by HIV

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-187

  Traube, Dorian ^a   Dukay, Victor ^b   Kaaya, Sylvia ^c   Reyes, Hector ^a   Mellins, Claude ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lundy Foundation   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS orphans; Child depression inventory; Cross cultural validation; Depression; OVC; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953850264     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450121003668343     Document Type: Article

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