Orphan competent communities: A framework for community analysis and action

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 19-30

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Campbell, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Community support; Coping; Orphans; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954629809     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903281173     Document Type: Article

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