Who is the vulnerable child? Using survey data to identify children at risk in the era of HIV and AIDS

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

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1066-1085

  Akwara, Priscilla Atwani ^a   Noubary, Behzad ^a   Lim Ah Ken, Patricia ^a   Johnson, Kiersten ^b   Yates, Rachel ^a   Winfrey, William ^c   Chandan, Upjeet Kaur ^d   Mulenga, Doreen ^a   Kolker, Jimmy ^a   Luo, Chewe ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b ICF Macro   (United States)

^c Futures Institute   (United States)

^d UNICEF ^*

Author keywords

definitions; global markers and indicators; HIV AIDS; orphans; vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 77956494235     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.498878     Document Type: Article

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