Care arrangements of AIDS orphans and their relationship with children's psychosocial well-being in rural China

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-123

  Hong, Yan ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Zhao, Guoxiang ^d   Zhao, Junfeng ^d   Zhao, Qun ^b   Lin, Xiuyun ^c   Zhang, Liying ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AIDS orphans; care arrangement; China; psychosocial well being; resource poor regions

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORPHANAGES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79951931291     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq025     Document Type: Article

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