Developing a function impairment measure for children affected by political violence: A mixed methods approach in Indonesia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-383

  Tol, Wietse A ^a,b   Komproe, Ivan H ^b,c   Jordans, Mark J D ^b   Susanty, Dessy ^d   De Jong, Joop T V M ^e,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HealthNet TPO ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Church World Service Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Evaluation; Function impairment; Indonesia; Measurement; Psy chosocial; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT RATING SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOPE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVATION; PARENTS; POLITICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960486039     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr032     Document Type: Article

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