Quality of life after postconflict displacement in Ethiopia: Comparing placement in a community setting with that in shelters

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 585-593

  Araya, Mesfin ^a,b   Chotai, Jayanti ^b   Komproe, Ivan H ^c,e   De Jong, Joop T V M ^c,d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community setting; Ethiopia; Postmigration; Resilience; Shelters

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 80051796835     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0223-1     Document Type: Article

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