Measuring vulnerability among orphans and vulnerable children in rural Malawi: Validation study of the Child Status Index tool

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sabin, Lora ^a,b   Tsoka, Maxton ^c   Brooks, Mohamad I ^a   Miller, Candace ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Children; Evaluation; Malawi; OVC; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD STATUS INDEX; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALAWI; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80155192397     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182254298     Document Type: Article

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