Correlates of suicide ideation and attempt among youth living in the slums of Kampala

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 596-609

  Swahn, Monica H ^a   Palmier, Jane B ^a   Kasirye, Rogers ^b   Yao, Huang ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UGANDA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LINK   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; Homeless youth; Kampala; Loneliness; Parental neglect; Sadness; Street youth; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt; Trading sex; Uganda; Vulnerable youth

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORPHANED CHILD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SLUMS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

EID: 84857779215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9020596     Document Type: Article

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