A Brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 480-490

  O'Donnell, Karen ^a,b   Murphy, Robert ^a,b   Ostermann, Jan ^a   Masnick, Max ^a   Whetten, Rachel A ^a   Madden, Elisabeth ^a,c   Thielman, Nathan M ^a   Whetten, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Low and middle income; Orphans; Performance; Tests

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; ORPHANED CHILD; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, ORPHANED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859718296     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9940-z     Document Type: Article

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