Validation of the "World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children, WHODAS-Child" in Rwanda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Scorza, Pamela ^a   Stevenson, Anne ^a   Canino, Glorisa ^b   Mushashi, Christine ^c   Kanyanganzi, Fredrick ^c   Munyanah, Morris ^c   Betancourt, Theresa ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RWANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84874735104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057725     Document Type: Article

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