Maltreatment experiences and associated factors prior to admission to residential care: A sample of institutionalized children and youth in western Kenya

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 778-787

  Morantz, Gillian ^a   Cole, Donald C ^b   Ayaya, Samuel ^c   Ayuku, David ^c   Braitstein, Paula ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership   (Kenya)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Africa; Institution; Neglect; Orphan; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORPHANED CHILD; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885041206     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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