School violence, mental health, and educational performance in Uganda

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Devries, Karen M ^a   Child, Jennifer C ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^b   Walakira, Eddy ^c   Parkes, Jenny ^d   Naker, Dipak ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medical Statistics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RAISING VOICES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Corporal punishment; Education; Mental health; Primary school; Uganda; Violence against children

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHILD ABUSE SCREENING TOOL CHILD INSTITUTIONAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; STAFF; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UGANDA;

EID: 84891758858     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2007     Document Type: Article

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