Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Escueta, Maya ^a   Whetten, Kathryn ^a,b   Ostermann, Jan ^b   O'Donnell, Karen ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Education; Emotional difficulties; Orphans; POFO; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; AFRICA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY SIZE; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICA, EASTERN; CAMBODIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, ORPHANED; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898437205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-6     Document Type: Article

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