Three-year change in the wellbeing of orphaned and separated children in institutional and family-based care settings in five low- and middle-income countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Whetten, Kathryn ^a,b   Ostermann, Jan ^a   Pence, Brian W ^a,c   Whetten, Rachel A ^a   Messer, Lynne C ^a,d   Ariely, Sumedha ^a   O'Donnell, Karen ^a,b,e   Wasonga, Augustine I ^f   Vann, Vanroth ^g   Itemba, Dafrosa ^h   Eticha, Misganaw ⁱ   Madan, Ira ⁱ   Thielman, Nathan M ^a   Agala, Chris Bernard Otieno ⁱ   Ameya, Sisay Woldeyohannes ⁱ   Badma, Kokeb ⁱ   Chan, Sopheak ⁱ   Engiadawork, Belaynesh ⁱ   Hobbie, Amy ⁱ   Im, Bunchoeun ⁱ   Kaza, Venkata Gopala Krishna ⁱ   Kem, Sorvann Channtrea ⁱ   Koons, Anna ⁱ   Lang, Mao ⁱ   Lewis, Dean ⁱ   Makhanu, Benjamin Wandera ⁱ   Mvungi, Restituta ⁱ   Mujera, Robert Allenye ⁱ   Negatu, Kokeb Badma ⁱ   Panduga, Saritha Reddy ⁱ   Pongen, Imliyanger ⁱ   Prak, Kosal ⁱ   Rai, Pelevinuo ⁱ   Ros, Peoulakhena ⁱ   Selhore, Neville ⁱ   Sizya, Amani ⁱ   Were, Cyrilla Amanya ⁱ   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ACE Africa   (Kenya)

^g Homeland   (Cambodia)

^h Pan African Malaria Vector Research Consortium (PAMVERC)   (Tanzania)

ⁱ TAWREF ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; ORPHANED CHILD; SEPARATED PERSON; SOCIETY; WELLBEING; ADOPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORPHANAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION;

ADOPTION; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; ORPHANAGES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84907442705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104872     Document Type: Article

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