The mental health, quality of life and life satisfaction of internally displaced persons living in Nakuru County, Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Getanda, Elijah Mironga ^a   Papadopoulos, Chris ^b   Evans, Hala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internally displaced persons; Life satisfaction; Mental health; Nakuru; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84938782807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2085-7     Document Type: Article

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