A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations.

A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations.

BACKGROUND:Leaders are struggling to care for the estimated 143,000,000 orphans and millions more abandoned children worldwide. Global policy makers are advocating that institution-living orphans and abandoned children (OAC) be moved as quickly as possible to a residential family setting and that in...

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Main Authors: Kathryn Whetten, Jan Ostermann, Rachel A Whetten, Brian W Pence, Karen O'Donnell, Lynne C Messer, Nathan M Thielman, Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2790618?pdf=render

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