Orphanhood and self-esteem: an 18-year longitudinal study from an HIV affected area in Tanzania

The HIV epidemic exacerbated the prevalence of prime-aged adult death in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in increased rates of orphanhood. Little is known about whether this will coincide with adverse psychosocial wellbeing in adulthood for those who were orphaned at childhood.We studied...

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Main Authors: De Weerdt, J, Beegle, K, Dercon, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2017