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Osuji HL, Nabunya P, Byansi W, et al. Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda. Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2018;13(3):228-238doi: 10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211.
Osuji, H. L., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Parchment, T. M., Ssewamala, F., McKay, M. M., & Huang, K. Y. (2018). Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda. Vulnerable children and youth studies, 13(3), 228-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211
Osuji, Hadiza L, et al. "Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda." Vulnerable children and youth studies vol. 13,3 (2018): 228-238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211
Osuji HL, Nabunya P, Byansi W, Parchment TM, Ssewamala F, McKay MM, Huang KY. Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda. Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2018;13(3):228-238. doi: 10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211. Epub 2018 Feb 23. PMID: 30083221; PMCID: PMC6075833.
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Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2018;13(3):228-238. doi: 10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211. Epub 2018 Feb 23.

Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda.

Vulnerable children and youth studies

Hadiza L Osuji, Proscovia Nabunya, William Byansi, Tyrone M Parchment, Fred Ssewamala, Mary M McKay, Keng-Yen Huang

Affiliations

  1. McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, and NYU Sliver School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
  2. NYU Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
  3. Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA.
  4. Boston College School of Social Work; Chestnut Hill, MA.
  5. Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
  6. International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University St. Louis, MO, USA.
  7. Brown School of Social Work. Washington State University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
  8. Population Health and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 30083221 PMCID: PMC6075833 DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2018.1439211

Abstract

The goal of this study is to examine the role of social support from multiple sources, including the extended family, caregivers, classmates, peers and teachers, in improving the school outcomes (grades and attendance) of children orphaned by AIDS in Uganda. Data for this study comes from a 4-year randomized control trial, called

Keywords: Uganda; Vulnerable youth educational outcome; caregiver support; children made vulnerable due to AIDS; family cohesion; social support

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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