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Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care
Volume 7, 2012 - Issue 1
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Early impacts of orphaning: Health, nutrition, and food insecurity in a cohort of school-going adolescents in South Africa

Mary Bachman DeSilva Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Anne Skalicky Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Jennifer Beard Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Mandisa Cakwe Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Tom Zhuwau Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Tim Quinlan Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Jonathon Simon Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Pages 75-87 | Received 13 Oct 2011, Accepted 08 Dec 2011, Published online: 24 Feb 2012

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Aramide Kazeem & John Musalia. (2023) Testing the impact of orphan status, illness in the household, and a child's relationship to the household head on wasting in Nigeria: implications for Hamilton's rule. Journal of Family Studies 29:1, pages 153-187.
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Benjamin K. Blevins & Keisuke Kawata. (2021) The orphan impact: HIV-AIDS and student test scores from sub-Saharan Africa. Educational Review 73:6, pages 690-713.
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Candice Reardon, Gavin George, Collins Mucheuki, Kaymarlin Govender & Tim Quinlan. (2015) Psychosocial and health risk outcomes among orphans and non-orphans in mixed households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research 14:4, pages 323-331.
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Mary Bachman DeSilva, Anne Skalicky, Jennifer Beard, Mandisa Cakwe, Tom Zhuwau, Tim Quinlan & Jonathon Simon. (2013) Household dynamics and socioeconomic conditions in the context of incident adolescent orphaning in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 8:4, pages 281-297.
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Morten Skovdal & Marguerite Daniel. (2012) Resilience through participation and coping-enabling social environments: the case of HIV-affected children in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research 11:3, pages 153-164.
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Netsai Bianca Gwelo, Joshua Sumankuuro, Olagoke Akintola & William R. Brieger. (2023) Factors associated with underweight, overweight, stunting and wasting among primary school-going children participating in a school health initiative in South Africa. BMC Nutrition 9:1.
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Sarah McIvor Murray, Paul Bolton, Jeremy C. Kane, Daniel P. Lakin, Stephanie Skavenski Van Wyk, Ravi Paul & Laura K. Murray. (2018) Measuring Symptoms of Psychopathology in Zambian Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Scale Validation and Psychometric Evaluation. Assessment 27:6, pages 1335-1348.
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Fangqing Liu, Edmond P. Bowers, Xiaosong Gai & Wei Ren. (2020) Enhancing the intentional self‐regulation skills of Chinese adolescents living in orphanages: A school‐based intervention. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 23:3, pages 339-348.
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Jennifer Beard, Anne Skalicky, Busisiwe Nkosi, Tom Zhuwau, Mandisa Cakwe, Jonathon Simon & Mary Bachman DeSilva. (2018) Challenges of developing a district child welfare plan in South Africa: lessons from a community-engaged HIV/AIDS research project. Global Health Promotion 27:2, pages 6-16.
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Malcolm Bryant & Jennifer Beard. (2016) Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Pediatric Clinics of North America 63:1, pages 131-147.
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Lucia Knight & Alicia Ely Yamin. (2015) “Without a mother”: caregivers and community members’ views about the impacts of maternal mortality on families in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Reproductive Health 12:S1.
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J. Salifu Yendork & Nceba Z. Somhlaba. (2014) Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages. Children and Youth Services Review 46, pages 28-37.
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