| Title |
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
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008169 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kathryn Whetten, Jan Ostermann, Rachel A. Whetten, Brian W. Pence, Karen O'Donnell, Lynne C. Messer, Nathan M. Thielman, The Positive Outcomes for Orphans Research Team |
| Abstract |
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 institutional care be used as a last resort. This analysis tests the hypothesis that institutional care for OAC aged 6-12 is associated with worse health and wellbeing than community residential care using conservative two-tail tests. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 212 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 205 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 36 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 17% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 45 | 21% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 47 | 22% |
| Psychology | 44 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 7% |
| Unknown | 55 | 26% |