Postwar environment and long-term mental health problems in former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the WAYS study

Kennedy Amone-P'olak (Lead / Corresponding author), Jan Stochl, Emilio Ovuga, Rosemary Abbott, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Tim J. Croudace, Peter B. Jones

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    Abstract

    War experiences (WE) and postwar environments (PWE) are associated with mental ill-health. The present study aims to investigate the pathways from WE and PWE to mental ill-health and to define opportunities for intervention through analysis of the war-affected youths study (WAYS) cohort study.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)425-430
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health
    Volume68
    Issue number5
    Early online date3 Jan 2014
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2014

    Keywords

    • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    • Epidemiology

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