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A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries.

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O'Donnell, K; Murphy, R; Ostermann, J; Masnick, M; Whetten, RA; Madden, E; Thielman, NM; Whetten, K ...
Published in: AIDS Behav
February 2012

Assessment of children's learning and performance in low and middle income countries has been critiqued as lacking a gold standard, an appropriate norm reference group, and demonstrated applicability of assessment tasks to the context. This study was designed to examine the performance of three nonverbal and one adapted verbal measure of children's problem solving, memory, motivation, and attention across five culturally diverse sites. The goal was to evaluate the tests as indicators of individual differences affected by life events and care circumstances for vulnerable children. We conclude that the measures can be successfully employed with fidelity in non-standard settings in LMICs, and are associated with child age and educational experience across the settings. The tests can be useful in evaluating variability in vulnerable child outcomes.

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AIDS Behav

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EISSN

1573-3254

Publication Date

February 2012

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

480 / 490

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Public Health
  • Problem Solving
  • Poverty
  • Motivation
  • Memory
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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O’Donnell, K., Murphy, R., Ostermann, J., Masnick, M., Whetten, R. A., Madden, E., … Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team, . (2012). A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries. AIDS Behav, 16(2), 480–490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-9940-z
O’Donnell, Karen, Robert Murphy, Jan Ostermann, Max Masnick, Rachel A. Whetten, Elisabeth Madden, Nathan M. Thielman, Kathryn Whetten, and Kathryn Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team. “A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries.AIDS Behav 16, no. 2 (February 2012): 480–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-9940-z.
O’Donnell K, Murphy R, Ostermann J, Masnick M, Whetten RA, Madden E, et al. A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries. AIDS Behav. 2012 Feb;16(2):480–90.
O’Donnell, Karen, et al. “A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries.AIDS Behav, vol. 16, no. 2, Feb. 2012, pp. 480–90. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10461-011-9940-z.
O’Donnell K, Murphy R, Ostermann J, Masnick M, Whetten RA, Madden E, Thielman NM, Whetten K, Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team. A brief assessment of learning for orphaned and abandoned children in low and middle income countries. AIDS Behav. 2012 Feb;16(2):480–490.
Journal cover image

Published In

AIDS Behav

DOI

EISSN

1573-3254

Publication Date

February 2012

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

480 / 490

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Public Health
  • Problem Solving
  • Poverty
  • Motivation
  • Memory
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Humans
  • Female