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Karen O’Donnell

Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries

Background Development policymakers and child-care service providers are committed to improving the educational opportunities of the 153 million orphans worldwide.…

Three-Year Change in the Wellbeing of Orphaned and Separated Children in Institutional and Family-Based Care Settings in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Background: With more than 2 million children living in group homes, or ‘‘institutions’’, worldwide, the extent to which institution-based caregiving negatively…

Correlates of Poor Health among Orphans and Abandoned Children in Less Wealthy Countries: The Importance of Caregiver Health

Background: More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated…

Child and caregiver concordance of potentially traumatic events experienced by orphaned and abandoned children

Exposure to trauma is associated with significant emotional and behavioral difficulties among children. Overall, reports of trauma and violence experienced by children…