Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 666

Full Length Research Paper

Psychosocial wellbeing of orphan and vulnerable children at orphanages in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia

Sebsibe Tadesse*
  • Sebsibe Tadesse*
  • Institute of Public Health, the University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Fekadu Dereje
  • Fekadu Dereje
  • Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences, The Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Molalign Belay
  • Molalign Belay
  • School of Sociology and Social Work, the University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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  •  Received: 10 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 August 2014
  •  Published: 31 October 2014

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