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

Kennedy Amone-P'Olak; Jan Stochl; Emilio Ovuga; Rosemary Abbott; Richard Meiser-Stedman; Tim J Croudace; Peter B Jones

doi:10.1136/jech-2013-203042

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

Kennedy Amone-P'Olak, 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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-430
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of epidemiology and community health
Volume	68
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2013-203042
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2014

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