Mental Health of the African Girl Child: Challenges for Nurses

Author: Uys Leana  

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

ISSN: 1096-4673

Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Vol.30, Iss.7, 2009-07, pp. : 431-435

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Abstract

In this paper, the ecological systems theory of child development is used as the framework for exploring research on the development of African children, especially girl children. The special problems faced by children and the challenges this raises for nurses also are described in this paper.