Abstract:Background: By living in dangerous areas, children in Afghanistan have been exposed to traumatic events and chaotic education; the ongoing Taliban’s comeback continues to jeopardize access to school for girls, hardly secured in the past.
Objectives: The objectives were to evaluate children mental health in a high-risk situation and the protective effect of attending to school for girls and boys.
Method: The study included 2707 school age children in eight regions of Afghanistan (16 provinces) residing in house… Show more
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