<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muldoon, K. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muzaaya, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ajok, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Akello, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petruf, Z.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nguyen, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baines, E. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shannon, K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">After abduction: exploring access to reintegration programs and mental health status among young female abductees in Northern Uganda</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Confl Health</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abduction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mental Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Northern Uganda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reintegration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Women</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1752-1505 (Print)&lt;br/&gt;1752-1505 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKGROUND: Reintegration programs are commonly offered to former combatants and abductees to acquire civilian status and support services to reintegrate into post-conflict society. Among a group of young female abductees in northern Uganda, this study examined access to post-abduction reintegration programming and tested for between group differences in mental health status among young women who had accessed reintegration programming compared to those who self-reintegrated. METHODS: This cross-sectional study analysed interviews from 129 young women who had previously been abducted by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). Data was collected between June 2011-January 2012. Interviews collected information on abduction-related experiences including age and year of abduction, manner of departure, and reintegration status. Participants were coded as 'reintegrated' if they reported &gt;/=1 of the following reintegration programs: traditional cleansing ceremony, received an amnesty certificate, reinsertion package, or had gone to a reception centre. A t-test was used to measure mean differences in depression and anxiety measured by the Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (APAI) to determine if abductees who participated in a reintegration program had different mental status from those who self-reintegrated. RESULTS: From 129 young abductees, 56 (43.4%) had participated in a reintegration program. Participants had been abducted between 1988-2010 for an average length of one year, the median age of abduction was 13 years (IQR:11-14) with escaping (76.6%), being released (15.6%), and rescued (7.0%) being the most common manner of departure from the LRA. Traditional cleansing ceremonies (67.8%) were the most commonly accessed support followed by receiving amnesty (37.5%), going to a reception centre (28.6%) or receiving a reinsertion package (12.5%). Between group comparisons indicated that the mental health status of abductees who accessed &gt;/=1 reintegration program were not significantly different from those who self-reintegrated (p &gt; 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Over 40% of female abductees in this sample had accessed a reintegration program, however significant differences in mental health were not observed between those who accessed a reintegration program and those who self-reintegrated. The successful reintegration of combatants and abductees into their recipient community is a complex process and these results support the need for gender-specific services and ongoing evaluation of reintegration programming.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24855489</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muldoon, Katherine A&lt;br/&gt;Muzaaya, Godfrey&lt;br/&gt;Betancourt, Theresa S&lt;br/&gt;Ajok, Mirriam&lt;br/&gt;Akello, Monica&lt;br/&gt;Petruf, Zaira&lt;br/&gt;Nguyen, Paul&lt;br/&gt;Baines, Erin K&lt;br/&gt;Shannon, Kate&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;England&lt;br/&gt;2014/05/24 06:00&lt;br/&gt;Confl Health. 2014 May 7;8:5. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-5. eCollection 2014.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4030522</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada ; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada ; Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6576 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, Canada.&lt;br/&gt;The AIDS Support Organization, Gulu, Uganda Mulago Hospital Complex, PO Box 10443, Kampala, Uganda.&lt;br/&gt;Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington, Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.&lt;br/&gt;Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.&lt;br/&gt;British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.&lt;br/&gt;Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6576 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, Canada.&lt;br/&gt;British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada ; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>