South Asian victims of intimate partner violence more likely than non-victims to report sexual health concerns

Journal of Immigrant Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Raj, Anita ^a   Liu, Rosalyn ^b   McCleary Sills, Jennifer ^a   Silverman, Jay G ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Emigration and immigration; Female genital diseases and pregnancy complications; Pregnancy, unwanted; South Asian American women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BURNING SENSATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICTURITION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BATTERED WOMEN; BOSTON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 16344387034     PISSN: 10964045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-005-2641-9     Document Type: Article

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