A randomised controlled trial of empowerment training for Chinese abused pregnant women in Hong Kong

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1249-1256

  Tiwari, A ^a,d   Leung, W C ^a   Leung, T W ^a   Humphreys, J ^b   Parker, B ^c   Ho, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 25144501195     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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