Is Intimate Partner Violence Associated with Unintended Pregnancy? A Review of the Literature

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-235

  Pallitto, Christina C ^a   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^a   O'campo, Patricia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

abuse during pregnancy; domestic violence; intimate partner violence; unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 27744580820     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838005277441     Document Type: Article

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