Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence and revictimization among women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-239

  Dunkle, Kristin L ^a   Jewkes, Rachel K ^b   Brown, Heather C ^c   Yoshihama, Mieko ^a   Gray, Glenda E ^c   McIntyre, James A ^c   Harlow, Siobán D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child abuse, sexual; Domestic violence; Prevalence; Rape; Risk; South Africa; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH RISK; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BATTERED WOMAN; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COITUS; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOWETO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3242814329     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh194     Document Type: Article

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