Community perceptions and experiences of domestic violence and induced abortion in Wakiso district, Uganda

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1120-1128

  Kaye, Dan K ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraception; Domestic violence; Induced abortion; Uganda; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL HEALTH; UGANDA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UGANDA;

EID: 33748294453     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306292172     Document Type: Article

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