Escaping the triple trap: Coping strategies of pregnant adolescent survivors of domestic violence in Mulago hospital, Uganda

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-186

  Kaye, Dan K ^a   Mirembe, Florence M ^a   Ekström, Anna Mia ^b   Johansson, Annika ^b   Bantebya, Grace ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adolescents; coping strategies; domestic violence; pregnancy; stress; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SURVIVOR; UGANDA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UGANDA;

EID: 34147108768     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600858490     Document Type: Article

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