Violence against women and the perinatal period: The impact of lifetime violence and abuse on pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-353

  Kendall Tackett, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child sexual abuse; Intimate partner violence; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BREAST FEEDING; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250691492     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838007304406     Document Type: Article

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