Modelling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women's health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1029

  Ford Gilboe, Marilyn ^a   Wuest, Judith ^b   Varcoe, Colleen ^c   Davies, Lorraine ^a   Merritt Gray, Marilyn ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^d   Wilk, Piotr ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e Middlesex London Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Determinants of health; Health status; Intimate partner violence; Structural equation modelling; Women; Women's health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; MODELING; PUBLIC ACCESS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61649091770     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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