Social reactions to rape: Experiences and perceptions of women rape survivors and their potential support providers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-626

  Muganyizi, Projestine S ^a   Hogan, Nora ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^b   Lindmark, Gunilla ^c   Massawe, Siriel ^a   Nystrom, Lennarth ^b   Axemo, Pia ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Community; Coping; Disclose; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATION; RAPE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 70350192360     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.607     Document Type: Article

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