Development of an economic skill building intervention to promote women's safety and child development in Karachi, Pakistan

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-88

  Hirani, Saima Shams ^a   Karmaliani, Rozina ^a   McFarlane, Judith ^b   Asad, Nargis ^a   Madhani, Farhana ^a   Shehzad, Shireen ^a   Ali, Nazbano Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PAKISTAN; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 75149116744     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903254859     Document Type: Article

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