A multilevel analysis of individual, household, and neighborhood correlates of intimate partner violence among low-income pregnant women in Jefferson County, Alabama

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-539

  Li, Qing ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^a   Sigler, Robert T ^c   Hwang, Sean Shong ^b   LaGory, Mark E ^b   Goldenberg, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAID; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BATTERED WOMEN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAID; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149143525     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.151159     Document Type: Article

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