Child sexual abuse: Is it a risk factor for pregnancy?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2025-2037

  Yampolsky, Lee ^a   Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Ben Zion, Itzahk Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Depression; Nursing; Post traumatic stress; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PARITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955236306     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05387.x     Document Type: Article

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