Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence among women attending HIV voluntary counseling and testing in northern Tanzania, 2005-2008

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Prabhu, Malavika ^a   McHome, Bariki ^b   Ostermann, Jan ^c,d   Itemba, Dafrosa ^e   Njau, Bernard ^b   Thielman, Nathan ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KIWAKKUKI (Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Counseling; Domestic violence; HIV infection; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE WOMAN; TANZANIA; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79952992026     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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