Worldwide violence against women legislation: An equity approach

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Ortiz Barreda, Gaby ^a   Vives Cases, Carmen ^a,b   Gil González, Diana ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Observatory of Public Policies and Health (OPPS)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equity; Legislation; Policy recommendations; Violence against Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN;

BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79954678393     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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