Child sexual abuse and links to HIV and orphanhood in urban Zimbabwe

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1075-1082

  Birdthistle, Isolde J ^a,b   Floyd, Sian ^a   Mwanasa, Stewart ^c   Nyagadza, Auxillia ^b   Gwiza, Edmore ^c   Glynn, Judith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c HARARE CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DATA SET; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORPHAN; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; ZIMBABWE;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79955092421     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.094359     Document Type: Article

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