Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Devries, Karen ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a   Yoshihama, Mieko ^b   Kiss, Ligia ^a   Schraiber, Lilia Blima ^c   Deyessa, Negussie ^d   Heise, Lori ^a   Durand, Julia ^c   Mbwambo, Jessie ^e   Janssen, Henrica ^f   Berhane, Yemane ^d   Ellsberg, Mary ^g   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g International Centre for Research on Women   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Developing countries; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence; Suicidal behaviour; Women

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LOGISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERU; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TANZANIA; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; ETHIOPIA; JAPAN; NAMIBIA; PERU; SAMOA; SERBIA; TANZANIA; THAILAND;

EID: 79959588287     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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