Physical and sexual violence, mental health indicators, and treatment seeking among street-based population groups in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-395

  Navarro, Javier Rio ^a   Cohen, Julien ^b   Arechaga, Eva Rocillo ^a   Zuniga, Edgardo ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

Author keywords

Honduras; Mental health; Sexual violence; Urban health; Violence; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUBPOPULATION; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HONDURAS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

FRANCISCO MORAZAN; HONDURAS; TEGUCIGALPA;

EID: 84864259524     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892012000500006     Document Type: Article

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