Health, access to health care, and health care use among homeless women with a history of intimate partner violence

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1032-1039

  Vijayaraghavan, Maya ^a,b   Tochterman, Ana ^c   Hsu, Eustace ^d   Johnson, Karen ^e   Marcus, Sue ^c,f,g   Caton, Carol L M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f New York Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health; Health care use; Homeless women; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84866730374     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9527-7     Document Type: Article

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