Sexual violence among host and refugee population in Djohong District, Eastern Cameroon

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 974-994

  Parmar, Parveen ^a   Agrawal, Pooja ^a   Greenough, P Gregg ^a   Goyal, Ravi ^b   Kayden, Stephanie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon, refugee; Central African Republic; intimate partner violence; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84867213429     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.688061     Document Type: Article

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