Community understandings of and responses to gender equality and empowerment in Rakai, Uganda

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-478

  Mullinax, Margo ^a   Higgins, Jenny ^b   Wagman, Jennifer ^c   Nakyanjo, Neema ^d   Kigozi, Godfrey ^d   Serwadda, David ^d   Wawer, Maria ^c   Gray, Ronald ^c   Nalugoda, Fred ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

Author keywords

gender equality; interpersonal negotiation; IPV; unintended health outcomes; women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEXISM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UGANDA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84876341674     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.768686     Document Type: Article

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