Prevalence and predictors of partner violence against women in the aftermath of war: A survey among couples in Northern Uganda

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-25

  Saile, Regina ^a,b   Neuner, Frank ^a,b   Ertl, Verena ^a,b   Catani, Claudia ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Northern Uganda; Partner violence; Post conflict; Predictors; Prevalence; PTSD; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UGANDA; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

UGANDA;

EID: 84876733241     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.046     Document Type: Article

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