Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional study of prevalence, predictors and associations with HIV

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 696-711

  Shamu, Simukai ^a,b,c   Abrahams, Naeema ^a,b   Zarowsky, Christina ^a   Shefer, Tamara ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

HIV; Intimate partner violence; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Risk factors; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84878144464     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12078     Document Type: Article

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