Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-524

  Shamu, Simukai ^a,b   Abrahams, Naeemah ^a,b   Temmerman, Marleen ^c   Zarowsky, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; midwives; pregnant women; screening; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879164831     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.759393     Document Type: Article

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