Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and associated mental health symptoms among pregnant women in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 940-947

  Mahenge, B ^a   Likindikoki, S ^a   Stockl H ^b   Mbwambo, J ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; anxiety; depression; intimate partner violence; PTSD; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; TANZANIA; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84879222021     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12185     Document Type: Article

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