Knowledge and confidence of South African health care providers regarding post-rape care: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jina, Ruxana ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b   Christofides, Nicola ^a   Loots, Lizle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health providers; Knowledge; Rape; South Africa; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879815421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-257     Document Type: Article

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