Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence among pregnant women attending Kisumu District Hospital, Kenya

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-447

  Makayoto, Lyndah A ^a,b   Omolo, Jared ^a   Kamweya, Abel M ^b   Harder, Valarie S ^d   Mutai, Joseph ^c  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Kenya; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880709085     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1015-x     Document Type: Article

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