Recent abuse from in-laws and associations with adverse experiences during the crisis among rural Ivorian women: Extended families as part of the ecological model

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 831-844

  Falb, Kathryn L ^a   Annan, Jeannie ^b   Hossain, Mazeda ^c   Topolska, Monika ^d   Kpebo, Denise ^e   Gupta, Jhumka ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

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

^d International Rescue Committee   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; ecological; gender based violence; humanitarian aid; war

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ETHNICITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MOSLEM; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84884353730     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.810766     Document Type: Article

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