The contribution of socio-economic position to the excesses of violence and intimate partner violence among Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal women in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Daoud, Nihaya ^a,b   Smylie, Janet ^a,c   Urquia, Marcelo ^a   Allan, Billie ^d   O'Campo, Patricia ^a,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Native Physicians Association in Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples in Canada; Colonialization; Intimate Partner Violence (IPV); Socioeconomic position; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884687569     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3724     Document Type: Article

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