Responses to and Resources for Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Findings From Women, Men, and Service Providers in Rural Kenya

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 783-805

  Odero, Merab ^a   Hatcher, Abigail M ^b,c   Bryant, Chenoia ^d   Onono, Maricianah ^a   Romito, Patrizia ^e   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^a   Turan, Janet M ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

disclosure of domestic violence; domestic violence in cultural contexts; Kenya; support seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMMUNITY CARE; DISCLOSURE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT SEEKING; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

DISCLOSURE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; KENYA; SUPPORT SEEKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893131708     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260513505706     Document Type: Article

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