Women's exposure to intimate partner violence and child malnutrition: Findings from demographic and health surveys in Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-359

  Ziaei, Shirin ^a   Naved, Ruchira Tabassum ^b   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Children; Intimate partner violence; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD WELFARE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902466170     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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