Violence and reproductive health preceding flight from war: Accounts from Somali born women in Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Byrskog, Ulrika ^a,b,c   Olsson, Pia ^b   Essén, Birgitta ^b   Allvin, Marie Klingberg ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Qualitative method; Refugee; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; Somalia; Thematic analysis; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RAPE; REFUGEES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMALIA; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907914020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-892     Document Type: Article

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