Risk for Family Rejection and Associated Mental Health Outcomes Among Conflict-Affected Adult Women Living in Rural Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 35, Issue 7-9, 2014, Pages 789-807

  Kohli, Anjalee ^a   Perrin, Nancy A ^b   Mpanano, Remy Mitima ^c   Mullany, Luke C ^d   Murhula, Clovis Mitima ^e   Binkurhorhwa, Arsène Kajabika ^e   Mirindi, Alfred Bacikengi ^e   Banywesize, Jean Heri ^e   Bufole, Nadine Mwinja ^e   Ntwali, Eric Mpanano ^e   Glass, Nancy ^a,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Programme d'Appui aux Initiatives Economiques (PAIDEK)   (Congo)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Pigs for Peace ^*  (Congo)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922393156     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.903953     Document Type: Article

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