Intimate partner violence among African American and African Caribbean women: Prevalence, risk factors, and the influence of cultural attitudes

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stockman, Jamila K ^a   Lucea, Marguerite B ^b   Bolyard, Richelle ^b   Bertand, Desiree ^c   Callwood, Gloria B ^c   Sharps, Phyllis W ^b   Campbell, Doris W ^c   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; African Caribbean; Cultural attitudes; Intimate partner abuse; Intimate partner violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CARIBBEAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925294403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24772     Document Type: Article

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