Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Health Among Methamphetamine-Using Women in Los Angeles: A Qualitative Pilot Study

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 310-316

  Abdul Khabir, Wajidah ^a   Hall, Timothy ^b   Swanson, Aimee Noelle ^b   Shoptaw, Steven ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA Family Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contraception; domestic violence; methamphetamine; prenatal care; reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; INTERVIEW; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LOS ANGELES; METHAMPHETAMINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926038757     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2014.934978     Document Type: Article

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