The impact of violence against women on reproductive health and child mortality in Timor-Leste

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-181

  Taft, Angela J ^a   Powell, Rhonda L ^a   Watson, Lyndsey F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

infant health; intimate partner violence; maternal health; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIMOR-LESTE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIMOR-LESTE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926060704     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12339     Document Type: Article

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