Histories of forced sex and health outcomes among Southern African lesbian and bisexual women: A cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sandfort, Theo ^a   Frazer, M S ^b,f   Matebeni, Zethu ^c   Reddy, Vasu ^d   Southey Swartz, Ian ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa   (South Africa)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced sex; Lesbian and bisexual women; Mental health; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FORCED SEX; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LGBT PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASCULINITY; ORAL SEX; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOUTHERN AFRICAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ANXIETY; BISEXUALITY; BOTSWANA; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; LESBIANISM; MENTAL STRESS; NAMIBIA; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BISEXUALITY; BOTSWANA; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; NAMIBIA; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84927780630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0181-6     Document Type: Article

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