Perceptions of the mental health impact of intimate partner violence and health service responses in Malawi

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chepuka, Lignet ^a   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^b   Chorwe Sungani, Genesis ^a   Mambulasa, Janet ^a   Chirwa, Ellen ^a   Tolhurst, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; GBV services; Health care providers; Intimate partner violence; Malawi; Mental health

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84929514328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24816     Document Type: Article

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