Violent victimization, mental health, and service utilization outcomes in a cohort of homeless and unstably housed women living with or at risk of becoming infected with HIV

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 817-826

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b,c   Weiser, Sheri D ^d   Dilworth, Samantha E ^d   Shumway, Martha ^e   Riley, Elise D ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive disorder; HIV; partner violence; quality of life; rape

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; CALIFORNIA; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIOLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84929603362     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu350     Document Type: Article

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