Improving care for victims of violence in resource-poor settings such as Lusaka, Zambia: Results of a low-budget intervention

Injury Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 144-148

  Schober, Michael ^a   Mtonga, Robert ^b   Valenti, Maria ^c   Hametner, Stephanie ^a  

^a International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War —Austria ^*  (Austria)

^b Zambian Healthworkers for Social Responsibility   (Zambia)

^c International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; VIOLENCE; ZAMBIA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STANDARD OF CARE; VIOLENCE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84930037195     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041386     Document Type: Article

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