Systematic review of structural interventions for intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries: Organizing evidence for prevention Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bourey, Christine ^a   Williams, Whitney ^a   Bernstein, Erin Elizabeth ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Low and middle income countries (LMIC); Prevention; Structural intervention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDLINE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEB OF SCIENCE; WELLBEING; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCOME; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RAPE; SEXISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEXISM; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84947922293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2460-4     Document Type: Article

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