Intimate partner violence as seen in post-conflict eastern Uganda: Prevalence, risk factors and mental health consequences Health and human rights of marginalized populations

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kinyanda, Eugene ^a,b,f   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Mungherera, Margaret ^c   Onyango Mangen, Patrick ^d   Ngabirano, Emmanuel ^d   Kajungu, Rehema ^d   Kagugube, Johnson ^e   Muhwezi, Wilson ^f   Muron, Julius ^g   Patel, Vikram ^b  

^a MRC UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS MRC DFID African Leadership Award   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation   (Uganda)

^e Uganda Bureau of Statistics   (Uganda)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g Butabika National Psychiatric Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Keyword: Intimate partner violence; Mental health consequences; Post conflict; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TORTURE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARMED CONFLICTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TORTURE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957109647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-016-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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