Correlates of Abuse Around the Time of Pregnancy: Results from a National Survey of Canadian Women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 778-789

  Kingston, Dawn ^a   Heaman, Maureen ^b   Urquia, Marcelo ^c   O’Campo, Patricia ^c   Janssen, Patricia ^d   Thiessen, Kellie ^b   Smylie, Janet ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; Maternity experiences survey; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SMOKING; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84961119956     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1908-6     Document Type: Article

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