Challenges in researching violence affecting health service delivery in complex security environments

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-226

  Foghammar, Ludvig ^a,b   Jang, Suyoun ^a   Kyzy, Gulzhan Asylbek ^a   Weiss, Nerina ^c   Sullivan, Katherine A ^a   Gibson Fall, Fawzia ^d   Irwin, Rachel ^a,b  

^a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Fafo Research Institute   (Norway)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Emergency; Gender; Healthcare; Humanitarian; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANITARIAN AID; RESEARCH WORK; SECURITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CRIME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEADERSHIP; MORALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL NORM; VIOLENCE; ALTRUISM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALTRUISM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84964339306     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.039     Document Type: Article

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