Violence against Congolese refugee women in Rwanda and mental health: a cross-sectional study using latent class analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Sipsma, Heather L ^a   Falb, Kathryn L ^b   Willie, Tiara ^b   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^b   Bienkowski, Lauren ^c   Meerdink, Ned ^c   Gupta, Jhumka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Refugee Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REFUGEE CAMP; REGRESSION MODEL; RWANDA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018214642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-006299     Document Type: Article

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