Prevalence and predictors of help-seeking for women exposed to spousal violence in India - a cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Leonardsson, Malin ^a,b   San Sebastian, Miguel ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b The Swedish Board of Student Finance   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Help seeking; India; Predictors; Prevalence; Spousal violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDDHISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCED WOMAN; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIED PERSON; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEPARATED PERSON; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WIDOW; YOUNG ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032746733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-017-0453-4     Document Type: Article

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