Prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in Nepal

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 785-793

  Rishal, Poonam ^a,e   Pun, Kunta Devi ^a,b   Darj, Elisabeth ^a,c,d   Joshi, Sunil Kumar ^e   Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon ^a,c   Swahnberg, Katarina ^f   Schei, Berit ^a,c   Lukasse, Mirjam ^g,h   Infanti, Jennifer J ⁱ   Lund, Raghnild ⁱ   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ⁱ   Koju, Rajendra ⁱ   Wihewardene, Kumudu ⁱ   Perera, Dinusha Chamanie ⁱ   Muzrif, Mohamed Munas Mohamed ⁱ  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

ⁱ Oslo and Akershus University College ^*

Author keywords

antenatal care; disclosure; Domestic violence; enquiry; Nepal; pregnancy; prevalence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VICTIM;

EID: 85042067170     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494817723195     Document Type: Article

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