Intimate partner physical violence among women in Shimelba refugee camp, northern Ethiopia
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Intimate partner physical violence among women in Shimelba refugee camp, northern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND Domestic violence has unwanted effects on the physical and psychological well-being of women, which have been recognized globally as an important public health problem. Violence perpetrated by intimate partner is one form of domestic violence, a serious human rights abuse and a public health issue, among refugees owing to its substantial consequences for women's physical, mental and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-125