Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania

• Main Authors: Saidi Kapiga (Author), Sheila Harvey (Author), Abdul Khalie Muhammad (Author), Heidi Stöckl (Author), Gerry Mshana (Author), Ramadhan Hashim (Author), Christian Hansen (Author), Shelley Lees (Author), Charlotte Watts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognised as an important public health and social problem, with far reaching consequences for women's physical and emotional health and social well-being. Furthermore, controlling behaviour by a partner has a similar impact on women'...