Violence against women
A neglected public health issue in less developed countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4600852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lori Heise (0000-0003-2956-2819, Western Consortium for Public Health), Lori L Heise, Alanagh Raikes (0000-0003-2403-6270, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Charlotte Watts (0000-0003-0517-6550, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Charlotte H Watts, Anthony B Zwi (0000-0001-6902-6602, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1165-1179 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90349-2 |
| PMID | 7801154 |
| OpenAlex | W2036551299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 128 |
| References cited | 21 |
Criminology · Developed country · Developing country · Development economics · Documentation · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Population · Public health · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Sexual Violence as True Weapon of Male Dominance and Control
Women's autonomy and domestic violence in the Sandžak region
The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women
India Beyond India
Domestic Violence in Northern India
Prevention of violence against women and girls
Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among women
Risk Factors for Men’s Lifetime Perpetration of Physical Violence against Intimate Partners
Domestic violence across generations
Suicide rates in China, 1995–99
Confidentiality and HIV status in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Measuring women's empowerment in developing countries
Research on Domestic Violence in the 1990s
Polyvictimization and Recurrent Falling in Older Ecuadorian Adults
Wife Beating and the Link with Poor Sexual Health and Risk Behavior Among Men in Urban Slums in India
Perceived Causes of Suicide Attempts by U.K. South Asian Women
‘Elastic band strategy’
The Effect of Female Economic Empowerment Interventions on the Risk of Intimate Partner Violence
Rape in Armed Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Successful Integration and Maintenance of Screening for Domestic Violence in the Health Sector
Community perceptions of rape and child sexual abuse
Sexual violence against female university students in Ethiopia
Factors shaping political priorities for violence against women-mitigation policies in Sri Lanka
Conceptualizing Partner Abuse Among South Asian Women in Hong Kong
Spousal violence and paternal disinvestment among Tsimane' forager‐horticulturalists
Public policy, mental health and a public health approach to violence
Patrilocal residence and young women’s status
Adolescents and Young People's Understanding and Negotiation of Sexual Consent in sub-Saharan Africa
Women's Struggle to Escape Rural Poverty in South Africa
Urban health in developing countries
Violencia física contra la mujer en Santa Fe de Bogotá
Legislation on violence against women
Women's Status and Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh
Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence amongst men exposed to torture in conflict-affected Timor-Leste
Measuring human rights violations in a conflict-affected country
The ethics of researching intimate partner violence in global health
Intimate Partner Violence among Women with Disabilities in Uganda
Family and domestic violence policy discourses and narratives
The relationship between the Maria da Penha Law and intimate partner violence in two Brazilian states
Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda
Patriarchy and gender-inequitable attitudes as drivers of intimate partner violence against women in the central region of Ghana
Knowledge and attitude towards rape and child sexual abuse – a community-based cross-sectional study in Rural Tanzania
Intimate Partner Violence and Poverty in the Context of Botswana
Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda
Violence against Women, Symptom Reporting, and Treatment for Reproductive Tract Infections in Kerala State, Southern India
Whealth Study
Gender, Caste, and Economic Inequalities and Marital Violence in Rural South India
Striving to Make a Difference
Trapped in Circle of Threats
Guatemalan women achieve ideal family size
Provider Barriers and Facilitators to Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Bogotá, Colombia
Intimate partner violence against female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Understanding Malnutrition of Tribal Children in India
Migrant survivors of conflict-related sexual violence accessing a specialist health service in Turin, Italy
Performance Management and the Police Response to Women in India
Engendering Justice
Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women
An International Study of the Contextual Effects of Gender Inequality on Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Against Women Students
Intimate partner violence and use of contraceptives in B angladesh
Violence, rape, and sexual coercion
Domestic Violence and Contraceptive Use in a Rural Indian Village
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Socially Disadvantaged Chilean Women
Feminist Theory and Status Inconsistency Theory
The Voices of Battered Women in India
Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, and Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh
Prevalence and Depiction of Gender-Based Violence in Spanish-Language Television Series
Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in St. Petersburg, Russia
Collecting Reliable Information About Violence Against Women Safely in Household Interviews
Are Reproductive Health Services a Good Place to Screen for Intimate Partner Violence
Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence and Rural Women’s Mental Health in Four Indian States
The Impact of National-Level Gender Inequality on the Sexual Abuse of Girls
When Status Hurts
Good Women, Martyrs, and Survivors
Violence against Women in Pakistan
Sexual non-negotiation
Who tells and what happens
Kant's Categorical Imperative as a Foundation for Development Studies and Action
Mothering Under Difficult Circumstances
Women’s Productive Role and Marital Violence in Bangladesh
Autonomy, Dependence or Culture
Gender Based Violence
Wife Abuse in Tamil Nadu
Arrested Justice
Mass media exposure and attitude towards spousal violence in India
The Role of Transnational Feminism in Psychology
Marital violence, human development and women’s property status in India
From taboo to transnational political issue
The Test of a Civilization Is the Way that It Cares for Its Helpless Members”
Violence Against Women in Yemen
Gender as an Explanatory Factor of Psychological Abuse in Dating Couples
Violence against women
The association between violence victimisation and common symptoms in Swedish women
Violence
Wife abuse among women of childbearing age in Nicaragua
HIV-Positive Women Report More Lifetime Partner Violence
Prevalence and Correlates of Forced Sex Perpetration and Victimization in Botswana and Swaziland
Women’s status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh
Perceived Decline in Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Bangladesh
Domestic Violence and Contraceptive Adoption in Uttar Pradesh, India
How Gender Roles Influence Sexual and Reproductive Health Among South African Adolescents
Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research
Just and Unjust Wars in Shakespeare
Detecting the Scope of Rape
Handbook of Qualitative Research
The Strategy of Preventive Medicine
Social Science and Social Policy
Fatal violence among spouses in the United States, 1976-85
Violence during pregnancy and substance use
When battered women kill
The women's mental health research agenda
The Socio-Cultural Context of Rape
Deaths from injuries and induced abortion among rural Bangladeshi women
| Unique citing works | 128 |
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| Citations per year | 4,27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 126 |