Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence of intimate partner...

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Main Authors: Tylleskar Thorkild, Tumwine James K, Karamagi Charles AS, Heggenhougen Kristian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/284