Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre

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dc.contributor.advisorNicol, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorKahn, Delawiren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDedekind, Brittaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-02T08:49:34Z
dc.date.available2016-06-02T08:49:34Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBackground - Violence against Women is a major public health issue, and it is universally under reported. Objective - To conduct an injury surveillance of severe or life threatening violent acts against women, to determine the demographics of the injured women and to identify the nature of the perpetrators. Methods - A standardized structured questionnaire administered in an interview conducted on female patients admitted to the Trauma Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital as a result of interpersonal violence. Age, level of education, employment status, housing and substance abuse was recorded.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDedekind, B. (2015). <i>Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Surgery. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19908en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDedekind, Britta. <i>"Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Surgery, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19908en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDedekind, B. 2015. Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dedekind, Britta AB - Background - Violence against Women is a major public health issue, and it is universally under reported. Objective - To conduct an injury surveillance of severe or life threatening violent acts against women, to determine the demographics of the injured women and to identify the nature of the perpetrators. Methods - A standardized structured questionnaire administered in an interview conducted on female patients admitted to the Trauma Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital as a result of interpersonal violence. Age, level of education, employment status, housing and substance abuse was recorded. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre TI - Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19908 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19908
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDedekind B. Violence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centre. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Surgery, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19908en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Surgeryen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSurgeryen_ZA
dc.titleViolence against women : a prospective study of women presenting to a South African trauma centreen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMMeden_ZA
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