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Domestic and intimate partner violence among pregnant women in a low resource setting in South Africa: a facility-based, mixed methods study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0612-2

Published Online: 2018-07-04

Published Print: 2018-12

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Field, Sally https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-2598
Onah, Michael

van Heyningen, Thandi

Honikman, Simone
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Received: 21 November 2016

Accepted: 22 June 2018

First Online: 4 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the University of Cape Town Human and Research and Ethics Committee (HREC REF: 131/2009) and from the Western Cape provincial Department of Health. Participants provided written informed consent after the study was explained to them verbally. Participants were free to withdraw from the study at any time. Women with severe psychopathology or who presented a high suicide risk were referred to emergency psychiatric services. Women who screened positive for a common mental disorder were offered counselling with the study’s registered mental health counsellor.

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