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Psychosocial Distress and Well-Being among Acholi Women in Northern Uganda
ABDUCTION ABUSE ABUSES ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADULT LITERACY AGED ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS BASIC NEEDS BEATING CLAN LEADERS COMMUNITY MECHANISMS COMMUNITY WORK CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPTION COUNSELLING CRIME DECISION MAKING DEPRESSION DESCENT DISEASE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT EMPOWERMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FAMILY SUPPORT FATHER FEMALE FEMALE INTERVIEWERS FEMALES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FORCED MARRIAGE GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GENOCIDE GIRLS GRIEF HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OF WOMEN HEALTH PROBLEMS HIV HIV INFECTION HOME HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY HOUSEHOLD WORK HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMUNODEFICIENCY INEQUALITY INFORMED CONSENT INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INJURY INTERVENTION ISOLATION JOURNAL OF WOMEN JUSTICE KNOWLEDGE BASE LAWS LIFE EVENTS LITERACY LIVES OF WOMEN LIVING CONDITIONS MALE ATTITUDES MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN MENTAL ILLNESS MIGRATION OLDER PEOPLE OLDER WOMEN PATIENT PATRIARCHY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PERSONAL HYGIENE PHYSICAL ABUSE PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY CHANGE POLYGAMY POSTCONFLICT SETTINGS PRACTITIONERS PROGRESS PROSTITUTES PROSTITUTION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOSOCIAL WORK PSYCHOTHERAPY PUBLIC HEALTH RAPE REFUGEE REFUGEES RESPECT SCARCE RESOURCES SCREENING SECURITY SITUATION SELF-IMAGE SEX SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SINGLE MOTHERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL SCIENCE TRAUMA UNITED NATIONS VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAR WIDOW WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN REFUGEES WOMEN'S HEALTH YOUTH
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World Bank, Washington, DC
Africa | Uganda
2014-04-16T18:58:25Z | 2014-04-16T18:58:25Z | 2013-04
This paper addresses two main topics: the effects of conflict on the psychological; and well-being of women methodological issues related to the measurement of psychological well-being. The literature on these topics is reviewed, and data from a qualitative study conducted in northern Uganda is used to explore them in more depth. Finally, the paper considers the ways in which conflict has contributed to women's psychological distress in northern Uganda, and the implications of this study for future programming and research.
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