Cohort profile: intimate partner violence and mental health among women from refugee background and a comparison group of Australian-born – the WATCH cohort study

Purpose The Women Aware with Their Children study was created because prospective data are required to accurately guide prevention programmes for intimate partner violence (IPV) and to improve the mental health and resettlement trajectories of women from refugee backgrounds in Australia.Participants...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Susan Rees, Batool Moussa, Zachary Steel, Jane Fisher, Mohammed Mohsin, Mariam Youssef, Nawal Nadar, Fatima Hassoun, Batoul Khalil, Yalini Krishna
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2022-05-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e051887.full

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