Knowledge and attitude towards rape and child sexual abuse--a community-based cross-sectional study in rural Tanzania.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 28, 2015

Authors

Muzdalifat Abeid1,2, Projestine Muganyizi3,4, Siriel Massawe5, Rose Mpembeni6, Elisabeth Darj7,8, Pia Axemo9

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden. muzsalim@yahoo.com.
2: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 65117, Tanzania. muzsalim@yahoo.com.
3: Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden. promuga@yahoo.com.
4: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 65117, Tanzania. promuga@yahoo.com.
5: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 65117, Tanzania. snanzia@gmail.com.
6: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 65117, Tanzania. rcmpembeni@yahoo.com.
7: Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden. elisabeth.darj@kbh.uu.se.
8: Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, P.O.Box 8905, Norway. elisabeth.darj@kbh.uu.se.
9: Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden. pia.axemo@kbh.uu.se.

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