Associations between low local social support and depression/anxiety among women contending with partner violence and husband's heavy alcohol use in slum communities in Mumbai, India

Dasgupta, Anindita

Friday, March 30, 2012: 10:20 AM-10:40 AM

Yerba Buena Salon 7 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speaker:
Anindita Dasgupta, MPH, University of California, San Diego

Authors:
Madhusudana Battala, PhD, Population Council
Niranjan Saggurti, PhD, Population Council
Saritha Nair, PhD, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, ICMR
DD Naik, MS, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, ICMR
Jay G. Silverman, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Donta Balaiah, PhD, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, ICMR
Anita Raj, PhD, University of California, San Diego

Presentation Format:
Poster

Description:
This study examined the association between low local social support and mental health concerns among low income women contending with husbands’ perpetration of intimate partner violence or heavy alcohol use in Mumbai, India. Women were recruited based on their participation in an HIV risk reduction intervention.