A Congolese-US participatory action research partnership to rebuild the lives of rape survivors and their families in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains an all-too-potent reminder of how war, human rights violations and their related health and economic impacts can devastate a society. The last decade has seen the use of rape as a weapon of war in the DRC, where rebels and soldiers subject women and gir...

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Vydané v:	Global public health Ročník 7; číslo 2; s. 184 - 195
Hlavní autori:	Glass, Nancy, Ramazani, Paul, Tosha, Mafille, Mpanano, Mitima, Cinyabuguma, Matthias
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	England Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2012 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Predmet:	Action research Armed forces Civil war Community research Community-Based Participatory Research Conflict Congo (Democratic Republic) Cooperative Behavior Crime Victims - rehabilitation Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Economic impact Families & family life Family Family - psychology Female Gender-based violence Health Health care access Health services Human rights Human rights violations Humans Intervention Interventions Interviews as Topic Male Medical service Mental health services Microfinance Military intervention Military personnel Mutilation Participatory action research Partnership Partnerships Post-conflict societies Poverty Public health Rape Rape - psychology sexual and gender based violence social determinants of health Social factors Social isolation Social Medicine Soldiers Stigma Stigmatization Stress Survivor Survivors Torture Trauma Traumatic stress U.S.A United States Victims of crime Violations Violence War Women United States Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo United States > US
ISSN:	1744-1692, 1744-1706, 1744-1706
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Shrnutí:	The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains an all-too-potent reminder of how war, human rights violations and their related health and economic impacts can devastate a society. The last decade has seen the use of rape as a weapon of war in the DRC, where rebels and soldiers subject women and girls to brutalising attacks, rape, torture and mutilation. Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are often further traumatised by infections, disease, poverty, stigma and social isolation. Substantial evidence exists showing an association between social determinants (e.g., poverty, stress and trauma, stigma, lack of access to health care) and health; however, limited research has been conducted to elucidate these relationships or to develop and test interventions to change social determinants of health, especially in conflict and post-conflict settings such as the DRC. The purpose of this article is to present a Congolese-US community-academic research partnership to obtain evidence to develop and implement a sustainable intervention to begin to address the social determinants of health, including poverty and traumatic stress for survivors of SGBV and their families in the South Kivu province of eastern DRC.
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ISSN:	1744-1692 1744-1706 1744-1706
DOI:	10.1080/17441692.2011.594449