Psychosocial Distress and Well-Being among Acholi Women in Northern Uganda

Psychosocial Distress and Well-Being among Acholi Women in Northern Uganda

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.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horn, Rebecca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-04
Subjects: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,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/19253701/psychosocial-distress-well-being-among-acholi-women-northern-uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17860
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary: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.

Similar Items