Intimate Partner Physical Violence During Pregnancy in Kenya: Prevalence and Risk Factors

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Kiragu ◽  
David Jean Simon ◽  
Elise Kacou ◽  
Fanor Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Violence During Pregnancy ◽  
Intimate Partner Physical Violence

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Physical Violence–Related Acquired Brain Injury Among Visitors to Justice Center in New York

2022 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. E10-E19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghazala T. Saleem ◽  
Madeleine Champagne ◽  
Mohammad Nadir Haider ◽  
John J. Leddy ◽  
Barry Willer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
New York ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Intimate Partner Physical Violence

scholarly journals Previous experience of family violence and intimate partner violence in pregnancy

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bernarda Ludermir ◽  
Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo ◽  
Sandra Alves Valongueiro ◽  
Maria Luísa Corrêa Muniz ◽  
Elisabete Pereira Silva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
The Family ◽  
Violence During Pregnancy ◽  
In Pregnancy

OBJECTIVE To estimate differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy. METHODS A nested case-control study was carried out within a cohort study with 1,120 pregnant women aged 18–49 years old, who were registered in the Family Health Strategy of the city of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 2005 and 2006. The cases were the 233 women who reported intimate partner violence in pregnancy and the controls were the 499 women who did not report it. Partner violence in pregnancy and previous experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members were assessed with a standardized questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were modeled to identify differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy. RESULTS Having seen the mother suffer intimate partner violence was associated with physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.62; 95%CI 1.89–3.63) and in adolescence (OR = 1.47; 95%CI 1.01–2.13), sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.28; 95%CI 1.68–6.38) and intimate partner violence during pregnancy (OR = 1.47; 95% CI 1.01 – 2.12). The intimate partner violence during pregnancy was frequent in women who reported more episodes of physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.08; 95%CI 1.43–3.02) and adolescence (OR = 1.63; 95%CI 1.07–2.47), who suffered sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.92; 95%CI 1.86–8.27), and who perpetrated violence against the partner (OR = 8.67; 95%CI 4.57–16.45). CONCLUSIONS Experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members emerge as strong risk factors for intimate partner violence in pregnancy. Identifying and understanding protective and risk factors for the emergence of intimate partner violence in pregnancy and its maintenance may help policymakers and health service managers to develop intervention strategies.

Intimate Partner Violence: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Men in Cape Town, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naeemah Abrahams ◽  
Rachel Jewkes ◽  
Ria Laubscher ◽  
Margaret Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Parental Violence ◽  
Problem Alcohol Use ◽  
Violence Prevalence ◽  
Intimate Partner Physical Violence

This study examined the prevalence of and risk factors for intimate partner physical violence against women. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 1,378 men working in Cape Town municipalities. An average of 42.3% (95% CI: 39.6, 44.8) reported physical violence against a partner of the last 10 years, and 8.8% (95% CI: 7.3, 10.3) reported physical violence in the past year. After adjustment for age, occupational group, and race, the factors associated with use of violence against partners of the last 10 years were having no post-school training (OR = 2.10), witnessing parental violence in childhood (OR = 1.87), involvement in fights at work (OR = 2.73) and in communities (OR = 1.54), drug use (OR = 1.99), problem alcohol use (OR = 1.98), perceiving hitting women to be acceptable (OR = 4.54), frequent conflict (OR = 2.40), women’s alcohol use (OR = 2.25), conflict about sex (OR = 2.16), and conflict about his infidelity (OR = 2.81). The study shows that ideas supportive of gender inequality and normative use of violence in different settings are major underlying factors for men’s violence against partners.

scholarly journals Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Vietnam: prevalence, risk factors and the role of social support

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (sup3) ◽  
pp. 1638052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Toan Van Ngo ◽  
Vung Dang Nguyen ◽  
Hinh Duc Nguyen ◽  
Hanh Thi Thuy Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Violence During Pregnancy

The Persistent Association Between Exposure to Intimate Partner Physical Violence and Current Cigarette Smoking Among Women in Papua New Guinea: A Modified Poisson Regression Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Peprah ◽  
Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare ◽  
Williams Agyemang-Duah ◽  
Parul Puri ◽  
Deborah Odunayo Ogundare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Poisson Regression ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Current Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Smoking Cigarette ◽  
Current Cigarette ◽  
Intimate Partner Physical Violence

Abstract Background: Intimate partner physical violence (IPPV) is a preventable public health threat associated with health deteriorating lifestyles such as cigarette smoking. However, limited research has focused on the association between IPPV and cigarette smoking among women in unions in low-and middle-income countries like Papua New Guinea (PNG). The aim of this study was to examine the association between IPPV and current cigarette smoking using a nationally representative sample. Methods: We utilized 2016-2018 PNG Demographic and Health Survey data of 9,943 women aged 15-49 years who were in intimate unions. We estimated the direct risk of smoking cigarette using modified Poisson regression models with a robust variance relative risk and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of cigarette smoking. Results: Among the total participants, the prevalence of IPPV was 52.4% and smoking cigarette in the last 24 hours was 25.1%. The modified Poisson regression results indicated a robust and persistent association between IPPV and cigarette smoking among women in unions both in the absence and presence of covariates. The risk of smoking cigarette was significantly elevated among those who reported a history of IPPV relative to their counterparts with no physical violence history (IRR: 1.35, 95%CI: 1.20-1.52) in the absence of covariates. After controlling for demographic, social and economic variables, the association between IPPV and cigarette smoking persisted (IRR: 1.24, 95%CI: 1.08-1.41). Conclusions: The present study provides strong evidence to indicate a robust and persistent association between IPPV and current cigarette smoking among women in unions. Interventions aimed at addressing IPPV among women in unions in PNG to reduce the increased risk of cigarette smoking are needed.

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