scholarly journals Intimate partner violence within Australian Defence Force families: an exploratory study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Rebecca Pollard ◽  
Claire Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Zero Tolerance Policy ◽  
Department Of Veteran Affairs ◽  
Australian Defence Force

International studies indicate a growing problem of intimate partner violence within military families. Despite this, there has been little research into intimate partner violence perpetrated by Australian Defence Force personnel or veterans. A thematic analysis of secondary data was conducted to explore the organisational and social drivers that influence intimate partner violence occurrences by Australian Defence Force personnel, and how the Australian Defence Force enforces its zero-tolerance policy on domestic violence perpetration. Results revealed that the Australian Defence Force and Department of Veteran Affairs made no statements regarding intimate partner violence as a problem for military personnel, despite this study indicating that this population are at a greater risk of perpetration. The Australian Defence Force attributed intimate partner violence causation to ‘abnormal’ individuals or situations. This ignores the culture of hypermasculinity and emphasis on operational effectiveness that was enforced during Australian Defence Force training, and that emerged as a continuous theme throughout the results.

scholarly journals Detrimental effects of intimate partner violence on the nutritional status of children: insights from PDHS 2012-2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Shaukat ◽  
Meesha Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Arslan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

Background: Endemicity of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is established globally. Children are directly dependent on mothers for care and nourishment. Literature has shown inconsistent association between IPV and nutritional status of children, and no nationwide study has been conducted in Pakistan to test this association. Thus, we aimed to do a secondary data analysis on Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS 2012-13) to explore the association of IPV and the nutritional status of children.Methods: This secondary data analysis was conducted on nationally representative data of PDHS 2012-13. All four provinces, including Islamabad Capital Territory and Gilgit Baltistan districts were taken, and two stage stratified random sampling was performed. The conflict tactics scale (CTS) was used to quantify Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and its emotional and physical dimensions.Results: This study included mother-child dyads (n=1851) who completed the domestic violence module in PDHS. The lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence was almost 40% among married women of reproductive age group. About 20% of women reported emotional violence and 2.5% women reported physical violence only. However, 16% of the women reported having suffered from both emotional and physical violence. Women who suffered from emotional violence had children with significantly higher odds of being underweight (OR, 95% CI: 1.57, 1.04-2.36) and stunted (OR, 95% CI: 1.54, 1.05-2.24) respectively. IPV was not found to be significantly associated with occurrence of wasting in children.Conclusions: Policy implications towards this issue call for establishing programmes and laws to protect women and children from the detrimental effects of violence. Provision of initiatives which focus on women autonomy and empowerment via increased access to education and economic opportunities.

scholarly journals Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women’s Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1708-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda St Ivany ◽  
Linda Bullock ◽  
Donna Schminkey ◽  
Kristen Wells ◽  
Phyllis Sharps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Central Process ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Risk Of Death

There is increasing evidence that women are receiving a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during episodes of intimate partner violence (IPV), but little qualitative research exists around how surviving this experience impacts the lives of women. Primary and secondary data ( N = 19) were used with a constructivist grounded theory approach to explore the lives of women aged 18 to 44 years, who were living with a TBI from IPV. Women described multiple aspects of living in fear that shaped their daily lives and ability to seek help and access resources. The central process of prioritizing safety emerged, with salient dimensions of maintaining a present orientation, exhibiting hyperprotection of children, invoking isolation as protection, and calculating risk of death. These findings add to the growing body of knowledge that women living with IPV are at high risk for receiving a TBI and are therefore a subgroup in need of more prevention and treatment resources.

scholarly journals Intimate-partner violence and its relationship with substance consumption by Mexican men and women: National Survey on Addictions

Salud Mental ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
Guillermina Natera Rey ◽  
Midiam Moreno López ◽  
Filiberto Toledano-Toledano ◽  
Francisco Juárez García ◽  
Jorge Villatoro Velázquez
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
National Study ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Substance Consumption

Introduction. Research findings about intimate-partner violence (IPV) have focused mostly on women as victims of violence. Recent studies show the importance of violence inflicted by women towards men or between same-sex couples. Objective. To estimate the prevalence of intimate-partner violence and its association with alcohol and drug consumption in a representative sample of men and women in Mexico through secondary data analysis. Method. The data come from a representative sample who filled out the section on intimate-partner violence in the Mexican 2011 Encuesta Nacional de Adicciones (National Survey on Addictions). Results. The prevalence of intimate-partner violence in the last year was 17.6% against women and 13.4% against men. If one of the two partners consumed substances, the risk that men and women would experience violence increased, and that risk was even greater if both consumed. Discussion and conclusion. This is the first time violence against men was reported in a Mexican national study. The findings show that gender-based violence should also be considered a result of social and cultural violence.

Do women with autonomy in the household experience less intimate partner violence in Malawi? Evidence from the 2015–16 Demographic and Health Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
James Forty
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Household Decision

Abstract In Malawi, the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), or closely related violence, is estimated at 42% according to the 2015–16 Malawi Demography and Health Survey (MDHS). This study investigated the association between women’s autonomy in household decision-making participation as well as sexual autonomy and IPV among married and cohabiting women aged 15–49 years in Malawi. Secondary data were taken from the 2015–16 MDHS. Multivariate analysis was performed using a stepwise forward logistic (binary) regression model to assess the association of dimensions of women’s autonomy in the household and selected control variables with IPV. No association was found between dimensions of women’s autonomy in the household and IPV. However, other variables did have an association with some form of IPV, namely women justifying wife beating, having a jealous partner, being accused of unfaithfulness by their partner, having a partner who drinks alcohol and having a partner with another woman or more. In addition, religion, ethnicity, women education level and women’s occupation were found to be associated with the risk of experiencing IPV. The study recommends policy interventions aimed at supporting youth, especially girls, to complete secondary education before they marry or cohabit; the development of accessible and affordable psycho-social counselling specialists and platforms for married and cohabiting couples; nationwide rigorous advocacy and civic education on IPV; and enforcement of Malawi’s 2006 domestic violence law.

scholarly journals INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ayodeji John ◽  
Ajayi Adeola
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Wealth Status ◽  
Almost All

This study outlines intimate partner violence and contraceptive use among married women in South-South Nigeria. Attempt was made to investigate association between intimate partner violence and use of contraception among married women in south-south Nigeria. This study utilized secondary data. Secondary data were extracted from 2013, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) dataset. Out of the 38,948 women interviewed, this study employed sample of the 4,932 women representing the number of married women in South-South Nigeria. The analysis were done in two stages of univariate and bivariate analysis. The result showed that almost all the married women use contraceptive which indicated that contraceptive use varies significantly by age of married women, education, place of resident, wealth status and occupation. The study concluded that married women who have ever experienced sexual violence are more likely to adopt contraception than married women whose experienced physical violence and emotional violence.

scholarly journals Experiences and Perpetration of Recent Intimate Partner Violence Among Women and Men Living in an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: A Secondary Data Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091626
Author(s):  
Beate Ringwald ◽  
Margaret Kababu ◽  
Christian B. Ochieng ◽  
Miriam Taegtmeyer ◽  
Garazi Zulaika ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Highly Correlated

Evidence suggests an overlap between intimate partner violence (IPV) experience and perpetration. However, few studies in sub-Saharan Africa have investigated experience and perpetration of IPV among women and men within the same community. This study reports prevalence of past-year IPV experience and perpetration among women and men living in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, and factors associated with IPV. Data analyzed for this study involved a geographically distributed random sample of 273 women and 429 men who participated in a community survey. We approximated prevalence of IPV experience and perpetration and used logistic regression for estimating associations between individual-level factors and IPV. Women and men experienced similar levels of IPV, but a significantly higher proportion of men reported physical and sexual IPV perpetration. Witnessing violence between parents in childhood was associated with women’s physical and sexual, and men’s sexual IPV experience; and with women perpetrating emotional, and men perpetrating sexual IPV. Less equitable gender attitudes were associated with men’s perpetration of physical IPV. More equitable gender knowledge was associated with women’s experience of sexual IPV, and with men perpetrating IPV. Perceived skills to challenge gender inequitable practices were negatively associated with men perpetrating sexual IPV. In conclusion, we found IPV experience and perpetration were highly correlated, and that, contrary to commonly reported gender gaps, men and women experienced similar rates of IPV. We make suggestions for future research, including on IPV prevention interventions in areas with such IPV prevalence that would be beneficial for women and men and future generations.

scholarly journals Intimate Partner Violence in Relation to Husband Characteristics and Women Empowerment: Evidence from Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujan Gautam ◽  
Hyoung-Sun Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Parental Violence ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Times

The purpose of this study is to assess the magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associated factors among women in Nepal. The secondary data from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2016 was used. This study was confined to the respondents selected for the domestic violence module. The association between experience of IPV ‘ever’ and ‘in the past year’ with selected factors were examined by using Chi-square test, followed by multivariate logistic regression. Complex sample analysis procedure was adopted to adjust for multi-stage sampling design, cluster weight, and sample weight. The result revealed that 26.3% of ever-married women experienced any form of IPV at some point in their lives, while only 13.7% has experienced any form of IPV in the past year. The factors associated with both ‘lifetime’ and ‘past year’ experience of IPV includes women witnessing parental violence during their childhood, the husband being drunk frequently, women being afraid of their husband most of the times, and women whose husbands shows marital control behavior. Women’s experiencing IPV was associated more with husband related factors than with women’s empowerment indicators. Reducing IPV requires a commitment to changing the norms that promote the husband’s behavior of controlling his wives and beating her.

Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Depressive Symptoms among Women Aged 15 to 45 Years in Peru: A Three-Year Analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110457
Author(s):  
Alejandro Silva-Burga ◽  
Ali Al-kassab-Córdova ◽  
Jorge L. Maguina
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys

We conducted a secondary data analysis based on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Demographic and Health Surveys to determine the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and depressive symptoms in Peruvian women aged 15–45 years. Depressive symptoms were assessed through the PHQ-9, while IPV was assessed through the CTS-2. A total of 24,099 subjects were included. The prevalence of depressive symptoms and IPV was 6.98% and 64.72%, respectively. Victims of IPV were 2.47 times more likely to have depressive symptoms compared to those who were never assaulted. In conclusion, there is a strong association between IPV and depressive symptoms.

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