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Intimate partner violence and HIV testing during antenatal care: A latent class analysis to identify risk factors for HIV infection in mothers and their children in the United Republic of Tanzania.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Intimate partner violence has adverse effects on mother's overall health and prevention of mother to child HIV transmission. To identify and examine subgroups of mothers experiencing intimate partner violence and the likelihood of HIV testing during ...
Francisco A Montiel Ishino, Claire Rowan, Joel Seme Ambikile, Donaldson F Conserve, Diana Lopez, Melanie Sabado-Liwag, Faustine Williams   +6 more
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence in Spain: A national cross-sectional survey in primary care

Atención Primaria, 2017
Objectives: (1) To analyze the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence by types. (2) To examine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and Intimate Partner Violence. Design: Cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire.
Isabel Ruiz-Pérez, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Isabel Montero-Piñar, Carmen Vives-Cases, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Juncal Plazaola-Castaño, Esther Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Mercè Fuentes-Pujol, Izabella Rohlfs-Barbosa, Pilar Blanco-Prieto, Diana Gil-González, Julia Ojuel-Solsona, Consuelo Ruiz-Jarabo Quemada, Raquel Millán-Susinos, Laura García-Miranda, Carmen Mosquera-Tenreiro   +15 more
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Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionIntimate partner violence is a serious public health problem that transcends cultural boundaries in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have reported that violence characteristics and perception are strong predictors of help-seeking among women.
Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Abdul Cadri, Tarif Salihu, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Sarah Tara Sam, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah   +6 more
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COVID-19-induced surge in the severity of gender-based violence might increase the risk for acquired brain injuries

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
While initial reports have emphasized a global rise in the frequency of intimate partner violence following COVID-19, emerging data are now showing a concerning surge in the severity of COVID-19-induced physical intimate partner violence. One of the most
Ghazala T Saleem, Jessica M Fitzpatrick, Mohammad N Haider, Eve M Valera   +3 more
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Exploring the determinants and outcomes of intimate partner violence during pregnancy for Guyanese women: Results from a nationally representative cross-sectional household survey

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To determine predictors associated with physical violence during pregnancy, and to determine the relationship between exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy and women’s health and suicide ideation in Guyana. Methods.
Lior Miller, Manuel Contreras-Urbina
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Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection among Cape Verdean students living in Portugal

Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa
This research sought to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence, characterize attitudes toward violence, analyse relations between perceptions of intimate partner acceptance-rejection and practices of violence and examine relations between ...
Sofia Neves, Márcia Machado, Francisco Machado, Fábia Pinheiro   +3 more
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Intimate partner violence among postpartum women at a teaching hospital in Nigeria’s Federal Capital City: pattern and materno-fetal outcomes

Therapeutic Advances in Reproductive Health, 2020
Background: Intimate partner violence is an important public health and human rights issue. Previous studies have considered intimate partner violence in pregnancy mainly among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics thereby missing out a few who may ...
Godwin O. Akaba, Habiba I. Abdullahi
doaj   +1 more source

Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention

BMC Public Health, 2006
Background We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence,
Tylleskar Thorkild, Tumwine James K, Karamagi Charles AS, Heggenhougen Kristian   +3 more
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Classificatory multiplicity: intimate partner violence diagnosis in emergency department consultations [PDF]

, 2016
Aims and Objectives The aim of this research was to explore the naming, or classification, of physical assaults by a partner as ‘intimate partner violence’ during emergency department consultations. Background Research continues to evidence instances
Basu, Beynon, Black, Boursnell, Bowker, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH), British Medical Association (BMA), British Medical Association (BMA), Brown, Capra, Catallo, Choo, Cilliers, Coben, Coy, Feder, Foucault, General Medical Council (GMC), Hammersley, Hathaway, Home Office, Howard, Isaac, Jutel, Kimmel, McGarry, Miles, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Olive, Paley, Ramage, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Straus, Taft, Walby, Walby, Walby, Women's National Commission, Woolgar, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +41 more
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Intimate Partner Violence

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2007
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has a lifetime prevalence of approximately 60% and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women of all reproductive ages, especially among younger women and during pregnancy. Providers should recognize that every woman who has ever been partnered is at risk for IPV and should screen appropriately. When a woman
openaire   +4 more sources