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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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Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence [PDF]

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2018
This article reviews the prevalence and outcomes of perinatal intimate partner violence (IPV). Reported rates of perinatal IPV range from 3.7% to 9.0%. Perinatal IPV is associated with a multitude of mental and obstetric health outcomes that affect the mother and child.
Christine K, Hahn, Amanda K, Gilmore, Rosaura Orengo, Aguayo, Alyssa A, Rheingold   +3 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
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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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Children’s and adolescents’ perspectives on routine inquiry about violence in specialised outpatient care

BMC Research Notes
Objective This study explores children’s and adolescents’ experiences and opinions of routine inquiries about violence within specialised outpatient care. Utilising a mixed method with a convergent parallel design, the research combines quantitative data
Mari Brännvall, Karin Örmon, Solveig Lövestad   +2 more
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source