Prevalence, associated factors, and disclosure of intimate partner violence among mothers in rural Bangladesh
Autor: | Abdullah H Baqui, Meagan Harrison, Wietse A. Tol, Rasheda Khanam, Stephen Stake, Salahuddin Ahmed, Saifuddin Ahmed, Nazma Begum |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Psychological intervention Intimate Partner Violence Mothers Disclosure Odds 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Epidemiology medicine Odds Ratio Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:RC620-627 0505 law Bangladesh business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 social sciences Mental health lcsh:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Spouse Respondent 050501 criminology Domestic violence population characteristics Female Maternal health business Food Science Demography Research Article |
Zdroj: | Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2072-1315 1606-0997 |
Popis: | Background The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and associated factors of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) among married women of reproductive age in a rural population in northeast Bangladesh. In addition, we examined women’s sharing and disclosure of violence experience with others. Methods This cross-sectional study uses data from a household survey of 3966 women conducted in 2014 in the Sylhet District of Bangladesh. Interviews were completed in respondent’s homes by trained local female interviewers. Results Twenty-nine percent (28.8%, 95% CI 27.4–30.3%) of the women reported ever experiencing physical or sexual IPV by their spouse; 13.2% (95% CI 12.1–14.3%) reported physical or sexual IPV in the past year. Of the 13.2%, 10.1% (95% CI 9.2–11.1%) reported experiencing physical IPV and 4.6% (95% CI 4.0–5.3%) reported sexual IPV. In a combined model, the adjusted odds of having experienced physical or sexual IPV in the past year were higher for women who were raised in households with history of IPV (AOR = 4.35, 95% CI 3.26–5.80); women with no formal education (AOR = 1.76, 95% CI 1.30–2.37); women whose husbands had no formal education (AOR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.22–2.17); Muslim (AOR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.03–2.57); women younger than age 30 (AOR = 1.53, 95% CI 1.11–2.12); and women who were members of an NGO or microcredit financial organization (AOR = 1.38, 95% CI 1.04–1.82). Wealth, parity, number of household members, and pregnancy status (pregnant, postpartum, neither pregnant nor postpartum) were not associated with physical or sexual IPV after adjusting for other factors. Data on disclosure was available for women who reported experiencing physical violence in the last year; only 31.8% of victims told someone about the violence they had experienced and 1% reported to police, clerics, health workers, or a counselor altogether. Conclusions In rural northeast Bangladesh, a high proportion of women of reproductive age experience physical or sexual IPV. Women do not often speak of these experiences, especially to anyone outside of family. Interventions aimed at preventing future IPV and addressing current IPV should focus on women who witnessed IPV in childhood, as well as younger women and less educated couples. Trial registration This study was registered as a Clinical Trial (Identifier: NCT01702402). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01702402 |
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