The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran

Autor: Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Farahnaz Torkestani, Mozaffar Rabiee, Hassan Ashrafian Amiri, Laleh Radpooyan, Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani, Bahram Tahmasby
Jazyk: English<br />Persian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Vol 27, Iss 150, Pp 78-88 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-9260
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Popis: Background and purpose: Violence against women is considered a form of domestic violence. During pregnancy it could cause a range of adverse outcomes for mother and baby. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum and its related factors. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the incidence of maternal mortality in 2015 in six provinces in Iran. In each province 24 public health centers were selected using stratified random sampling. In each center, 15-20 mothers who had at least one session of prenatal care were examined. Data was collected simultaneously from the records available in health centers and interviewing the mothers, then analyzed in SPSS18 at a significance level of α 0.05). Multistage multivariate analysis of variance showed that 7 variables had significant relationship with physical violence, and 6 variables were associated with psychological violence (P>0.05). Conclusion: Despite records available in family’s’ files, a considerable rate of domestic violence was observed against mothers in Iran, therefore, health providers are ought to prevent this by taking appropriate actions.
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