Pregnancy, Birth, and Mental Health Outcomes Associated With Recent Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence in a Crowd-Sourced National Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reproductive coercion (RC) is a type of intimate partner violence (IPV) in which partners control reproductive health decision-making. More evidence is needed on peripartum health outcomes related to RC, with and without IPV, to inform interventions and health care response. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of RC, with and without other forms of IPV, on pregnancy, birth, and mental health outcomes in a sample of people who were currently or recently pregnant.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey with people who had been pregnant in the past 2 years (N = 1941). Logistic regression models examined predicted outcomes with RC as a primary exposure and explored combinations of RC and IPV.

Results

A total of 23.8% of the sample rep

SUBMITTER: Grace KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12353336 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature