Measuring personal beliefs and perceived norms about intimate partner violence: Population-based survey experiment in rural Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted throughout sub-Saharan Africa indicate there is widespread acceptance of intimate partner violence, contributing to an adverse health risk environment for women. While qualitative studies suggest important limitations in the accuracy of the DHS methods used to elicit attitudes toward intimate partner violence, to date there has been little experimental evidence from sub-Saharan Africa that can be brought to bear on this issue.

Methods and findings

We embedded a randomized survey experiment in a population-based survey of 1,334 adult men and women living in Nyakabare Parish, Mbarara, Uganda. The primary outcomes were participants' personal beliefs about the acceptability of intimate partner violence and perceived norms

SUBMITTER: Tsai AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5441576 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature