Domestic violence: a cross-sectional study among pregnant women in different regions of Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of this study were to assess the regional differences in domestic violence among pregnant women in the capital district and in the tea plantation sector of Sri Lanka, to explore potential contributory factors and to assess whether healthcare workers addressed domestic violence and disclosure among survivors.

Design

A cross-sectional study was carried out using interviewer-administered Abuse Assessment Screen.

Setting

Fifty-seven antenatal clinic centres in the capital district and 30 in the tea plantation sector.

Participants

Pregnant women between 6 and 40 weeks of gestational age. In the capital district, 1375 women were recruited from antenatal clinic centres in the urban (n=25) and in the rural areas (n=32), and 800 women from 30 centres

SUBMITTER: Muzrif MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855343 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature