Exposure to domestic violence influences pregnant women's preparedness for childbirth in Nepal: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate if domestic violence affected women's ability to prepare for childbirth. Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) includes saving money, arranging transportation, identifying a skilled birth attendant, a health facility, and a blood donor before childbirth. During data collection, Nepal experienced two earthquakes and therefore it was possible to examine associations between domestic violence, women's BP/CR and effects of the earthquakes.

Methods

Women who were between 12 and 28 weeks of gestation participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study at a hospital antenatal clinic in Nepal, where they completed a structured questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, experiences of domestic violence,

SUBMITTER: Pun KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061992 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature