Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence is a common phenomenon in Ethiopia families. About 81% of women believed that a husband is justified in beating his wife. About 30-60% of families were affected by their intimates. Women suffer physical, emotional, sexual and economic violence by their intimate partners. It often remains either for the sake of family secrecy, cultural norms or, due to fear, shame and community's reluctance on domestic affair and social stigma.The objective of this study is to examine the association between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes.

Methods

A hospital based unmatched case control study was conducted in four zonal hospitals of Tigray region. A total of 954 study participants (318 cases and 636 controls) were tak

SUBMITTER: Berhanie E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6388467 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature