Associations between recent intimate partner violence and receipt and quality of perinatal health services in Uttar Pradesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India suffers some of the highest maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the world. Intimate partner violence (IPV) can be a barrier to utilization of perinatal care, and has been associated with poor maternal and neonatal health outcomes. However, studies that assess the relationship between IPV and perinatal health care often focus solely on receipt of services, and not the quality of the services received.

Methods and findings

Data were collected in 2016-2017 from a representative sample of women (15-49yrs) in Uttar Pradesh, India who had given birth within the previous 12 months (N = 5020), including use of perinatal health services and past 12 months experiences of physical and sexual IPV. Multivariate logistic regression models assessed whether physical or

SUBMITTER: Silverman JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224484 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature