Association of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and birth weight among term births: a cross-sectional study in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association of prenatal exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) with birth weight as a continuous variable among term births in a Nigerian population.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Mother-child pairs recruited when their newborns were brought for BCG or other vaccines shortly after birth at the Child Welfare Clinic of Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Participants

293 women with term birth infants.

Main exposure and outcome measures

Emotional, physical and sexual IPV were measured postnatally by interview using the Conflict Tactics Scale. Birth weight in grams was the main outcome measure. Linear regression, with adjustment for covariates, was used to estimate associations between birth weight and expo

SUBMITTER: Kana MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature