R.E.S.P.e.c.T and intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study using DHS data in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thirty per cent of all women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the WHO's novel R.E.S.P.E.C.T framework and IPV among women in Kenya.

Methods

We used the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS). Only women selected for the domestic violence module and who were married/living with their partner were eligible for this study (n=3737). We created a summary score for the strategies denoted by R.E.S.P.T based on availability of questions addressing these strategies in the KDHS, and a total score that summed responses across all strategies. Each letter was assessed with Cronbach's alpha. Multiple logistic regression models were used to investigate the relationship between R.E.

SUBMITTER: Ward CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424846 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature