Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence against women is a global public health problem with many short-term and long-term effects on the physical and mental health of women and their children. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for its elimination in target 5.2. To monitor governments' progress towards SDG target 5.2, this study aimed to provide global, regional, and country baseline estimates of physical or sexual, or both, violence against women by male intimate partners.

Methods

This study developed global, regional, and country estimates, based on data from the WHO Global Database on Prevalence of Violence Against Women. These data were identified through a systematic literature review searching MEDLINE, Global Health, Embase, Social Policy, and Web of Science,

SUBMITTER: Sardinha L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885817 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature