Intimate partner violence in the postpartum period and its associated factors among women attending a postnatal clinic in Central Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Intimate partner violence may affect women at any stage of their lives, including during pregnancy and after childbirth, and can have major health consequences for both the mother and the child. Therefore, the study was aimed to assess Intimate partner violence against postpartum women and its associated factors among women attending the postpartum clinic in Central Ethiopia, 2021.

Methods

The hospital based cross-sectional study design was implemented among postpartum women attending Sendafa Beke Hospital from September to October 2021. Systematic random sampling procedure was used to select 414 eligible postpartum women. Data were collected using a structured interviewer administered questionnaire. The data were entered into Epi Info and exported to SPSS version

SUBMITTER: Dirirsa DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9130815 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature