Exploring the determinants and outcomes of intimate partner violence during pregnancy for Guyanese women

Results from a nationally representative cross-sectional household survey

Bibliographic Data

ID14967403
AuthorsLior Miller (0000-0002-9573-022X, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America., corresponding author), Manuel Contreras-Urbina (The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America.), Manuel Acosta Contreras (0000-0001-8747-0053, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America.)
Year2021
Volume45
Pages1
Publication date2021-03-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2021.6
PMID33790954
OpenAlexW3139246748
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited29

Objective . To determine predictors associated with physical violence during pregnancy, and to determine the relationship between exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy and women’s health and suicide ideation in Guyana. Methods . A secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional household survey. Multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to the data to estimate the association between physical violence during pregnancy, controlling partner behavior, and other predictors. Ordered logistic regression models were fitted to estimate the association between physical violence during pregnancy and women’s health, and lifetime physical partner violence and overall health. Logistic regression models were fitted to estimate associations between physical violence during pregnancy and lifetime physical partner violence and overall health and suicide ideation. Results . The prevalence of lifetime physical/sexual intimate partner violence was 38.8%, current physical/ sexual intimate partner violence 11.1%, and violence during pregnancy 9.2%. Controlling partner behavior was significantly and positively associated with maternal experience of physical violence during pregnancy. Experiencing physical partner violence during pregnancy, but not lifetime physical partner violence, was associated with significantly increased odds of poor overall health. Physical violence during pregnancy and lifetime physical violence were both significantly associated with increased odds of suicide ideation. Conclusions . The prevalence of violence during pregnancy in Guyana is high and is associated with adverse health outcomes. These findings suggest the need for intimate partner violence prevention, and for integrating intimate partner violence screening and treatment into antenatal care, reproductive health services, and maternal and child health programs and services to identify and treat at-risk women

Criminology · Cross-sectional study · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Physical abuse · Poison control · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Sexual violence · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology