Physical partner violence, women’s economic status and help-seeking behaviour in Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19529323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanchita Vya (0000-0003-3066-664X, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, corresponding author), Seema Vyas, Jessie Mbwambo (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1290426-1290426 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Health Action (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16549716.2017.1290426 |
| PMID | 28485667 |
| OpenAlex | W2613462522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 31 |
BACKGROUND: Women's responses to partner violence are influenced by a complex constellation of factors including: psychological attachment to the partner; context of the abuse; and structural factors, all of which shape available options for women outside of the relationship. OBJECTIVE: To describe women's responses to physical partner violence; and to understand the role of women's economic resources on their responses. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between women's economic resources and their responses to violence. RESULTS: In both sites, among physically abused women, over one-half experienced severe violence; approximately two-thirds had disclosed the violence; and approximately 40% had sought help. Abused women were more likely to have sought help from health services, the police and religious leaders in Dar es Salaam, and from local leaders in Mbeya. Economic resources did not facilitate women's ability to leave violent partners in Dar es Salaam. In Mbeya, women who jointly owned capital assets were less likely to have left. In both sites, women's sole ownership of capital assets facilitated help-seeking. CONCLUSION: Although support services are being scaled-up in Tanzania, efforts are needed to increase the acceptability of accessing such services
Domestic violence · Environmental health · Geography · Occupational safety and health · Physical abuse · Poison control · Sexual violence · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Tanzania · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |