Margarita Quintanilla

Biographic Data

ID7990613
NAMEMargarita Quintanilla
GIVEN NAMESMargarita
FAMILY NAMEQuintanilla
SIGNATUREQUINTANILLA M
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Pathways to change

    Open AccessMary Ellsberg, Margarita Quintanilla et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2022

    This paper presents the results of nearly three decades of partnership between feminist researchers and activists to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Nicaragua. A household survey conducted in 1995 in León, the country's second-largest city, revealed that 55 per cent of women had experienced lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV), and 27 per cent had experienced IPV in the last 12 months. The study results were instru…

  • Long-term change in the prevalence of intimate partner violence

    Open AccessMary Ellsberg, William J Ugarte et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Introduction: Although intimate partner violence (IPV) affects an estimated one out of three women globally, evidence on violence prevention is still scarce. No studies have measured long-term change in larger populations over a prolonged period. Methods: The aim of this study was to measure changes in the prevalence of IPV in León, Nicaragua, between 1995 and 2016. The 2016 study interviewed 846 ever-partnered women aged 15 to 49 regarding exper…