The magnitude of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Eldoret, Kenya
Exigency for policy action
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 11490262 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Loice Luhumyo (0000-0002-7361-9045, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, autor correspondente), Emily Mwaliko (0000-0002-7554-952X, Moi University), Philliph Tonui (Moi University), Amos Getanda (Department ofMidwifery and Gender, Moi University School of Nursing, Box 4606, Eldoret, Kenya), Katrina Hann (0000-0002-4913-6270, Sustainable Health Systems, Freetown, Sierra Leone) |
| Ano | 2020 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Fascículo | Supplement_1 |
| Páginas | i7-i18 |
| Data de publicação | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/czaa103 |
| PMID | 33165585 |
| OpenAlex | W3105736324 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 30 |
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is sexual, psychological and physical coercive acts used against persons by intimate partners. When IPV occurs during pregnancy (IPVp), it can result in adverse maternal and pregnancy outcomes. No policy nor practice direction exists to address the rates and risk factors of IPVp in Kenya. Determining the prevalence, types and determinants of IPVp in Western Kenya would aid in the identification of pregnant women affected by and/or at risk of IPVp, as well as informing the development of policy, practices and programmes to support preventive interventions. In this cross-sectional study of 369 women who had given birth at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, participants were recruited using systematic sampling and data collected via structured questionnaires adopted from the WHO Violence Against Women Instrument. Associations were made in relation to physical or sexual violence and psychological violence. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between determinants and occurrence of IPVp. The overall prevalence of IPVp was 34.1%. Prevalence of physical or sexual violence was 22.8%. Psychological violence emerged as the most common (27.4%) form of IPVp. A lower than tertiary level of education and previous experience of IPV were individually associated with physical/sexual IPVp, whereas psychological IPVp was associated with previous experience of IPV and was prevented by the intimate partner having formal employment. Preterm birth rates were found to be higher than the country’s rates. The prevalence rates of IPVp are high in Western Kenya. Strategies that address the promotion of respectful, nonviolent relationships and that interrupt the development of risk factors are required. Policies (clinical guidelines) targeting prevention of IPVp and screening and the identification of at-risk women and survivors of IPVp are needed urgently. Primary prevention through interrupting the occurrence of predisposing factors is key in addressing IPVp
Condom · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Family medicine · Physical abuse · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Referral · Sexual violence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Citações por ano | 1,33 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |