Exploring the relationship between intimate partner violence and contraception use by Tanzanian women

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ID15216631
AutoresRaisa Kabir (0000-0001-9257-2775, Anglia Ruskin University), Maria Kordowicz (0000-0002-1405-9607, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume42
Fascículo10
Páginas1220-1233
Data de publicação2020-09-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2020.1807552
PMID32956020
OpenAlexW3087136020
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas19

Intimate partner violence (IPV) can be described as a global epidemic which has long term effects on numerous aspects of life. The effect of IPV on contraception use is also wide-ranging and culturally bound. Among the continents, Africa has the highest IPV prevalence. The relationship between IPV on contraception use by Tanzanian women is explored in this study as an illustrative case. This is a descriptive cross-sectional design study, for which we utilized the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey Data 2015-2016. Data from the responses of 13,266 ever-partnered women were used in this study. The mean age of the respondents was 28.69 years, median 27. 63% of respondents used contraceptives. Women with more than three pregnancies were more likely to use contraceptives (OR: 1.56, 95% CI, p < .001). Education levels also correlated with contraceptive use. Notably, contraceptive use was also significantly lower among the Tanzanian women who were exposed to IPV, suggesting a need for appropriately tailored social interventions and support. The need for interventions relating to IPV to take into account the multifactorial nature of a woman's uptake of contraceptive methods is underlined

Domestic violence · Environmental health · Family planning · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Tanzania · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine