ArticleMaternal and child health journal2014
Intimate partner violence and breastfeeding in Africa.
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- Association between perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life in Ghana.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Identifying the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Using an Ecological Framework to Review 15 Years of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Gender-based violence and child nutrition in fragile settings: exploring intersections and opportunities for evidence generation.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2025Review
- Health-Related Maternal Decision-Making Among Perinatal Women in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
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- Exclusive breastfeeding and its association with intimate partner violence during pregnancy: analysis from Pakistan demographic and health survey.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Linkages between maternal experience of intimate partner violence and child nutrition outcomes: A rapid evidence assessment.PloS one · 2024Article
- Extended postpartum intimate partner violence and its associated factors: community-based cross-sectional study design.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Measuring the impacts of maternal child marriage and maternal intimate partner violence and the moderating effects of proximity to conflict on stunting among children under 5 in post-conflict Sri Lanka.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- The effect of maternal depressive symptoms on infant feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: community based birth cohort study.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Maternal experience of intimate partner violence is associated with suboptimal breastfeeding practices in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia: insights from a DHS analysis.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Intimate partner violence and exclusive breastfeeding of infants: analysis of the 2013 Nigeria demographic and health survey.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Association of maternal prenatal psychological stressors and distress with maternal and early infant faecal bacterial profile.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2020Article
- Effect of intimate partner violence of women on minimum acceptable diet of children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia: evidence from 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
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Abstract
We examined the associations of maternal intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization with early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in eight African countries. For mothers 15-49 years with an infant aged less than 6 months from national Demographic and Health Surveys since 2007 for Ghana (n = 173), Kenya (n = 449), Liberia (n = 313), Malawi (n = 397), Nigeria (n = 2007), Tanzania (n = 549), Zambia (n = 454), and Zimbabwe (n = 480), logistic regression was used to estimate the unadjusted and adjusted associations of lifetime maternal emotional, physical, and sexual IPV victimization with early initiation (less than 1 hour of birth) and exclusive breastfeeding in the prior 24 hours. Maternal lifetime IPV victimization often was adversely associated with optimal breastfeeding practices. Physical IPV in Zimbabwe (aOR 0.40, p = 0.002), sexual IPV in Zambia (aOR 0.42, p = 0.017), and emotional IPV in Kenya (aOR 0.54, p = 0.050) and Tanzania (aOR 0.57, p = 0.088) were associated with lower adjusted odds of early initiation. Sexual IPV in Liberia (aOR 0.09, p = 0.026), Ghana (aOR 0.17, p = 0.033), and Kenya (aOR 0.34, p = 0.085) were associated with lower adjusted odds of exclusive breastfeeding. Atypically, physical IPV in Tanzania (aOR 2.11, p = 0.042) and sexual IPV in Zambia (aOR 2.49, p = 0.025) were associated with higher adjusted odds of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding, respectively. Across several settings, maternal IPV victimization may adversely influence breastfeeding practices. Longitudinal research of these relationships is warranted. Screening for IPV victimization and breastfeeding counseling in prenatal and postpartum care may mitigate the potential intergenerational effects of IPV.
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