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Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with intimate partner violence, poor general health and depressive symptoms among pregnant women.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Systematic Review of Interventions That Integrate Perinatal Mental Health Care Into Routine Maternal Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
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- The association between maternal cortisol and depression during pregnancy, a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2018Pooled it
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- Adult sexual risk behavior in a Canadian sample of two-spirit, trans, and non-binary survivors of childhood sexual abuse.International journal of transgender health · 2026Article
- Maternal Trauma history, Maternal Mental health, and Child Behavior: A Prospective Study of mother-child Dyads in Lima, Peru.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Association of preconception maternal glucocorticoid concentrations with sex ratio at birth: Evidence from a prospective cohort study.Annals of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Associations Between Mothers' COVID-Related Perceived Stress and Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Peru.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Patterns of intimate partner violence among black women in community supervision programs who use drugs: a latent class analysis.Health & justice · 2025Article
- The Relations Among Childhood Maltreatment and Later Intimate Partner Violence Victimization With and Without a Weapon in a Sample of Pregnant Black Individuals.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
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- The association between pre-pregnancy and first-trimester hair cortisol and preterm birth: a causal inference model.European journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- A qualitative analysis of adolescent motherhood within the broader family context in Peru.Family relations · 2024Article
- Association between trauma exposure and glucocorticosteroid concentration in hair during pregnancy.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Article
- Maternal adverse childhood experiences and health-related quality of life in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined associations of childhood physical and sexual abuse with risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). We also evaluated the extent to which childhood abuse was associated with self-reported general health status and symptoms of antepartum depression in a cohort of pregnant Peruvian women.
methodsIn-person interviews were conducted to collect information regarding history of childhood abuse and IPV from 1,521 women during early pregnancy. Antepartum depressive symptomatology was evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Multivariable logistic regression procedures were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI).
resultsAny childhood abuse was associated with 2.2-fold increased odds of lifetime IPV (95%CI: 1.72-2.83). Compared with women who reported no childhood abuse, those who reported both, childhood physical and sexual abuse had a 7.14-fold lifetime risk of physical and sexual IPV (95%CI: 4.15-12.26). The odds of experiencing physical and sexual abuse by an intimate partner in the past year was 3.33-fold higher among women with a history of childhood physical and sexual abuse as compared to women who were not abused as children (95%CI 1.60-6.89). Childhood abuse was associated with higher odds of self-reported poor health status during early pregnancy (aOR = 1.32, 95%CI: 1.04-1.68) and with symptoms of antepartum depression (aOR = 2.07, 95%CI: 1.58-2.71).
conclusionThese data indicate that childhood sexual and physical abuse is associated with IPV, poor general health and depressive symptoms in early pregnancy. The high prevalence of childhood trauma and its enduring effects of on women's health warrant concerted global health efforts in preventing violence.
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