ArticleJournal of the National Medical Association
Birth Outcomes in Relation to Intimate Partner Violence.
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- Maternal Experiences of Stressful Life Events and Its Association With Teenage Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- The prevalence of mental health-related multimorbidity during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Associations between intimate partner violence and adverse birth outcomes during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of intimate partner violence during pregnancy on maternal mental health and child development: a birth cohort study in central Vietnam.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Screening Tools of Intimate Partner Violence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Review
- Black-white differences in chronic stress exposures to predict preterm birth: interpretable, race/ethnicity-specific machine learning model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Preterm Birth Risk Factors.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Rural/urban differences in rates and predictors of intimate partner violence and abuse screening among pregnant and postpartum United States residents.Health services research · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with birth asphyxia in hospitals of Tigray region, Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Adverse effects on birth weight of parental illegal drug use during pregnancy and within two years before pregnancy.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2021Article
- Computerized intervention for reducing intimate partner victimization for perinatal women seeking mental health treatment: A multisite randomized clinical trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and Depression among Black Transgender Women in the USA: The Potential Suppressive Effect of Perceived Social Support.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
- Impact of maternal antepartum depressive and anxiety symptoms on birth outcomes and mode of delivery: a prospective cohort study in east and west coasts of Malaysia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Addressing Intimate Partner Violence to Improve Women's Preconception Health.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesIntimate partner violence (IPV)during pregnancy is a significant public health problem. Approximately 324,000 IPV victimizations occur during pregnancy each year. However, research on the impact of IPV on birth outcomes yields conflicting findings. This study examines the association of IPV with birth outcomes among pregnant women. STUDY
designWe used a retrospective cohort study design to analyze data from chart reviews of a random sample of 1542 pregnant women. These women were seen between 2003 and 2009 at an urban university affiliated prenatal clinic and gave birth at the on-site hospital. Victims of IPV were defined as those who scored equal to or higher than 10 on an IPV screening tool: HITS (Hit, Insult, Threaten, and Scream). Three measures were included in birth outcomes. Preterm delivery was defined as gestational age less than 37 weeks. Low birth weight was defined as infants born weighing <2500 g. Neonatal intensive care was measured by prevalence of receiving intensive care.
resultsThe prevalence of IPV was 7.5%. Compared to non-abused women, abused women were more likely to have preterm deliveries (18.3% vs. 10.3%; p = .016). Compared to infants of non-victims, infants of victims were more likely to have low birth weight (21.5% vs. 11.0%; p = .003) and to receive neonatal intensive care (23.4% vs. 7.8%; p = .000). Results from multivariate analyses indicated that victims were more likely to have preterm deliveries than non-victims (OR = 1.72; 95% CI: 1.22-2.95). More infants of victims had low birth weight (OR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.22-3.39) and received neonatal intensive care than those of non-victims (OR = 4.04; 95% CI: 2.46-6.61).
conclusionsAbused pregnant women had poorer birth outcomes compared to non-abused pregnant women. Healthcare providers should be trained to screen and identify women for IPV, and interventions should be designed to reduce and prevent IPV and thereby improve health outcomes for victims and their children.
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