ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2017
Alcohol use and intimate partner violence among women and their partners in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Associated Factors of Gender-Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Can mental health treatments help prevent or reduce intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review.BMC women's health · 2019Pooled it
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- Harms to children from men's heavy drinking: A scoping review.International journal of alcohol and drug research · 2024Article
- Variations in the association between polygyny and experience of intimate partner violence by husband's alcohol consumption: a cross-sectional study among postpartum women in Thailand.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Impact of partner alcohol use on intimate partner violence among reproductive-age women in East Africa Demographic and Health Survey: propensity score matching.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Identifying and Validating Alcohol Diagnostics for Injury-Related Trauma in South Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Fathers' mental health and coping strategies: a qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence in Nepal: Analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022.PloS one · 2024Article
- Violence in childhood and community contexts: a multi-level model of factors associated with women's intimate partner violence experience in Samoa.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Using Machine Learning Prediction to Create a 15-question IPV Measurement Tool.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- The association between alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence in young male perpetrators in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.Global health action · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol use is a well-documented risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV); however, the majority of research comes from high-income countries.
methodsUsing nationally representative data from 86 024 women that participated in the Demographic and Health Surveys, we evaluated the relationship between male partner alcohol use and experiencing IPV in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using multilevel mixed-effects models, we calculated the within-country, between-country, and contextual effects of alcohol use on IPV.
resultsPrevalence of partner alcohol use and IPV ranged substantially across countries (3-62 and 11-60%, respectively). Partner alcohol use was associated with a significant increase in the odds of reporting IPV for all 14 countries included in this analysis. Furthermore, the relationship between alcohol use and IPV, although largely explained by partner alcohol use, was also attributable to overall prevalence of alcohol use in a given country. The partner alcohol use-IPV relationship was moderated by socioeconomic status (SES): among women with a partner who used alcohol those with lower SES had higher odds of experiencing IPV than women with higher SES.
conclusionsResults of this study suggest that partner alcohol use is a robust correlate of IPV in SSA; however, drinking norms may independently relate to IPV and confound the relationship between partner alcohol use and IPV. These findings motivate future research employing experimental and longitudinal designs to examine alcohol use as a modifiable risk factor of IPV and as a novel target for treatment and prevention research to reduce IPV in SSA.
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