ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2018
The prevalence and predictors of intimate partner violence among pregnant women attending a midwife and obstetrics unit in the Western Cape.
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- 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
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- Intimate partner violence among pregnant women attending a low-resource primary care facility in Ghana.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Intimate partner sexual violence during pregnancy and its associated factors in Northwest Ethiopian women.Frontiers in sociology · 2023Article
- Implementation outcomes of a health systems strengthening intervention for perinatal women with common mental disorders and experiences of domestic violence in South Africa: Pilot feasibility and acceptability study.BMC health services research · 2022Review
- Predictors and Factors Associated with Counseling Seeking Behavior Against Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Southwestern Uganda.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- The relationship between common mental disorders (CMDs), food insecurity and domestic violence in pregnant women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- Food insecurity and common mental disorders in perinatal women living in low socio-economic settings in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Intimate Partners During the Perinatal Period: A Narrative Literature Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Examining the relationship between physical and sexual violence and psychosocial health in young people living with HIV in rural South Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Article
- Interpersonal violence and mental health: a social justice framework to advance research and practice.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2020Article
- Patterns of intimate partner violence among perinatal women with depression symptoms in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a longitudinal analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is prevalent across the world, but more so in low- and middle-income countries. It is associated with various adverse outcomes for mothers and infants. This study sought to determine the prevalence and predictors of IPV among pregnant women attending one midwife and obstetrics unit (MOU) in the Western Cape, South Africa.
methodsA convenience sample of 150 pregnant women was recruited to participate in the study. Data were collected using several self-report measures concerning the history of childhood trauma, exposure to community violence, depression and alcohol use. Multivariable logistic models were developed, the first model was based on whether any IPV occurred, the remaining models investigated for physical-, sexual- and emotional abuse.
resultsLifetime and 12-month prevalence rates for any IPV were 44%. The 12-month IPV rates were 32% for emotional and controlling behaviours, 29% physical and 20% sexual abuse. The adjusted model predicting physical IPV found women who were at risk for depression were more likely to experience physical IPV [odds ratios (ORs) 4.42, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) 1.88-10.41], and the model predicting sexual IPV found that women who reported experiencing community violence were more likely to report 12-month sexual IPV (OR 3.85, CI 1.14-13.08).
conclusionThis is the first study, which illustrates high prevalence rates of IPV among pregnant woman at Mitchells Plain MOU. A significant association was found between 12-month IPV and unintended pregnancy. Further prospective studies in different centres are needed to address generalisability and the effect of IPV on maternal and child outcomes.
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