ArticleTrauma, violence & abuse2023
Domestic Violence Against Women in North African and Middle Eastern Countries: A Scoping Review.
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- Spatial distribution of intimate partner violence in Jordan: results from the 2023 Population and Family Health Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Methodologies for population surveys on violence in rural areas: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- The burden of mental disorders and substance abuse in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Trauma-informed care implementation among nurses in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional descriptive study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Is domestic violence a risk factor for women's emotional distress in the long run? Analysis of MINIMat longitudinal data from Matlab, Bangladesh.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Factors affecting domestic violence against women in Iran: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Mental health disorders and quality of life among Saudi women who have experienced domestic violence.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Distress, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Colombian Women.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Aftermath of COVID-19: Exploring the Perception of Violence Against Women in the Middle East and North Africa.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Gender and exposure to childhood violence are important determinants of domestic violence among academics.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence inInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Assessment of domestic violence and its associated factors among ever-married reproductive-age women in Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Exploring Jordanian women's resistance strategies to domestic violence: A scoping review.Frontiers in sociology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This scoping review aimed to identify the scope of the current literature on the prevalence, consequences, and risk factors of domestic violence (DV) against women by their husbands or male partners in North African and Middle Eastern countries. The methodology for this scoping review was based on the framework outlined by Arksey and O'Malley. Studies published on DV against women over the age of 15 by partner or husband and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January 1970 and April 2018 were included in the review. The databases MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, HealthSTAR, EMBASE, Scopus, African Journals Online, Turkish Journal Database, and gray literature sources were searched. On completion of the review process, 151 full-text articles were identified for charting. This review demonstrated that women's age, women's education level, duration of marriage, history of childhood abuse/witnessing family violence, living in the rural region, and family income level were negatively associated with DV, indicating that younger women, women with lower education, a longer marriage duration, and a lower income level had a higher risk of exposure to DV in this region. Anxiety, depression/insomnia, and physical injury were the most common health problems reported by victims in the region. The highest proportion of women with no response to violence was reported in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. The findings of this scoping review represent the first attempt to summarize the literature from North African and Middle Eastern countries and demonstrate the similarity in DV-related behaviors among women despite the cultural and regional diversity of the studies.
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