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ArticleSSM - population health2022

Measuring the impacts of maternal child marriage and maternal intimate partner violence and the moderating effects of proximity to conflict on stunting among children under 5 in post-conflict Sri Lanka.

Ruvani W Fonseka, Lotus McDougal, Anita Raj, Elizabeth Reed, Rebecka Lundgren, Lianne Urada, Jay G Silverman

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Article in SSM - population health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruvani W FonsekaCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Lotus McDougalCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Anita RajCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Elizabeth ReedSan Diego State University School of Public Health, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
Rebecka LundgrenCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Lianne UradaCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Jay G SilvermanCenter on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
University of California San Diego · USSan Diego State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to understand whether maternal child marriage and past year intimate partner violence (IPV) impact stunting among Sri Lankan children under 5 years old, and, secondarily, whether proximity to conflict is associated with stunting. Additionally, we assessed whether proximity to conflict moderates the relationships between maternal child marriage and past year IPV (sexual, physical, and emotional). We tested these questions using logistic regression analyses of the 2016 Sri Lankan Demographic and Health Survey (n = 4941 mother-child dyads). In country-wide adjusted analyses, we did not find associations between maternal child marriage or IPV and stunting (p > 0.05). Children in districts proximal and central to conflict were significantly less likely to be stunted compared to children in districts distal to conflict (proximal adjusted odds ratio/aOR: 0.43, 95% confidence interval/CI: 0.22-0.82; central aOR: 0.53, CI: 0.29-0.98). We found significant interaction effects on stunting between proximity to conflict and both sexual and emotional IPV, which we further explored in stratified analyses. In districts distal to conflict, maternal sexual IPV was significantly associated with increased odds of stunting (aOR: 2.71, CI: 1.16-6.35), and in districts central to conflict, maternal emotional IPV was significantly associated with increased odds of stunting (aOR: 1.80, CI: 1.13-2.89). Maternal emotional IPV was significantly associated with decreased odds of stunting in districts proximal to conflict (aOR: 0.42, CI: 0.18-0.96). Maternal child marriage and physical IPV were not associated with stunting in Sri Lanka. Variations in associations between maternal IPV and stunting across Sri Lanka may reflect the lasting and differential impact of conflict, as well as differential humanitarian responses which may have improved child nutrition practices and resources in districts central and proximal to conflict. Policies and programs addressing stunting in Sri Lanka should consider the role of maternal IPV as well as community-level variations based on proximity to conflict.

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Girl child marriageIntimate partner violence (IPV)Post-conflictSri LankaStunting

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