ReviewBMC women's health2022
Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Kenya: forms, perpetrators and associations.
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- Risk factors for perinatal intimate partner violence: a global systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
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- Pathways between intimate partner violence and HIV care and treatment during pregnancy and postpartum: A qualitative study in southwestern Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Multilevel analysis of intimate partner violence and associated factors among reproductive-age women: Kenya demographic and health survey 2022 data.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence and postpartum healthcare access in Kenya: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence among women in Togo: a generalised structural equation modeling approach.BMJ open · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner sexual violence among pregnant women in Napak district, Northeastern Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Interpersonal violence against women and maternity care in Migori County, Kenya: evidence from a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Perinatal intimate partner violence among teen mothers and children's attachment disorders in Rwanda: potential mediating factors.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Bayesian spatial modelling of intimate partner violence and associated factors among adult women and men: evidence from 2019/2020 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Neurodevelopment of children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected in Kenya.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
- Sexual violence and associated factors among women of reproductive age in Rwanda: a 2020 nationwide cross-sectional survey.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner sexual violence among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the most recent DHS data 2015-2022.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntimate Partner violence (IPV) among pregnant women is a significant problem of public health importance. Nevertheless, there are relatively few studies which have examined the phenomenon in sub-Saharan settings. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the prevalence, perpetrators, and associated factors of IPV during pregnancy in Kenya.
methodsWe were making use of the 2014 Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) data and included women and girls of reproductive age (15-49 years) who have ever been pregnant ([Formula: see text]). A weighted sample of respondents who have experienced violence during pregnancy ([Formula: see text]) were selected for further bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses in order to examine the association between IPV and socio-demographic factors.
resultsThe prevalence of violence among pregnant women in Kenya was 9.2%, perpetrated mostly by the current husband or partner (47.6%), followed by the former husband or partner (31.5%). Physical violence was the most common (78.6%), followed by emotional (67.8%) and sexual (34.8%). Having one or two children ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]), having secondary or higher education ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]) and being 18 years and above at first cohabitation ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]) and at sexual debut ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]) were significantly associated with fewer reports of violence during pregnancy. Pregnant women who were divorced, separated or widowed ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]), who were employed ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]), who had witnessed their fathers beat their mothers ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]) and who had primary education ([Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text]) were significantly more likely to experience violence.
conclusionsTo prevent violence among pregnant women in Kenya, training health care providers should go hand in hand with interventions sensitising and mobilising community members, both addressing the socio-demographic drivers of IPV during pregnancy and directing a particular attention to the most vulnerable ones.
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