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ArticleBMC global and public health2024

Factors associated with help-seeking by women facing intimate partner violence in India: findings from National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021).

Rakhi Ghoshal, Priti Patil, Isha Sinha, Anita Gadgil, Priyansh Nathani, Nethra Jain, Premkumar Ramasubramani, Nobhojit Roy

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Rakhi GhoshalGender Justice, CARE, Kolkata, 700039, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9854-4425
Priti PatilDepartment of Statistics, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, 400094, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-6505
Isha SinhaState Resource Centre, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, 800007, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6700-6923
Anita GadgilThe George Institute of Global Health, New Delhi, 110025, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-6649
Priyansh NathaniHinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College and Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, 400056, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-9278
Nethra JainGrant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, 400008, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6683-2236
Premkumar RamasubramaniDepartment of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, 607402, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-1652
Nobhojit RoyThe George Institute of Global Health, New Delhi, 110025, India. nobhojit.roy@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-7416

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backgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) against women has harmful effects on their psychological and physical health. However, help-seeking for IPV is significantly low among women in the Indian context. This study examines the different factors that influence help-seeking behaviour among women in India. It also studies associations of the type of IPV with the source of help.

methodsThe study analyses data from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey that was conducted in India (2019-2021). Independent variables were categorized at individual, relationship-household and community levels. The Stata 14.2 software was used to calculate the prevalence ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Variables with p-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Poisson regression helped identify factors associated with help-seeking.

resultsResults indicate that among 72,320 women aged 18-49 years, 17,765 women ever-faced IPV. Of them, 14.2% of women who faced either physical and/or sexual IPV sought any help. Husband's consumption of alcohol almost doubled the likelihood of help-seeking among women (19.91%), compared to women whose husbands did not drink alcohol (10.19%). Witnessing parental IPV also increased the odds (17.26%) of help-seeking. Women who were not empowered were more likely to seek help (14.11%) compared to women who were empowered (12.56%). The police were the predominant source where women went for formal help (6.94 to 8.43%), followed by doctors (1.84 to 2.71%). Close to 1 in 4 women (22.5%) sought help for sexual IPV, while 14.4% of women sought help for physical IPV. Around 95% of all women who faced IPV sought informal help, with 3 in 5 of them approaching their own families, and 3 in 10 approaching their in-laws or marital families.

conclusionsTwo significant factors that associate positively with help-seeking by women facing IPV are husbands' alcohol consumption and witnessing parental IPV. Most women preferred informal help from the natal family, while among formal providers, the police were the foremost choice. Programmes and initiatives to build capacities of communities, and of police to respond to women seeking help for IPV, would enable more women to reach out for help.

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Alcohol consumptionDomestic violenceEmpowermentFamily violence

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