Maternal Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Morbidity in Bangladesh

Stress and Coping Strategies in Women With and Without Intimate-Partner Violence Experiences

Background: Intimate-Partner Violence (IPV) is considered a disastrous social phenomenon. Apparently, women are more likely to suffer from the negative impacts of this problem. This study aimed to study and compare vulnerability to stress and coping strategies in women with and without IPV. Methods: This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional research. The study sample was recruited by co...

Intimate partner violence and maternal educational practice

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to analyze the association between intimate partner violence against women and maternal educational practice directed to children at the beginning of formal education. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study, carried out between 2013 and 2014, with 631 mother/child pairs, registered in the Family Health Strategy of the Health District II of the city of...

Association of Intimate Partner Physical and Sexual Violence with Childhood Morbidity in Bangladesh

The intergenerational transmission of intimate partner violence in Bangladesh

BACKGROUND A number of individual risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) have been identified in Bangladesh. However, the etiology of IPV, intergenerational transmission, has never been tested in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE We examined whether witnessing inter-parental physical violence (IPPV) was associated with IPV to identify whether IPV passes across generations in Bangladesh. METHO...

Association between intimate partner violence and child morbidity in South Asia

BACKGROUND This study investigates the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and its impact on child morbidity in the south Asian region. METHODS The analysis uses logistic regression models with cross sectional nationally representative data from three countries - Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The data have been pooled from 'Demographic and Health Surveys' (DHS) of...