The Association between Intimate Partner Violence, Depression and Influenza-Like Illness Experienced by Pregnant Women in Australia

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a major public health issue, including during pregnancy where it poses serious risk to the woman’s health. Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) also causes significant morbidity for women pregnancy. It may be possible that ILI in associated with IPV, and depression trauma history play role connection. 524 Australia-born 578 refugee-background women. Baseline participants were randomly recruited interviewed from antenatal clinics between January 2015 March 2016, they reinterviewed six months post-partum. Bivariate path analysis used assess links ILI. One 10 (10%; 111 out of 1102) reported their period this rate was significantly (p < 0.001) higher born conflict-affected countries (13%; 76 578) as compared Australian-born (7%; 35 524). In both groups, Time 1 traumatic events, IPV symptoms at 2. A association 2 fully mediated by (Beta = 0.36 p 0.001). direct shown 0.26, Regardless migration history, pregnant who have experienced are more likely report influenza-like This suggest negatively affect immunity, although could indicate connection depressive physical experiences