background and aim: by providing the greatest amount of direct service to patients, nurses play an extremely valuable and unmatched role in the quality and efficiency of care and curative services. workplace violence is regarded as one of the factors which can reduce job satisfaction and the quality of working life of nurses and their interaction with patients, as well as the work efficiency of...

objective : to investigate the prevalence of physical and psychological violence against women with female factor infertility. materials and methods: a total of 400 women with primary infertility attending the vali-e-asr reproductive health research center in tehran, iran, were interviewed using the conflict tactics scales (cts2) questionnaire to investigate their experiences of physical and ps...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between physical violence during the 12 months before delivery and maternal complications and birth outcomes. METHODS We used population-based data from 6143 women who delivered live-born infants between 1993 and 1995 in South Carolina. Data on women's physical violence during pregnancy were based on self-reports of "partner-inflicted physical hurt and bein...

Introduction. Violence against women has serious consequences for their reproductive and sexual health including birth outcomes. In Ethiopia, though the average parity of pregnant women is much higher than in other African countries, the link between intimate partner violence with low birth weight is unknown. Objective. The aim of this study was to examine the association between intimate partn...

background and aim: many women are abused by their intimate partners before and during pregnancy. although, domestic violence during pregnancy has serious consequences for women’s health, little is known about how domestic violence may change throughout pregnancy transitions. research shows that three types of partner violence can have different consequences for women’s health and well-being . ...

Using data from Addhealth, this study investigates the role of neighborhood violence in mediating the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on high school graduation and teenage pregnancy. Results show that neighborhood violence is a strong predictor of both outcomes, net of individual, family, community, and school controls. Neighborhood violence accounts for almost half the conditional associa...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence is a serious threat to the physical and mental health of women. The aim of the present study was to find and compare the frequency of domestic violence between methamphetamine users, patients with psychiatric disorders, and healthy people. METHODS In this analytical cross-sectional study, methamphetamine users (n=30) and patients with psychiatric disorders (n=30) ...

Title of Dissertation: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPOSURE, MATERNAL EDUCATION, AND MATERNAL AUTONOMY AS PREDICTORS OF INDIAN WOMEN’S USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AND INFANT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT Mili Duggal, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Sally A. Koblinsky Department of Family Science India contributes disproportionately to the world’s maternal mortality ratio and rate of...

background: women’s empowerment programs during pregnancy focus primarily on increasing women’s health goals and psychological empowerment has been considered important in most issues related to pregnant mothers’ mental health. using path analysis, this study aims to examine the direct and indirect components of psychological empowerment of pregnant mothers. methods: this model-testing study wa...

background: domestic violence refers to any type of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse enforced in the setting of familial relationships. domestic violence has a significant relationship with poor outcome among pregnant women. success in resolving this social phenomenon rests on accurate assessment of the society and the factors associated with violence in that specific community. object...