Background: Attachment between mother and fetus plays an important role in maternal identity, birth outcomes, growth, development of a newborn. In addition, domestic violence, especially pregnancy, has been regarded as health priority many societies. Objectives: The study aimed to assess the relationship violence pregnancy attachment. Methods: This descriptive correlational was conducted on 200...

OBJECTIVE To review epidemiologic studies of the health of street youth in industrialized countries, with a special focus on Canadian youth. METHODS We identified 52 peer-reviewed studies from searches of the MEDLINE database and bibliographies of published papers, for data on blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, pregnancy, violence and mortality. RESULTS...

Physical violence against women is pervasive; and such abuse may begin during pregnancy. This article chronicles the clinical research on battering during pregnancy and focuses on a prospective study of 691 pregnant women; the study documented that one in six women are abused during pregnancy. Ethnic differences in the patterns of abuse are discussed, as are related findings of entry into prena...

The tendency for women to report both commission and receipt of violence is an understudied phenomenon. In particular, little is known about individual differences as a function of commission vs. receipt of partner violence among pregnant women. Using a sample of 78 cohabiting low-SES pregnant women, the current study examines three violence subtypes based on self-report (primarily commission o...

The objective of this theoretical article is to describe a conceptual framework for research on effects of past and current abuse and posttraumatic stress on childbearing women. The proposed framework builds on an earlier framework proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for research on violence occurring around the time of pregnancy. Two main adaptations are suggested....

The effect of violence on women's sexual reproductive health is significant importance; this study aimed to the association between gender-based with unintended pregnancy and common conditions. size sample was 102, who were survivors violence. Direct interviews collected data, researchers used a structured 30-question questionnaire. Results showed that early marriage significantly associated pr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the occurrence of depression during pregnancy and its associated factors. METHODS Epidemiological, quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted from January to May 2013 with 209 pregnant women in the city of Alfenas, State of South Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HASD) of Zigmond y Snaith and a form for characterization ...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/19820194201700007 Escola de Artes, Ciência e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Fundação Oswaldo Ramos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Conflict of interest: no conflicts of interest to declare. Abstract Objective: To identify the frequency of ...

AIMS To investigate putative links between alcohol use, and unsafe sex and incident HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS A cohort of 400 HIV-negative female sex workers was established in Mombasa, Kenya. Associations between categories of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the incidence at one year of unsafe sex, HIV and pregnancy were assessed using Cox proport...