violence against women especially partner violence involves 1/3 of women worldwide. this research is performed with an analytic cross sectional design and its’ purpose is to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence among married women in medical science catchments area ( tehran university) during the year of 2001. 348 married women were selected from 6 health centers by multi-stage...

BACKGROUND Among women, risk factors for mental disorders are violence, economical inequities and disadvantages and discrimination. AIM To determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in women and to determine factors associated with them. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross sectional study of a probabilistic sample of 422 women aged 34 years as a mean, living in a medium to low inc...

Background & aim: Domestic violence is a socio-cultural problem. According to the literature, it has been concluded that various economic, educational, and professional issues have an impact on the severity of the violence against women. The question is whether religious tendencies can correlate with the severity and duration of violence. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship ...

Gender wise analysis of data brings out biological, behavioural and social variables which indicate inequality in the health parameters in male and female sex. There is discrimination against women. Right to birth is denied by sex selective elimination, right to survival is denied by the neglect of girl child resulting in declining trend of child sex ratio which has reached an alarming low leve...

Abstract Introduction: Workplace violence is one of the problems faced by health care workers. Pre-hospital emergency staff is exposed to workplace violence, according to their working conditions. Understanding the nature of workplace violence plays a fundamental role in its prevention and management. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the frequency of workplace physical violenc...

Author Una Hombrecher, ethnologist, Head of the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency In collaboration with (organisation and concept) Christina Sümmerer, certified psychologist, staff member in the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency of t...