Objective To describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence and associated factors among married women in Albania. Design Cross sectional study. Setting Tirana, the capital city of Albania. Participants A representative sample of 1039 married women aged 25-65 living in Tirana and recorded in the 2001 census. Methods Questionnaire on intimate partner violence and social and demographic cha...

OBJECTIVES We develop and test a conceptual model of factors influencing the likelihood of physical wife abuse. The paternal disinvestment model emphasizes that spousal conflict over resource use results from men's attempts to increase individual fitness at a cost to the family (e.g., through pursuit of extramarital affairs). We propose that men use violence to control women's responses to the ...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major health concern for women worldwide. Prevalence rates for IPV are high in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, but little is known about health-sector responses in this area. Health-care professionals can play an important role in supporting women who are seeking recourse from IPV. A comprehensive search was conducted to identify releva...

in some relationships, pregnancy is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (ipv). we present a case of a 34-year-old, 28-week-pregnant woman who was admitted to the emergency department with multiple traumas due to ipv. her husband had hit her with a power cable after abusing methamphetamine. there were multiple ecchymoses and lacerations on her body. on questioning, the patient revealed a...

Ambedkar was one of the pioneer reformists for women and had a vision ‘New India’. He articulated women’s rights to education, marriage, health through constitutional provisions. This study aims revisit notions Babasaheb on empowerment focusing child health; also, examine current status in present India concerning aforesaid aspects. For portraying women, recent data from National Family Health ...

BACKGROUND Although considerable research has documented the widespread prevalence of spousal violence in India, little is known about specific risk or protective factors. This study examines the relationships between factors that are often considered to be social and economic resources for women and recent occurrence of domestic violence. METHODS Data were collected from 744 young married wo...

The study accessed the vulnerability of gender based physical spousal domestic violence in Benue State, Nigeria. adopted secondary data from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) (2018), conducted by National Population Commission analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Information's sorted were categorized, summarized presented exploratory formats, freq...