Alcohol use and intimate partner violence among women and their partners in Sub-Saharan Africa

Greene, M. Claire; Furr‐Holden, Debra; Tol, Wietse A.

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.219

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“…In Eastern Africa, physical and sexual violence prevalence rates were worse and emotional violence prevalence rates were more common in Western Africa. This finding is consistent with findings of other studies [2,6,15,27]. This might be attributed to factors such as socioeconomic class, women's disempowerment, community acceptance for wife beating and the type of community in which the study was conducted [4,6,27,29,108,109].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Overall, a high pooled prevalence of IPV among women in SSA was found as compared to the global estimate which was conducted in 56 countries in 2013 [4] and SSA countries [5,21,102,103]. The findings of this review are comparable or slightly higher to studies conducted in 14 SSA countries [27,102]. The higher prevalence of IPV in our study could provide a better overview compared to previous studies where the number of countries involved were relatively small.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…The pooled non-IPV prevalence (14%) experiences were very high. The pooled non-IPV prevalence experiences were slightly higher than the three studies that were conducted internationally, which was 11% [4,5,27]. The highest non-IPV prevalence may be related to political instability and war violence.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Overall, 58 cross-sectional studies investigated the prevalence of IPV either in the woman's lifetime or over the previous year. Four studies reported non-IPV [4,27,60,80]. The studies that focused on IPV included 23 that reported physical violence, 18 that reported sexual violence and 20 studies that reported emotional violence.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

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Francis

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This study aimed to systematically review studies that examined the prevalence of gender based violence (GBV) that included intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-IPV among women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This evidence is an important aspect to work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) target of eliminating all forms of violence in SSA. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. Ovid Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane Central, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science were used to source articles with stringent eligibility criteria. Studies on GBV in SSA countries that were published in English from 2008 to 2019 were included. A random effect meta-analysis was used. Fifty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria. The pooled prevalence of IPV among women was 44%, the past year-pooled prevalence of IPV was 35.5% and non-IPV pooled prevalence was 14%. The highest prevalence rates of IPV that were reported included emotional (29.40%), physical (25.87%) and sexual (18.75%) violence. The sub-regional analysis found that women residing in Western (30%) and Eastern (25%) African regions experienced higher levels of emotional violence. Integrated mitigation measures to reduce GBV in SSA should focus mainly on IPV in order to achieve the SDG’s that will lead to sustainable changes in women’s health.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 64%

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confidence: 77%

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Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

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Francis

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“…Some variables, for instance, alcohol use, are well-documented contributors to IPV independent of conflict. 28 However, the trauma of experiencing conflict may also lead to behaviours that are associated with higher levels of IPV—such as higher rates of alcohol abuse. Thus, alcohol may mediate, but not fully account for, the relationship between conflict and IPV—as suggested by the model results.…”

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From the battlefield to the bedroom: a multilevel analysis of the links between political conflict and intimate partner violence in Liberia

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ObjectivesAssess the link between levels of armed conflict and postconflict intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women in Liberia.MethodsArmed Conflict Location and Event Data Project data were used to measure conflict-related fatalities in districts in Liberia during the country’s civil war from 1999 to 2003. These data were linked to individual-level data from the 2007 Demographic and Health Survey, including past-year IPV. Multilevel logistic models accounting for the clustering of women within districts evaluated the relationship of conflict fatalities with postconflict past-year IPV. Additional conflict measures, including conflict events and cumulative years of conflict, were assessed.ResultsAfter adjusting for individual-level characteristics correlated with IPV, residence in a conflict fatality-affected district was associated with a 50% increase in risk of IPV (adjusted OR (aOR): 1.55, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.92). Women living in a district that experienced 4–5 cumulative years of conflict were also more likely to experience IPV (aOR 1.88, 95% CI 1.29 to 2.75).ConclusionResiding in a conflict-affected district even 5 years after conflict was associated with postconflict IPV.Policy implicationsRecognising and preventing postconflict IPV violence is important to support long-term recovery in postconflict settings.

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Interpersonal violence and mental health: a social justice framework to advance research and practice

Tol

2020

Glob. Ment. Health

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This editorial paper accompanies a special series in the journal Global Mental Health focused on the topic of interpersonal violence and mental health. This series included 24 papers reporting on data from 31 countries, published between 2017 and 2019. This accompanying paper provides a short summary of findings in the special series and reflects on next steps in research and practice. Collectively, the series’ 24 papers suggest intricate bi-directional relationships between interpersonal violence and mental health, situated in particular contexts and varying across the life course. In order to study this complexity, an overarching theoretical framework is critical. This paper takes the social justice theory developed by Powers and Faden (2006, 2019) as a starting point. It is argued that application of this social justice framework will be helpful to: strengthen conceptual clarity; provide a sense of direction for research and practice in the area of interpersonal violence and mental health; assist in conducting more fine grained analyses of contextually determined processes of disadvantage; and help situate disciplinary specific research and practice questions in their broader context, thereby strengthening multi-disciplinary research and multi-sectoral policy and programming efforts.

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Alcohol use and intimate partner violence among women and their partners in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 19 publications

References 36 publications

Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

From the battlefield to the bedroom: a multilevel analysis of the links between political conflict and intimate partner violence in Liberia

Interpersonal violence and mental health: a social justice framework to advance research and practice

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