Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Undernutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years in Bangladesh

Rahman, Mosiur; Poudel, Krishna C.; Yasuoka, Junko; Otsuka, Keiko; Yoshikawa, Kayoko; Jimba, Masamine

doi:10.2105/ajph.2011.300396

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“…Analyzing data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) 2007, Rahman et al (2012) found that 29% of the women experienced IPV in the year preceding the survey, which was associated with increased risk of stunting and underweight among children. Although IPV is widespread, very little research has been conducted on understanding the factors associated with IPV tolerance in Bangladesh.…”

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Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

Jesmin

2015

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One-third of the women worldwide experience intimate partner violence (IPV) that increases their vulnerability to both short- and long-term physical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health problems. Surprisingly, IPV is justified by many women globally. Although the IPV literature to date is mostly focused on risk factors associated with actual occurrences, little is known on attitudinal acceptance of such violence. Also, despite the growing scholarship of community influence and health link, IPV research has relatively overlooked the effects of norms at the community level. Using a representative national sample of 13,611 married women in Bangladesh, this study examined the association of community attitudes and women's individual attitudes toward wife beating. The results revealed that women living in communities with permissive attitudes toward wife beating were more likely to justify husbands' beating (OR=4.5). Women married at a younger age, who had less than primary-level education, lived in households categorized as poor or middle class, and did not consume media appeared to be at higher risk for justifying wife beating. This research adds to a growing research body on community influences on health by examining IPV attitudes and community norms link.

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Section: Cultural Contextmentioning

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Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

Jesmin

2015

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“…Most studies focused on the relationship between physical and sexual IPV and health outcomes [23]. Little is known about the link between emotional IPV and partner controlling behavior with utilization of maternal health care services.…”

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Intimate partner violence and utilization of maternal health care services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mohammed

Johnston

Harwell

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BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundDespite its prominence, intimate partner violence (IPV) against women has received little attention in Ethiopia. And as many of sub-Saharan African countries, maternal health care services utilization remains poor. Full access and utilization of maternal health care services is a key to significant reduction in maternal and child mortality, and eliminate new HIV infection in infants. Identifying the factors that contribute to the poor access and utilization should aid the design of appropriate policy and intervention strategies. Thus the objective of this study was to examine the association between IPV and use of maternal health care services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.MethodsA cross sectional study on couples (N = 210; male/female pairs) with an infant less than 6 months of age was conducted. The dependent variable was use of maternal health care services and the main independent variable was IPV. Data was collected using face-to-face self-reported questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables.ResultsThe mean age of the women was 28.7 years (SD = 5.4), on average women were 7.4 years (SD = 7.4) younger than their partners. Although most of the women (95.2%) had at least one antenatal care (ANC), only 35 (2%) had ≥4 ANC visits and about half (49.0%) had their first ANC visit within the first trimester. Women who experienced emotional IPV in their relationship were less likely to have their 1st ANC within three months of pregnancy (AOR = 0.69; 95%CI = 0.49–0.96). Women who reported physical IPV in their relationship were less likely to use ≥4 ANC (AOR = 0.48; 95%CI = 0.21–0.71), be tested for HIV (AOR = 0.26; 95%CI = 0.09–0.79), have skilled delivery attendant (AOR = 0.31; 95%CI = 0.12–0.98), and deliver in a health facility (AOR = 0.35; 95%CI = 0.14–0.88). Likewise, women experienced sexual IPV or partner control in their relationship were less likely to use ANC ≥4 times (AORsexual-IPV = 0.91; 95%CI = 0.84–0.98 and AORpartner-control = 0.38; 95%CI = 0.17–0.85 respectively).ConclusionsIPV is prevalent among couples in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where three out of four women reported having experienced one or more type of IPV in their current relationship. And all types of IPV showed significant association with poor utilization of one or more maternal health care services. Thus efforts to sustain the recent success in maternal health and further improvement should give due consideration to IPV.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2121-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Boynton (2010) found an association between child obesity and maternal BMI, smoking during pregnancy, marital status as well as child factors such as television watching, birth weight and bottle-feeding. In another study, stunting and underweight were associated with high wealth score and recent child illness (Rahman et al, 2012). Wasting was associated with, maternal decision-making and male gender (Rahman et al, 2012).…”

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“…In another study, stunting and underweight were associated with high wealth score and recent child illness (Rahman et al, 2012). Wasting was associated with, maternal decision-making and male gender (Rahman et al, 2012). Higher education and decision-making among mothers were associated with higher WHZ, HAZ, and WAZ scores implying that these children were growing normally or tended towards obesity .…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Most of these studies have found an association between maternal demographic factors and growth failures such as stunting, wasting and undernutrition, however one study from the review (Rahman et al, 2012) found that undernutrition and stunting was associated with higher wealth index and BMI (normal or obese). This suggests an emerging pattern of a dual burden of malnutrition in the same households, where the mother is overweight while the child is suffering from chronic malnutrition.…”

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Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Undernutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years in Bangladesh

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Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

Married Women’s Justification of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Examining Community Norm and Individual-Level Risk Factors

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