Citation

Hıdıroğlu S, Topuzoğlu A, Ay P, Karavuş M. Yeni Symp. 2006; 44(4): 196-202.

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(Copyright © 2006, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty)

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the women's rate of exposure to physical type of domestic violence and the rate of mothers' physical violence towards their children as well as the factors associated with battering among a population getting services from a primary health care center in Istanbul. Method: The data was collected from 146 women in the Dudullu Primary Care Health Center through face to face interviews. The factors associated with women's exposure to domestic violence and their violent behavior towards their children was evaluated by both univariate and multivariate methods. Findings: 40.4% (95%CI: 32.5-48.3%) of the women stated that they were battered by their spouses. 76.7% (95%CI: 69.9-83.5%) of the participants expressed that they were practicing violent behavior towards their children. In the multivariate analysis, increased duration of marriage (OR: 1.05, 95%CI: 1.01-1.09), women's approval of the spouse's violence (OR: 3.38, 95%CI: 1.15-9.95) and the violent behavior of the woman's father towards her mother (OR: 2.29, 95%CI: 1.09-4.80) were the factors associated with women's exposure to spouse's violence. The factors related to the participants' violent behavior towards their children were the number of children (OR: 1.82, 95%CI: 1.14-2.92) and the spouses' violence towards the mother (OR: 3.11, 95%CI: 1.07-9.05). Discussion and Conclusion: This study determined that men's violent behavior at home and the approval of the violent behavior by the women were associated with domestic violence. It is important to implement counseling related to domestic violence to the mother and child health care services provided in the primary health care centers since housewives mostly get services from these institutions. There is also a need to empower and support women through a collaboration of the health with the other sectors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)