@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in Nepal",
journal="Scandinavian journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Rishal, Poonam and Pun, Kunta Devi and Darj, Elisabeth and Joshi, Sunil Kumar and Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon and Swahnberg, Katarina and Schei, Berit and Lukasse, Mirjam and Schei, Berit and Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon and Darj, Elisabeth and Infanti, Jennifer J. and Lund, Raghnild and Lukasse, Mirjam and Swahnberg, Katarina and Campbell, Jacquelyn C. and Joshi, Sunil Kumar and Koju, Rajendra and Pun, Kunta Devi and Wihewardene, Kumudu and Perera, Dinusha Chamanie and Muzrif, Mohamed Munas Mohamed",
volume="46",
number="8",
pages="785-793",
abstract="Aims: The primary aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of domestic violence (DV) and its associated factors among pregnant women in Nepal. The secondary aims were to investigate disclosure of DV by women to health-care personnel and to assess whether health-care personnel had asked women about their experience of DV. <br><br>METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 2004 pregnant women between 12 and 28 weeks of gestation attending routine antenatal care at two hospitals in Nepal from August 2014 to November 2015. In this study, DV was defined as fear of a family member and/or an experience of physical, emotional or sexual violence. Associated risk factors were analysed using logistic regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-one per cent of the women had experienced DV; 12.5% experienced fear only, 3.6% violence only and 4.9% experienced both violence and fear. Less than 2% per cent reported physical violence during pregnancy. This study found that just 17.7% had ever been asked by health-care personnel about DV, and of the women who had reported DV, only 9.5% had disclosed their experience to health-care personnel. Women of young age and low socio-economic status were more likely to have experienced DV. Women who reported having their own income and the autonomy to use it were at significantly lower risk of DV compared to women with no income. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A substantial proportion of women reported having experienced DV. Victims had rarely disclosed their experience of DV to health-care personnel. This study underlines the importance of integrating systematic assessment of DV in antenatal care.   Prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in Nepal. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319050391_Prevalence_and_associated_factors_of_domestic_violence_among_pregnant_women_attending_routine_antenatal_care_in_Nepal?discoverMore=1 [accessed Aug 14, 2017].<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1403-4948",
doi="10.1177/1403494817723195",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494817723195"
}