@article{ref1,
title="From the battlefield to the bedroom: a multilevel analysis of the links between political conflict and intimate partner violence in Liberia",
journal="BMJ global health",
year="2018",
author="Kelly, Jocelyn T. D. and Colantuoni, Elizabeth and Robinson, Courtland and Decker, Michele R.",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="e000668-e000668",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Assess the link between levels of armed conflict and postconflict intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women in Liberia. <br><br>METHODS: Armed 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. <br><br>RESULTS: After 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). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Residing in a conflict-affected district even 5 years after conflict was associated with postconflict IPV. POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Recognising and preventing postconflict IPV violence is important to support long-term recovery in postconflict settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2059-7908",
doi="10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000668",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000668"
}