@article{ref1,
title="Domestic violence among pregnant women",
journal="Journal of Ayub Medical College",
year="2018",
author="Habib, Sadia and Abbasi, Nasreen and Khan, Bushra and Danish, Nargis and Nazir, Quratulain",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="237-240",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Domestic violence during pregnancy is an important social & health issue in all societies. In Muslim world and particularly underdeveloped countries, domestic violence is often under reported. It is the need of hour to encourage reporting of such events & implementation of research-based policies for prevention of women abuse & support of the victims of domestic violence (DV). The objective of this study was to highlight this neglected social problem of our society & to identify at risk population. <br><br>METHODS: This is a cross sectional study conducted at Ayub Teaching Hospital & Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad (January 2014 to December. 2016). Pregnant women were inquired regarding history of abuse by husband and sociodemographic characteristics were noted in a Performa to analyse the risk factors for domestic violence. <br><br>RESULTS: The overall prevalence was found to be 35%. Out of 1000 pregnant women, 270 (27%) suffered from simple violence and 60 (6%) were victims of grievous assault. Violence among pregnant women is found to be more prevalent among residents of urban areas, women of older age being uneducated & belonging to poor socioeconomic status. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Domestic violence during pregnancy is a common & often neglected psychosocial health problem. High risk population needs to be identified so that preventive strategies can be planned & implemented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1025-9589",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}