@article{ref1,
title="Pathways from food insecurity to intimate partner violence perpetration among peri-urban men in South Africa",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="2019",
author="Hatcher, Abigail M. and Stöckl, Heidi and McBride, Ruari-Santiago and Khumalo, Mzwakhe and Christofides, Nicola",
volume="56",
number="5",
pages="765-772",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Although poverty is sometimes seen as a driver of intimate partner violence victimization, less is known about how it intersects with men's violence perpetration. Food insecurity is a sensitive marker of poverty that may have unique mechanisms leading to men's intimate partner violence perpetration given its association with gender roles and men &quot;providing for the family.&quot; METHODS: Using cluster-based sampling, the team conducted an audio-assisted questionnaire in 2016 among men living in a peri-urban settlement near Johannesburg, South Africa. The aim was to examine the relationship between men's food insecurity and their use of past-year intimate partner violence, and to explore the pathways linking these two conditions. <br><br>RESULTS: Among 2,006 currently partnered men, nearly half (48.4%) perpetrated intimate partner violence and more than half (61.4%) were food insecure. Food insecurity was associated with doubled odds of intimate partner violence (OR=2.15, 95% CI=1.73, 2.66). This association persisted after controlling for sociodemographics, relationship characteristics, and neighborhood clustering. In a structural equation model, food insecurity retained a direct relationship with men's violence perpetration and worked through indirect pathways of mental health and relationship quality. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Addressing men's perpetration of intimate partner violence may require examination of broader structural challenges, such as food insecurity. Future interventions should consider livelihood strategies alongside relationship and mental health approaches.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.  Keywords: Social Etiologies and Disparities<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="10.1016/j.amepre.2018.12.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.12.013"
}