@article{ref1,
title="Domestic violence against women: a hidden and deeply rooted health issue in India",
journal="Journal of family medicine and primary care",
year="2020",
author="Bhattacharya, Amiya and Yasmin, Shamima and Bhattacharya, Abantika and Madhwani, Kishore P. and Baur, Baijayanti",
volume="9",
number="10",
pages="5229-5235",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Domestic violence was identified as a major contributor to the global burden of ill health in terms of female morbidity leading to psychological trauma  and depression, injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, suicide, and murder. AIMS:  The study was conducted to find out the prevalence of different types of lifetime  domestic violence against women, factors associated with it, and care-seeking  behavior. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: An observational cross-sectional study conducted at a  slum of Burdwan district of West Bengal, India. <br><br>METHODS AND MATERIAL: Study was done  among 320 ever-married women of 15-49 years of age using a predesigned pretested  proforma from March 2019 to December 2019 by face-to-face interview. STATISTICAL  ANALYSIS USED: Data were compiled and analyzed by EpiInfo 6 and SPSS 20 version. <br><br>RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The overall prevalence of any form of violence during the  lifetime among the study population was 35.63%. Verbal/psychological violence was  the most common form of domestic violence (91.23%) followed by physical (82.46%) and  sexual violence (64.91%). Slapping and/or beating, kicking, and object throwing were  the major forms of physical violence; humiliation (88.46%) was the commonest form of  psychological violence and most common form of sexual violence was forced sexual  intercourse (51.35%). About 20% of the study population faced violence every day. Older age, lower age at marriage, longer duration of marriage, lower education of  husband and wife, lower family income, unemployment of the husband, and alcohol  consumption of husband were associated with the occurrence of domestic violence. We  have found that the prevalence of domestic violence in this group of population is  high. The alarming issue is that approximately one-third of women (32.46%) who faced  violence in their lifetime had never sought any help. The findings indicate to  develop appropriate and culturally relevant public health interventions to increase  awareness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2249-4863",
doi="10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_506_20",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_506_20"
}