TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Domestic violence among pregnant women
JO  - Journal of Ayub Medical College
A1  - Habib, Sadia
A1  - Abbasi, Nasreen
A1  - Khan, Bushra
A1  - Danish, Nargis
A1  - Nazir, Quratulain
SP  - 237
EP  - 240
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1025-9589
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -