TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Attitudes towards gender roles and prevalence of intimate partner violence perpetrated against pregnant and postnatal women: differences between women immigrants from conflict-affected countries and women born in Australia
JO  - PLoS one
A1  - Hicks, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei
A1  - Mohsin, Mohammed
A1  - Silove, Derrick
A1  - Fisher, Jane
A1  - Moussa, Batool
A1  - Steel, Zachary
A1  - Nancarrow, Heather
A1  - Nadar, Nawal
A1  - Klein, Louis
A1  - Hasoun, Fatima
A1  - Yousif, Mariam
A1  - Khalil, Batoul
A1  - Krishna, Yalini
A1  - Rees, Susan J.
SP  - e0255105
EP  - e0255105
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
N2  - BACKGROUND: The aim was to compare, for the first time in a large systematic study, women born in conflict-affected countries who immigrated to Australia with women born in Australia for attitudes towards gender roles and men's use of IPV and the actual prevalence of IPV. The study also examined if any associations remained across the two timepoints of pregnancy and postpartum. <br><br>METHODS: Women were interviewed during their first visit to one of three Australian public hospital antenatal clinics and re-interviewed at home six months after giving birth. A total of 1111 women completed both interviews, 583 were born in conflict-affected countries and 528 born in Australia. Associations between attitudes towards gender roles and men's use of IPV, socio-demographic characteristics and reported actual experiences of IPV were examined using bivariate and multiple logistic regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: Attitudes toward inequitable gender roles including those that condone men's use of IPV, and prevalence of IPV, were significantly higher (p<0.001) among women born in conflict-affected countries compared to Australia-born women. Women born in conflict-affected countries with the strongest held attitudes towards gender roles and men's use of IPV had an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 3.18 for IPV at baseline (95% CI 1.85-5.47) and an aOR of 1.83 for IPV at follow-up (95% CI 1.11-3.01). Women born in Australia with the strongest held attitudes towards gender roles and IPV had an aOR of 7.12 for IPV at baseline (95% CI 2.12-23.92) and an aOR of 10.59 for IPV at follow-up (95% CI 2.21-50.75). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our results underscore the need for IPV prevention strategies sensitively targeted to communities from conflict-affected countries, and for awareness among clinicians of gender role attitudes that may condone men's use of IPV, and the associated risk of IPV. The study supports the need for culturally informed national strategies to promote gender equality and to challenge practices and attitudes that condone men's violence in spousal relationships.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255105
ID  - ref1
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