Background Women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence IPV often do not utilize maternal health care optimally both because of stigma and other social problems. The current study aims to explore an association between maternal healthcare seeking and violence exposure among Ethiopian women and to assess if educational attainment and wealth status moderate this association.
Methods The analyses included weighted currently married women with one live birth. The utilization of antenatal care ANC and place of delivery were used as proxy outcome variables for uptake of skilled maternal healthcare utilization. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to explore the association between spousal IPV and maternal health outcomes. Moderation effects by education and wealth status were tested, and the data stratified.
Using statistical software Stata MP Results About While But we found no significant association between IPV and utilization of health facility delivery. Some moderation effects of education and wealth in the association between IPV and maternal healthcare service utilization outcome were found. Conclusion Exposure to emotional IPV was associated with poor uptake of maternal health care service utilization for married Ethiopian women.
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of domestic violence, with subgroups of physical, sexual and emotional violence, among men and women and to assess the association between any lifetime domestic violence DV and mental distress among ever-married men and women. Design We conducted a cross-sectional study from October to November using a multistage sampling design.
DV questionnaire was adopted from the Demographic and Health Survey programme. HSCL-score and DV were the outcome and exposure variables, respectively, in multiple linear regression. Setting Urban and rural areas of the Yangon region, Myanmar. Participants Men and women ages 18 to 49 years were included. Results A random sample of people was included in the analyses. Among ever-married participants, lifetime LT and pastmonth 12M prevalence of any domestic violence victimisation was higher in women compared with men: LT women: Among never-married participants, lifetime physical and sexual violence victimisation rates was higher in men Mental distress was significantly associated with lifetime DV in women who were afraid of their husbands and men who had wives who exhibited controlling behaviours.
