Domestic violence against women is associated with lower household food security in rural Bangladesh

Coates, Jennifer; Rogers, Beatrice Lorge; Brewer, Nicole; Schoonmaker, Lindsay

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“…3 9-11 Domestic violence is a challenging and complex social issue for women as it has been reported to be strongly linked to the lack of women empowerment. [12][13][14][15][16] Correspondingly, previous studies also indicate that there is a significant relationship between domestic violence and decision-making power. 17 Another crucial indicator that has a detrimental impact on women's empowerment is the degree of household food insecurity, as well as several health issues, including nutrition, child feeding practices, health-seeking behaviour and domestic violence.…”

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“…The literature suggests that many factors which affect a woman’s ability to make their own decisions, including better socioeconomic status (SES), higher education level, older aged women, female household head, degree of household food security status and not experiencing domestic violence 3 9–11. Domestic violence is a challenging and complex social issue for women as it has been reported to be strongly linked to the lack of women empowerment 12–16. Correspondingly, previous studies also indicate that there is a significant relationship between domestic violence and decision-making power 17.…”

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Enhanced women’s decision-making power after the Suchana intervention in north-eastern Bangladesh: a cluster randomised pre-post study

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ObjectivesWomen’s decision-making power is a dimension of empowerment and is crucial for better physical and psychosocial outcomes of mothers. Suchana, a large-scale development programme in Bangladesh, actively provided social interventions on behaviour change communication to empower women belonging to the poorest social segment. This paper aims to assess the impact of the Suchana intervention on various indicators related to women’s decision-making power.Design, setting and participantsThe evaluation design was a cluster randomised pre-post design with two cross-sectional surveys conducted among beneficiary women with at least one child aged <23 months from randomly selected poor or very poor beneficiary households in Sylhet division.Outcome measureDecision-making indicators included food purchases, major household purchases, food preparation, children’s healthcare as well as women’s own healthcare and visiting family and relatives.ResultsOur findings suggest that 45% of women were able to make decisions on food purchases, 25% on major household purchases, 78% on food preparation, 59% on children’s healthcare, 51% on their own healthcare and 43% on visiting family and relatives at baseline in the intervention group, whereas the results were almost the same in the control group. In contrast, at the endline survey, the respective proportions were 75%, 56%, 87%, 80%, 77% and 67% in the intervention group, which were significantly improved when compared with the control group. The prevalence of those outcome indicators were 64%, 41%, 80%, 71%, 68% and 56%, respectively, in the control group. As per multiple logistic regression analysis and structural equation modelling, the Suchana intervention had a substantial influence on the latent variable of women’s decision-making power.ConclusionIn terms of food purchases, major household purchases, children’s healthcare, their own healthcare and visiting family and relatives, the Suchana intervention favourably influenced the decision-making power of rural women living in a vulnerable region of Bangladesh.Trial registration numberRIDIE-STUDY-ID-5d5678361809b.

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Enhanced women’s decision-making power after the Suchana intervention in north-eastern Bangladesh: a cluster randomised pre-post study

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“…However, we assessed the associations by calculating odds ratios in multinomial logistic regression. Thus, these associations could be symmetric relationships, since many studies have shown that food insecurity status is one predictor of domestic violence and empowerment ( 9 , 28 , 29 ). However, improving these indicators might enhance food security status.…”

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Food security status of Suchana-participating households in north-eastern rural Bangladesh

Haque

Choudhury

Ahmed

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Despite achieving remarkable progress, food insecurity remains a major public health challenge in Bangladesh, and severe food insecurity status has not been reduced in susceptible areas and vulnerable regions in Bangladesh. Wetlands that are susceptible to flooding can be found in Bangladesh's north-eastern Sylhet division. Suchana, a large-scale nutrition programme, implemented nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions in poor and very poor households in Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts in the north-eastern region of Bangladesh. The aim of this article is to assess the association between the Suchana intervention and household food security status among poor and very poor households in north-eastern rural Bangladesh using the Suchana baseline and endline survey databases. The baseline survey was conducted between November 2016 and February 2017, while the endline survey was undertaken 3 years later, during the same months. The outcome variable in this analysis was household food security status, which was measured using the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance's Guideline. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data; after controlling for the union as a cluster and relevant covariates, a multiple multinomial logistic regression model was used to estimate the independent effect of the Suchana intervention as an exposure. Overall, 14.0% of households were food secure at the baseline survey (intervention: 14.1%, control: 14.0%) and 22.0% were food secure (intervention: 26.6%, control: 20.2%) at the endline survey. For households in the intervention area in comparison to the control area, the odds of being moderately food insecure [aOR: 1.36 (1.05, 1.76), p < 0.05], mildly food insecure [aOR: 1.83 (1.33, 2.51), p < 0.001], or food secure [aOR: 2.21 (1.47, 3.33), p < 0.001] compared to being severely food insecure was significantly higher. Thus, we infer that the 3 years of Suchana intervention marginally increased household food security status among the socio-economically disadvantaged population in north-eastern rural Bangladesh. If concerns regarding gender equity, women's education, and income-generating activities are addressed, the population could experience even greater benefits in food security. In order to overcome these challenges, all stakeholders including programme implementers and policymakers should work together to implement the appropriate measures.

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Structured Spatial Modeling and Mapping of Domestic Violence Against Women of Reproductive Age in Rwanda

Habyarimana

Zewotir

Ramroop

2018

J Interpers Violence

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The main objective of this study was to assess the risk factors and spatial correlates of domestic violence against women of reproductive age in Rwanda. A structured spatial approach was used to account for the nonlinear nature of some covariates and the spatial variability on domestic violence. The nonlinear effect was modeled through second-order random walk, and the structured spatial effect was modeled through Gaussian Markov Random Fields specified as an intrinsic conditional autoregressive model. The data from the Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2014/2015 were used as an application. The findings of this study revealed that the risk factors of domestic violence against women are the wealth quintile of the household, the size of the household, the husband or partner’s age, the husband or partner’s level of education, ownership of the house, polygamy, the alcohol consumption status of the husband or partner, the woman’s perception of wife-beating attitude, and the use of contraceptive methods. The study also highlighted the significant spatial variation of domestic violence against women at district level.

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Domestic violence against women is associated with lower household food security in rural Bangladesh

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Enhanced women’s decision-making power after the Suchana intervention in north-eastern Bangladesh: a cluster randomised pre-post study

Enhanced women’s decision-making power after the Suchana intervention in north-eastern Bangladesh: a cluster randomised pre-post study

Food security status of Suchana-participating households in north-eastern rural Bangladesh

Structured Spatial Modeling and Mapping of Domestic Violence Against Women of Reproductive Age in Rwanda

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