Experience of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Sexual Unions: Is Supportive Attitude of Women towards Intimate Partner Violence a Correlate?

Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Okyere, Joshua; Seidu, Abdul‐Aziz; Hagan, John Elvis

doi:10.3390/healthcare9050563

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“…Questions from the modified version of the conflict tactics scale were used to assess these three variables [ 41 , 42 ]. Details of the questions, responses to the questions, and their categorization have been used in previous studies [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa

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Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy has negative physical and psychological health consequences on the pregnant women. As such, women who experience IPV during pregnancy are likely to have challenges accessing maternal healthcare services. In this study, we examined the influence of exposure to IPV on timely antenatal care (ANC) visits in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods Cross-sectional data from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey of twenty-two countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2012 and 2020 were analysed. Data were obtained from 61,282 women with birth history in the five years prior to the survey. A multilevel logistic regression was used to determine the association between IPV and timely ANC visits while controlling for significant covariates. Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) were used to present results from the multilevel logistic regression analysis. Results The prevalence of timely ANC visit and IPV were 38.1% and 34.9% respectively. The highest and lowest prevalence of IPV were found in Sierra Leone (52.9%) and Comoros (8.1%), respectively. Timely ANC attendance among pregnant women was more prevalent in Liberia (74.9%) and lowest in DR Congo (19.0%). Women who experienced IPV during pregnancy were less likely to utilize timely ANC (aOR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.86–0.92) compared to those who did not experience IPV. In terms of the covariates, the odds of timely ANC were higher among women aged 40–44 compared to those aged 15–19 (aOR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.21–1.51). Higher odds of timely ANC was found among women who were cohabiting (aOR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.10–1.20), those from the richest wealth quintile (aOR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.28–1.48), those exposed to watching television (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.18–1.30), and those with health insurance (aOR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.37–1.56). Conclusion Findings from the study indicate the role of IPV in timely ANC visit in sub-Saharan Africa. To enhance timely ANC visits, there is the need for policy makers to strengthen and enforce the implementation of policies that alleviate IPV during pregnancy. Education and sensitization of married and cohabiting women and men on the negative effects of IPV on timely ANC should be done using media sources such as television. Inequalities in timely ANC can be eliminated through the provision and strengthening of existing maternal health policies such as health insurance.

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“…Based on data from the third China Women’s survey (SSCW3) in 2010, the study of Breckenridge et al [ 25 ] showed the gender differences and reported the lifetime prevalence of marital victims: psychological violence (female: 24.9%, male: 22.8%), physical violence (female: 5.5%, male: 2.5%) and sexual violence (female: 1.7%, male: 0.3%). Based on relevant data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 23 countries, Aboagye et al [ 26 ] found that women who support IPV are more likely to experience IPV than women who reject IPV. However, based on the interview data of 3740 Hong Kong couples, and comparing the self-reports between partners, Chan [ 4 ] concluded that there is gender symmetry in the prevalence of IPV; that is, women are as violent as men, and most IPV behaviors are mutual and two-way.…”

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Public Attention and Sentiment toward Intimate Partner Violence Based on Weibo in China: A Text Mining Approach

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The mobile internet has resulted in intimate partner violence (IPV) events not being viewed as interpersonal and private issues. Such events become public events in the social network environment. IPV has become a public health issue of widespread concern. It is a challenge to obtain systematic and detailed data using questionnaires and interviews in traditional Chinese culture, because of face-saving and the victim’s shame factors. However, online comments about specific IPV events on social media provide rich data in understanding the public’s attitudes and emotions towards IPV. By applying text mining and sentiment analysis to the field of IPV, this study involved construction of a Chinese IPV sentiment dictionary and a complete research framework. We analyzed the trends of the Chinese public’s emotional evolution concerning IPV events from the perspectives of a time series as well as geographic space and social media. The results show that the anonymity of social networks and the guiding role of opinion leaders result in traditional cultural factors such as face-saving and family shame for IPV events being no longer applicable, leading to the spiral of an anti-silence effect. Meanwhile, in the process of public emotional communication, anger often overwhelms reason, and the spiral of silence remains in effect in social media. In addition, there are offensive words used in the IPV event texts that indicate misogyny in emotional, sexual, economic and psychological abuse. Fortunately, mainstream media, as crucial opinion leaders in the social network, can have a positive role in guiding public opinion, improving people’s ability to judge the validity of network information, and formulating people’s rational behaviour.

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“…This justification and acceptance of IPV may lead to the reduction in the rate at which women are likely to report and seek help, and may increase the risk of women experiencing more episodes of partner abuses in the future. Additionally, the women in SSA may feel that their intimate partners can abuse them due to deep-rooted patriarchal norms and beliefs, which reinforce community tolerance for IPV [ 12 ]. Also, IPV is internalized when people have supportive views regarding it, which increases the likelihood of future perpetration as well as relational and overt victimization and this could have accounted for the observed finding in our study [ 12 ].…”

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“…Additionally, the women in SSA may feel that their intimate partners can abuse them due to deep-rooted patriarchal norms and beliefs, which reinforce community tolerance for IPV [ 12 ]. Also, IPV is internalized when people have supportive views regarding it, which increases the likelihood of future perpetration as well as relational and overt victimization and this could have accounted for the observed finding in our study [ 12 ].…”

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Partner alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence against women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa

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Introduction Intimate partner violence is increasingly gaining attention as the leading form of violence against women globally, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. Given that substance abuse, especially alcohol consumption has long been associated with aggressive behaviour, emotional abuse, and sexual misconduct, it is surprising that studies on the potential association between partner’s alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence are scarce. The current study seeks to fill this gap in the literature by examining the association between partner’s alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods Cross-sectional survey data of 89,229 women aged 15 to 49 in sexual unions from 21 sub-Saharan African countries were pooled from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Percentages with their corresponding confidence intervals (CIs) were used to present the results of the prevalence of partner’s alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence. Multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between partner’s alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence. The regression analysis results were presented using adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with 95% CI. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results The pooled prevalence of partner alcohol consumption was 36.3% [36.0–36.6]. The highest prevalence of partner alcohol consumption was found in Burundi (67.1%) with Mali (3.9%) recording the lowest prevalence. Similarly, the overall prevalence of physical violence, emotional violence, and sexual violence among the women were 19.7% [19.2–20.2], 25.0% [24.5–25.5], and 9.7% [9.3–10.1], respectively. In the pooled data, women whose partners consumed alcohol were more likely to experience physical violence [aOR = 2.37, 95% CI = 2.24–2.50], emotional violence [aOR = 1.96, 95% CI = 1.86–2.07], and sexual violence [aOR = 2.03, 95% CI = 1.89–2.18] compared to those whose partners did not consume alcohol. In all the 21 countries, women whose partners consumed alcohol had higher odds for physical and emotional violence. The odds of sexual violence was higher among women whose partners consumed alcohol compared to their counterparts whose partners did not in 20 countries, except Namibia. Conclusions We found that partner’s alcohol consumption increases women’s likelihood of experiencing physical, emotional, and sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa. There is the need to implement behavioural change interventions targeted at male partners to reduce alcohol consumption. The findings call for the need to effectively create and organize support networks in addressing intimate partner violence among married and cohabiting women.

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Experience of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Sexual Unions: Is Supportive Attitude of Women towards Intimate Partner Violence a Correlate?

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa

Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa

Public Attention and Sentiment toward Intimate Partner Violence Based on Weibo in China: A Text Mining Approach

Partner alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence against women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa

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