Intimate partner violence and constraints to reproductive autonomy and reproductive health among women seeking abortion services in Bangladesh

Pearson, Erin; Andersen, Kathryn; Biswas, Kamal Kanti; Chowdhury, Rezwana; Sherman, Susan G.; Decker, Michele R.

doi:10.1002/ijgo.12070

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“…The prevalence rate was also very high (43-63.8%) in hospital-based studies where respondents described some bad consequences of IPV alongside physical and mental tortures 11,27 . Recently a study conducted in one of the slums of Dhaka city showed that IPV rate is the same as other communities which indicates that IPV may not vary on economic status 22 .Besides, non-Muslim females and girls who watched mass media usually were less probable to be bodily abused through their husbands than Muslims and females who did not watch mass media at all 19 .The excessive occurrence of IPV experienced females in this study is steady with that mentioned in different research inBangladesh [28][29][30] .For females, in all levels of life, such as adolescents, pregnant women, older adults experiences of IPV had been documented, and the kinds of IPV experienced consisting of physical, sexual, emotional, and verbal abuse and a variety of controlling behavior in varying frequencies 19, [25][26][27] . Additionally, sexual abuse was one of the predominant stated varieties of IPV in Bangladesh, with rates ranging from 6.2% to 65% but the majority of research mainly stated bodily violence as IPV 11,21,23,24,26,31 .…”

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“…Two researchers again separately examined full texts for their assigned papers for relevance; another two researchers were also appointed for resolving disagreements. 11,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] . The highest prevalence rate used to be stated by women residing in rural areas in the peripheral zones backyard of Dhaka city (82.7%), which included 77 villages in Bangladesh and the lowest prevalence rate was seen as 15.5% 21,26 .Some of the findings are not going to replicate the present rates of IPV in Bangladesh because of these incidence rates from the research were calculated 5-8 years ago.…”

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“…For females, in all levels of life, such as adolescents, pregnant women, older adults experiences of IPV had been documented, and the kinds of IPV experienced consisting of physical, sexual, emotional, and verbal abuse and a variety of controlling behavior in varying frequencies 19, [25][26][27] . In addition, the partner's anger primarily based on jealousy, whenever, in search of health care for herself, it is the most frequent trouble being predicted to ask the partner's permission thus 84% of the female stated emotional violence through their intimate partner 24 .…”

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“…A woman's younger age, low socioeconomic reputation and low academic attainment, low education of husband, dowry, perceived disobedience of wives, family conflict and children had recently been ill are the wide variety of individual risk elements for IPV in Bangladesh which was recognized by many research 22,23,26,27,34 .In Bangladesh, dowry is associated with violence seems to be less frequent in contrast with different South Asian settings 35,36 .A study has found an association between early marriage and IPV and stated that the incidence rate used to be modestly in villages which are (44.1%) with the reasonable occurrence of early child marriage (15-25%), and was the best (51.8%) in villages with the highest incidence of very early child marriage (>25 %) 31 .The lack of ability to work or to work properly, the incapability to furnish sexual satisfaction, and verbal conflict had been the major reason behind such abuse 37 .A study claimed that each physical and sexual IPV occurrence rate is greater amongst these respondents whose pregnancies were unintended and females belonging to the poorest category of relative family wealth 19 .Several studies showed that early reproductive women are more vulnerable to IPV who are in the range of 15-31 years 22,[25][26][27] .Muslim women are at greater risk of IPV in Bangladesh 32 .In addition, men who witnessed father-to-mother violence are more likely to perpetrate IPV, suggesting an intergenerational transmission of violence 38 .Moreover, ownership of jewellery/large household assets by woman, substance abuse by husband and his involvement in extramarital sex, and education of woman more than the husband increased the likelihood of IPV in Bangladesh 39 . A randomized controlled trial study reported that women who were allocated to receive interactive messages about contraception were more likely to report physical IPV compared with the control group receiving usual care 40 .In Bangladesh, junior men are at heightened risks of perpetrating IPV and thus reducing the perpetration of IPV by them men is very critical 41 .…”

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Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: A Scoping Review

Bakchi

Kundu

Ghosh

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Bangladesh J Bioethics

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Introduction: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has unfavorable consequences for women as well as for newborn babies, which is very serious and preventable public health problem. It is believed to have an excessive occurrence in lives of women in South Asia. The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence, risk factors and consequences of IPV in Bangladesh. Methods: A scoping review was carried out based on the past 12 years of posted and gray literature about IPV in Bangladesh using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. Only the literature addressing abuses or violence in households or outside including physical, sexual or mental violence on the married woman in Bangladesh were taken into consideration for the study. Results: The overall prevalence of IPV in Bangladesh, the latest reviews of rates ranging from 15.5-82.7%.Most of the IPV in Bangladesh was based totally on the experience of legally married women. The main risk factors of IPV in Bangladesh were women being younger, from lower socioeconomic reputation, from lower academic attainment and lower education of husband, dowry, child marriage, perceived disobedience of wives, family conflict, children had recently been ill, and incapability of to furnish sexual satisfaction. Maternal depressive symptoms, signs of stress, anxiety and constraint to the better health of young children are the main consequences of IPV in Bangladesh. Besides, IPV causes unwanted pregnancy, pregnancy loss in the form of miscarriage, induced abortion, or stillbirth and termination of pregnancy in Bangladesh. Conclusions: Woman’s empowerment may reduce IPV and understanding attitudes towards IPV in cultural context could be crucial for developing interventions to reduce IPV and its consequences.

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confidence: 99%

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Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: A Scoping Review

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Kundu

Ghosh

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Bangladesh J Bioethics

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“…Other studies have also demonstrated that IPV is associated with reduced uptake of contraception [18][19][20][21][22][23]. Women who report abuse are also more likely to have partners that make decisions for them about contraception and whether and when to have a baby [24][25][26][27]. This implies that women experiencing IPV have reduced ability to use contraception and make decisions regarding their fertility, both of which could negatively affect their ability to enact their reproductive intentions.…”

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The mediation effect of contraceptive use and women’s autonomy on the relationship between intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia

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Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects one in every three women globally. Previous studies have revealed that women’s experiences of different forms of IPV are significantly associated with a higher rate of unintended pregnancy, reduced uptake of contraception, and reduced ability to make decisions regarding their fertility. The aim of this study was to investigate whether previously observed relationships between IPV and unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia are mediated by contraceptive use and women’s autonomy. Methods This study was performed using nationally representative data from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS). A subsample of married women of reproductive age reporting a pregnancy within the 5 years preceding 2016 and who participated in the domestic violence sub-study of the survey were included in analyses. Logistic regression models, together with the product of coefficients method, were used to estimate direct and mediated effects. Results Twenty six percent of participants reported an unintended pregnancy in the 5 years preceding the survey. Sixty-four percent reported having ever experienced IPV (a composite measure of physical, sexual, emotional abuse, and partner controlling behaviour). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, unintended pregnancy was significantly positively associated with reporting sexual IPV, emotional IPV, IPV (a composite measure of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse), and multiple partner controlling behaviour. However, IPV (as a composite of all four forms), physical IPV, and partner control (single act) were not significantly associated with unintended pregnancy. Women’s autonomy, but not contraception use, had a significant partial mediation effect in the relationships between some forms of IPV and unintended pregnancy. Women’s autonomy mediated about 35, 35, and 43% of the total effect of emotional IPV, IPV (physical, sexual, and/or emotional), and multiple partner control on unintended pregnancy respectively. Conclusion Women’s autonomy appears to play a significant role in mediating the effect of IPV on unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia. Maternal health service interventions in Ethiopia could incorporate measures to improve women’s decision-making power to reduce the negative reproductive health effects of IPV.

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