Intimate Partner Violence and its Implication for Pregnancy

Chambliss, Linda R.

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“…Women with symptoms of depression or anxiety have a three to five times higher risk of experiencing partner violence [47]. It is generally assumed that physically violent conflicts in a relationship often persist after the birth of a child and these conflicts, in their turn, have a lasting impact on the development of the child [139]. Women who have experienced violence tend to have a more negative attitude toward pregnancy and more difficulty in bonding with their unborn child than pregnant women who have not experienced violence [140].…”

Section: Correlates Of Depression and Anxiety In Pregnancymentioning

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Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Ulrich

Petermann

2016

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!In recent decades, the understanding of the short and longer term effects of health-damaging behaviors and mental health problems in pregnant women and the underlying mechanisms of these behaviors and illnesses has significantly increased. In contrast, little is known about the factors affecting individual pregnant women which contribute to health-damaging behaviors and mental illness. The aim of this paper was therefore to summarize the current state of research into the consequences of nicotine and alcohol consumption, malnutrition, excessive weight gain or obesity, and impaired mental health (depression and anxiety) during pregnancy. In addition, the characteristics of pregnant women which increase their risk of developing such behaviors or mental disorders are described. A better knowledge of these risks should make it easier for clinicians to identify cases at risk early on and put measures of support in place. A review of the literature has shown that certain characteristics of pregnant women (e.g. her relationship with her partner, a previous history of mental illness prior to pregnancy) are associated with various healthdamaging behaviors as well as with impaired mental health. Affected women often show an accumulated psychosocial stress which was already present prior to the pregnancy and which may persist even after the birth of the child. Zusammenfassung Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy -A ReviewAuswirkungen und mögliche Prädiktoren gesundheitsschädigender Verhaltensweisen und psychischer Beeinträchtigungen in der Schwangerschaft -ein Überblick

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Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Ulrich

Petermann

2016

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“…Just recently, international surveys have extended the models for the understanding of factors related to the access and quality of women's adherence to the services, including hostile family environment as a potential obstacle to care provided during gestation; some of them have suggested that women who were victims of family violence used less the healthcare services and delayed prenatal care. 1,8,15,25 Nevertheless, this gap in the knowledge of the process remains, considering that the existing research is predominantly conducted in developed countries and explores the theme in an insuffi cient way. Most studies use inadequate methods to identify violence during gestation and do not appraise the effect of intimate partner violence conditioned to the possible confounding factors.…”

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Violência física entre parceiros íntimos na gestação como fator de risco para a má qualidade do pré-natal

2010

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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate physical intimate partner violence during gestation as an independent risk factor for low quality of prenatal care. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out at three public maternity wards of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (Southeastern Brazil). The 528 puerperal women included in the study were selected by simple random sampling from all babies born at term in 2000. Prenatal care information was collected through the pregnant woman's card and face-to-face interviews. The Kotelchuck index was employed to assess the quality of prenatal care. In order to identify violence situations, the Brazilian version of the instrument Revised Confl ict Tactics Scales was used. Non-conditional logistic regression was used to assess the effect of exposure, after controlling for confounding variables. RESULTS:Even after adjustment for socioeconomic, demographic, reproductive, and couple's lifestyle variables, physical intimate partner violence during gestation remained associated with low quality of prenatal care. Women exposed to physical violence during gestation had 2.2 times more chance of presenting inadequate prenatal care compared to those without history of physical violence. CONCLUSIONS:These fi ndings point to the need of identifying family confl ict situations since the beginning of prenatal care in order to address the issue and enable higher adherence to follow-up among victimized pregnant women. DESCRIPTORS:Pregnancy. Battered Women. Spouse Abuse. Violence Against Women. Prenatal Care. Domestic Violence.

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“…In fact, IPVv during pregnancy and postpartum is more common than several maternal health conditions (e.g. pre-eclampsia, placenta praevia) with comparable negative consequences, and yet still IPV remain under-discussed within perinatal care [3,4,31,32]. Most researchers and caregivers agree that perinatal care is an ideal moment to address IPVv, for it is often the only time in the lives of many couples when there is regular contact with health care providers [3,33].…”

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The impact of a referral card-based intervention on intimate partner violence, psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during pregnancy and postpartum: a randomized controlled trial

Parys

Deschepper

Roelens

et al. 2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background: We aimed to investigate the impact of a referral-based intervention in a prospective cohort of women disclosing intimate partner violence (IPV) on the prevalence of violence, and associated outcomes psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during and after pregnancy. Methods: Women seeking antenatal care in eleven Belgian hospitals were consecutively invited from June 2010 to October 2012, to participate in a single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) and handed a questionnaire. Participants willing to be interviewed and reporting IPV victimisation were randomised. In the Intervention Group (IG) participants received a referral card with contact details of services providing assistance and tips to increase safety behaviour. Participants in the Control Group (CG) received a "thank you" card. Follow-up data were obtained through telephone interview at an average of 10 months after receipt of the card. Results: At follow-up (n = 189), 66.7% (n = 126) of the participants reported IPV victimisation. Over the study-period, the prevalence of IPV victimisation decreased by 31.4% (P < 0.001), psychosocial health increased significantly (5.4/140, P < 0.001), 23.8% (n = 46/193) of the women sought formal help, 70.5% (n = 136/193) sought informal help, and 31.3% (n = 60/192) took at least one safety measure. We observed no statistically significant differences between the IG and CG, however. Adjusted for psychosocial health at baseline, the perceived helpfulness of the referral card seemed to be larger in the IG. Both the questionnaire and the interview were perceived to be significantly more helpful than the referral card itself (P < 0.001).

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Intimate Partner Violence and its Implication for Pregnancy

Cited by 159 publications

References 65 publications

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Violência física entre parceiros íntimos na gestação como fator de risco para a má qualidade do pré-natal

The impact of a referral card-based intervention on intimate partner violence, psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during pregnancy and postpartum: a randomized controlled trial

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