Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study

Ellsberg, Mary; Jansen, Henrica A. F. M.; Heise, Lori; Watts, Charlotte; Garcia-Moreno, Claudı́a

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(08)60522-x

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“…Violence against women has been identified as a major public health and human rights problem throughout the world [19–21]. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasises that violence by men towards women is a significant health problem affecting one in three women globally [19].…”

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Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Pongthippat

Darvishpour

Kijsomporn

et al. 2018

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Background: Intimate partner violence by men against women has detrimental effects on equality, health and integration. Migrated and ‘imported’ wives experience an increased risk of intimate partner violence. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore Thai immigrant women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence in Sweden. Method: Semi-structured interviews based on the critical incident technique with specific questions about experiences of male-to-female intimate partner violence were used to collect data. The participants were Thai immigrant women who had lived in Sweden for more than five years. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify patterns and variations in the transcribed data material. Results: Eighteen interviewees reported psychological, physical, economic and/or sexual violence in their international marriages. These Thai women described being faithful and silent and reliable housewives. However, this did not keep them from being replaced and losing dignity as a result of intimate partner violence, including experiencing broken dreams and deception. Although their dreams were broken, they did not give up their efforts to achieve better lives in Sweden. Conclusions: The vulnerability of imported wives in international marriages needs to be further recognised by health and welfare agencies in Sweden, as elsewhere, to ensure that these women have equal access to human rights, welfare and health as other citizens. From a health promotion perspective, home-based health check-ups are needed to stop the exploitation of imported wives. In Thailand, information and education about the unrecognised negative conditions of the Mia farang role (Imported wife role) need to be disseminated.

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Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Pongthippat

Darvishpour

Kijsomporn

et al. 2018

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“…Over 15 % of ever-injured women in Brazil, Peru or Thailand but only 1 % of Ethiopian women reported that it happened more than five times in their life (Ellsberg et al 2008). Descriptions, interpretations and international comparisons of IPV may lose insight without information on repetition of acts.…”

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Intimate partner violence: a study in men and women from six European countries

Costa

Soares

Lindert

et al. 2015

Int J Public Health

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Objectives We aimed to assess intimate partner violence (IPV) among men and women from six cities in six European countries. Methods Four IPV types were measured in a populationbased multicentre study of adults (18-64 years; n = 3,496). Sex-and city-differences in past year prevalence were examined considering victims, perpetrators or both and considering violent acts' severity and repetition. Results Male victimization of psychological aggression ranged from 48.8 % (Porto) to 71.8 % (Athens) and female victimization from 46.4 % (Budapest) to 70.5 % (Athens). Male and female victimization of sexual coercion ranged from 5.4 and 8.9 %, respectively, in Budapest to 27.1 and 25.3 % in Stuttgart. Male and female victims of physical assault ranged from 9.7 and 8.5 %, respectively, in Porto, to 31.2 and 23.1 % in Athens. Male victims of injury were 2.7 % in Ö stersund and 6.3 % in London and female victims were 1.4 % in Ö stersund and 8.5 % in Stuttgart. IPV differed significantly across cities (p \ 0.05). Men and women predominantly experienced IPV as both victims and perpetrators with few significant sex-differences within cities. Conclusions Results support the need to consider men and women as both potential victims and perpetrators when approaching IPV.

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“…This mirrors gendered patterns in the wider population of disfavoured labour market positions [1]. Strong links are found between violence, mental illness, and other health problems such as long-term pain and posttraumatic stress [73]. ‘Wistful femininity’ opened up space for reflection, resilience, empowerment and hope in thinking about possibilities beyond living in violent and masculine dominant partnerships, and ‘starting anew’.…”

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Constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions: exploring young femininities and health as shaped by marginalisation and social context. A qualitative study in Northern Sweden

Wiklund

Ahlgren

Hammarström

2018

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Background: Gender, class and living conditions shape health and illness. However, few studies have investigated constructs of femininity in relation to health and living conditions among young women who are unemployed and marginalised at an early age. Objective: The aim of this research was to elucidate constructs of femininities in relation to structuring living conditions and expressions of health in Northern Swedish women. The time period of interest was the transition from unemployed teenagers to young adults in a social context of high unemployment and societal change across the critical ‘school-to-work-transition’ period of the life course. Methods: Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse data from repeated interviews with unemployed young women, aged 16–33 years, during the 1980s and 1990s. These longitudinal interviews were part of a cohort study in a ‘remote’ municipality in Northern Sweden that began in 1981. All girls who were not in education, employment, or training were selected for interview. An inductive analysis phase was followed by a theoretically informed phase. The contextual frame is the Nordic welfare-state model and the ‘caring state’ with its particular focus on basic and secondary education, and women’s participation in the labour market. This focus paralleled high rates of youth unemployment in northern Sweden during the study period. Results: The results are presented as the theme of ‘constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions’. Within this theme, and framed by dominant norms of patriarchal femininity, we explored the constructs of normative and altruistic, norm-breaking, and troubled femininity. Conclusions: Gender-sensitive interventions are needed to strengthen young women’s further education and positions in the labour market and to preventing exposure to violence. More research on health experiences related to the multitude of constructs of femininities in various social contexts and across the life course is needed to help design and implement such interventions.

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Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study

Cited by 1,494 publications

References 35 publications

Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Broken dreams of a better life in Sweden: Thai women’s lived experiences of intimate partner violence by Swedish men in international marriages

Intimate partner violence: a study in men and women from six European countries

Constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions: exploring young femininities and health as shaped by marginalisation and social context. A qualitative study in Northern Sweden

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