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Sexual Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence, and Homicide: A Scoping Literature Review
Emily Joan Smith1, Beth A Bailey1, Ariel Cascio1
1Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, USA.
Trauma, Violence & Abuse
|February 1, 2023
Summary
Improving access to contraception and reducing unintended pregnancies may help decrease intimate partner violence (IPV) and intimate partner homicide (IPH). This approach enhances reproductive agency and offers a healthcare intervention to prevent violence.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Reproductive Health
- Criminology
Background:
- The links between sexual coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, and intimate partner homicide (IPH) require further investigation.
- Unintended pregnancies may be associated with IPV, potentially escalating to IPH.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the relationship between sexual coercion, IPV during pregnancy, and IPH.
- To propose a conceptual model and examine healthcare system interventions for reducing IPV and IPH.
Main Methods:
- A scoping literature review of 101 studies.
- Development of a conceptual model linking unintended pregnancy, IPV, and IPH.
- Analysis of descriptive statistics from the Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CFPI).
Main Results:
- A conceptual model was created, suggesting unintended pregnancies can be both a risk factor for and a consequence of IPV.
- The CFPI showed a 62% decline in IPH within its first four years.
- Descriptive statistics indicated an inverse relationship between contraception access and IPH rates.
Conclusions:
- Interventions promoting reproductive agency, such as enhanced contraception access and reduced unintended pregnancies, may be effective in decreasing both lethal and non-lethal IPV.
- Healthcare systems and clinicians can play a role in reducing IPV and IPH through reproductive health initiatives.
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