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Intimate partner violence and children's health outcomes

Mireia Jofre-Bonet1,2, Melcior Rossello-Roig3,4, Victoria Serra-Sastre2,5,1

  • 1Office of Health Economics, London, UK.

SSM - Population Health
|February 6, 2024
PubMed

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure negatively impacts child health outcomes. Children witnessing IPV face reduced excellent health probability and increased risks of illness and incomplete immunization.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Child Development
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Childhood health significantly influences human capital development.
  • Early life health shocks have long-term consequences into adulthood.
  • Limited research exists on parental behavior's impact on child health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) on child health.
  • To analyze IPV's influence on the child's health production function.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study.
  • Analyzed the association between child health indicators and reported IPV.
  • Leveraged longitudinal data on child health and household IPV.

Main Results:

  • Exposure to IPV is negatively associated with child health.
  • Children witnessing IPV had a 7 percentage point reduction in excellent health probability.
  • IPV exposure correlated with increased risks of hearing and respiratory problems, long-term conditions, and lower immunization rates.

Conclusions:

  • Parental intimate partner violence detrimentally affects child health.
  • IPV exposure is linked to significant negative health and developmental outcomes in children.
  • Addressing IPV is crucial for improving child health and human capital formation.

Keywords:
Child healthCoefficient stabilityIntimate partner violencePropensity score matching

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