亲密伴侣暴力和失去孩子:对7个撒哈拉以南非洲国家的评估
Heather F McClintock1, Sarah E Edmonds1, Alexis R Lambert2
1Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.
African health sciences
|August 7, 2023
概括
亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 增加了撒哈拉以南非洲妇女失去孩子的风险. 经历身体,情感或性IPV显著与更高的儿童丧失率相关.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 和儿童丧生是严重的公共卫生问题,不成比例地影响着撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 的妇女.
- 在SSA背景下,有限的研究已经探索了IPV经历和儿童丧失之间的直接关系.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 与撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 女性失去孩子之间的联系.
- 量化与不同形式的IPV (身体,性,情感) 相关的儿童丧失风险.
主要方法:
- 利用来自七个SAS国家的人口健康调查的数据.
- 使用妇女健康模块评估一生的身体,性和情感IPV.
- 计算的儿童损失是出生和活着的孩子之间的差异;采用调整为共变量的后勤回归分析.
主要成果:
- 大约三分之一的妇女 (31.7%) 报告说,她们经历过孩子丧生.
- 几乎一半的女性 (44.3%) 报告了终身物理IPV.
- 报告身体,情感或性IPV的妇女显示,失去孩子的几率明显更高 (ORs从1.20到1.42).
结论:
- 研究结果表明,在撒哈拉以南非洲,经历亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 与失去孩子的可能性增加之间存在显著的联系.
- 对IPV的累积暴露可能会进一步提高儿童丧失的风险,突出显示了对综合支持服务的需求.
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