in this article a very brief history of violence against women in domestic settings is developed. on the whole, 18 focus group discussion (fgd) (including 4 pilot fgds), were conducted in southern part of teheran capital of iran among different groups of people (literate, illiterate, married, unmarried, male, female). further, 30 individual interviews conducted with violence and family affaire ...

objective: to determine the relationship between preterm birth and domestic violence against pregnant women in iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 600 women who were hospitalized for giving birth in one of hospitals affiliated to tehran medical science university in iran, between september 9, 2010 and december 30, 2010. this study was approved by the resea...

Household bargaining theory predicts that as a woman’s income increases relative to a man’s, violence against her should decrease. We estimate the impact of women’s relative wage on domestic violence. To account for the endogeneity of wage we take advantage of a tradition of sex-segregation by industry to construct a measure of relative wage that is based on wage differences in industries domin...

OBJECTIVE Violence against women, particularly against pregnant women, is increasingly being recognized as a significant problem around the world. Limited studies were found about domestic violence among pregnant women. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy and the factors affecting it. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective study was condu...

To improve understanding of the complex dynamics in intimate partner violence (IPV) in heterosexual relationships, we explored violence and substance use among the female partners of men entering treatment for both IPV and substance-related problems. All male participants (n = 75) were alcohol dependent and had at least one domestic-violence arrest. Results showed that female partners were as l...