BACKGROUND Intimate partner physical violence is a common global phenomenon. About 30.00% and 38.83% of women in the world and in sub-Saharan Africa experienced physical violence by their partner respectively in 2013. Though intimate partner violence has serious adverse health consequences, there is limited information about partner violence during pregnancy in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of t...

objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of sexual intimate partner violence (sipv) and to investigate its associated factors among women attending public obstetrics, genecology, and family planning health services of the city of marivan, iran. materials and methods: this multistage cluster sampling study recruited 770 women attending the public obstetrics, gynecology and...

The complex physical nature of the intimate apparel and the unique physiological make-up of each female wearer combine to suggest that consumer behaviour for intimate apparel will be different from that for other apparel. This study examines intimate apparel buying behaviour among fashion conscious and non-fashion conscious Chinese Hong Kong female consumers. The purpose of the study was to exa...

Rates of both intimate partner violence and poor health are high among low-income women. This paper examines relationships among abuse, health, and employment stability using data from a 3-year study of over 1000 female welfare recipients in Illinois. Results demonstrate the importance of accounting for both recency and chronicity of intimate partner violence and understanding the mediational r...

BACKGROUND We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence, ii) identify risk factors for intimate partner violence and iii) look for association between intimate partner violence and HIV prevention par...

This study aimed to assess whether physical intimate partner violence affects the nutritional status of adult women with different levels of body mass index (BMI). This was a population-based cross-sectional study with 625 women selected through complex multistage cluster sampling. Information on physical intimate partner violence was obtained with the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, and nutri...