Health Care for Women International
Volume 40, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 213-237

Prevalence of intimate partner violence and reproductive health outcomes among Afghan refugee women in Iran (Article)

Delkhosh M. , Merghati Khoei E. , Ardalan A.* , Rahimi Foroushani A. , Gharavi M.B.
  • a Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Disaster & Emergency Health, National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • b Iranian National Center of Addiction Studies (INCAS), Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Brian & Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroscience Institution, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • c Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • d Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • e Public Health Center, Deputy of Health, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

Refugee women are at high risk of experiencing high level of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and its negative impacts. We conducted a cross-sectional population-based household survey with refugees in a settlement in the city of Semnan, Iran, from 2016 to 2017. Afghan refugee women (n = 188) with ages between 15 and 49 years were recruited for the survey. Overall, about 79.8% of the participants reported to have experienced a form of IPV in the past 12 months. IPV exposure is associated with a negative reproductive health outcome. The high prevalence of IPV found among refugee women in the present research and its strong links with poor reproductive health outcomes, underline the urgent need for the development and testing of appropriate interventions in refugee settlements. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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controlled study female major clinical study outcome assessment household Reproductive Health adult exposure to violence refugee camp Iran prevalence Article human partner violence human experiment Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059032167&doi=10.1080%2f07399332.2018.1529766&partnerID=40&md5=d9ba2e12949e158bef9afa10853dfd06
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1529766
ISSN: 07399332
Original Language: English