Health Care for Women International
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-297

Domestic Violence Among Iraqi Refugees in Syria (Article)

Tappis H. , Biermann E. , Glass N. , Tileva M. , Doocy S.*
  • a Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • b Independent Consultant, Amman, Jordan
  • c Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • d Independent Consultant, Amman, Jordan
  • e Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

A domestic violence questionnaire was administered to 701 adult females in a sample of 813 Iraqi households in Syria; unmarried women and women whose husbands were away were excluded, yielding a final sample of 486. Lifetime physical, verbal, or emotional abuse was reported by 30%, and approximately 20% experienced abuse within the past year. Non-Damascus residence, children &18 years in the household, no financial challenges upon arrival, and borrowing money in Syria were associated with increased risk of domestic violence within the past year. Support services are inadequate and should be expanded; and longer-term prevention measures also should be implemented. © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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refugee Spouses Syrian Arab Republic Population Surveillance human Refugees statistics Iraq Logistic Models ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies Young Adult cross-sectional study Humans Domestic Violence male female Socioeconomic Factors spouse risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics questionnaire prevalence Article Questionnaires adult Syria statistical model health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857329295&doi=10.1080%2f07399332.2011.645969&partnerID=40&md5=ddb8c9e1af74d350b48486d49191079c
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.645969
ISSN: 07399332
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English