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Intimate partner violence and maternal health services utilization: Evidence from 36 National Household Surveys

High rates of maternal mortality and intimate partner violence (IPV) are both major worldwide health challenges. Evidence from single-country samples suggests that IPV may be an important risk factor for low utilization of maternal health services, but there is little large-scale evidence on this as...

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Main Authors: Leight, Jessica, Wilson, Nicholas
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
maternal and child health
pregnancy
surveys
health
households
health services
mortality
domestic violence
violence
women
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142368
Summary:High rates of maternal mortality and intimate partner violence (IPV) are both major worldwide health challenges. Evidence from single-country samples suggests that IPV may be an important risk factor for low utilization of maternal health services, but there is little large-scale evidence on this association. This paper evaluates whether IPV is a risk factor for low utilization of maternal health services in a large cross-country sample, and also compiles evidence on the relative effects of different forms of IPV.

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