Help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in 54 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data
Practitioners are encouraged to consider the study's outcomes when designing interventions and support for survivors seeking help in response to IPV during pregnancy. Strong advocacy and action are needed, including fostering survivors' educational attainment, diminishing pregnant women's social and financial dependencies on their intimate partners, promoting pre- and peri-natal health care, informing survivors about help, and increasing gender equality by engaging women and men equally within the whole community.
Authors
- Mariella Stiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-4236)
- Till Bärnighausen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-4212)
- Erin Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-5828)
- Adebola Adedimeji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-9124)
- Anne Abio
- Michael Lowery Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-3496)
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Jacobi Medical Center (US)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21421-3
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.34
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Turun Yliopisto
- European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership