Intimate partner violence related to disclosure of sickle cell disease during pregnancy: evidence from the sickle cell belt of central India
In resource-poor settings with high SCD prevalence, antenatal clinics are increasingly screening pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child transmission of SCD. There is a need to integrate strategies for women to disclose sickle cell screening test results and prevention of IPV caused by male partners.
Authors
- Nafisa Halim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-4455)
- Mari‐Lynn Drainoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8037)
- Patricia L. Hibberd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-8117)
- Archana Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2558-7421)
- David C. Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8755-4505)
- Janet M. Turan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-6206)
- Sharath Kumar Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7282-4293)
- Patricia L. Kavanagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3312-1576)
- Nandini Agarwal
- Anuradha Shrikhande
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Alabama Department of Public Health (US)
- Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (IN)
- Harvard University (US)
- Nagpur Institute of Technology (IN)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Lata Medical Research Foundation (IN)
- Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN)
- Institute for Medical Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Global Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1525168
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health