Pregnancy Outcomes of Gender Based Violence among Pregnant Women Admitted to Labor and Delivery Units in Three Teaching Hospitals: A Cross Sectional Study

Eba, Tadele (2014) Pregnancy Outcomes of Gender Based Violence among Pregnant Women Admitted to Labor and Delivery Units in Three Teaching Hospitals: A Cross Sectional Study. Other thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Background: Information about gender-based violence against women from low-income countries is scarce and may be under reported. The Prevalence of violence among pregnant women in developing countries ranges from 4% to 29%. The literature on gender based violence and pregnancy outcomes is not conclusive. So that this study will hopefully help to contribute its own profit for the concerned bodies and gives clue to understand the determinants of violence and it birth outcome and it will also be taken as a baseline for further studies. Objective: the main objective of this research was to identify pregnancy outcomes of gender based violence during Pregnancy among pregnant women who came for labor and delivery services in three teaching hospitals. Methods: A cross sectional facility based study was conducted among pregnant mothers that delivered at three teaching hospitals: Gandi memorial, Zewuditu memorial and Tikur Anbesa hospitals, to assess the pregnancy outcomes of gender based violence in the study population. The sample size was determined using a formula for estimating a single population proportion and 412 pregnant mothers were interviewed. Data collection was performed by trained medical interns and residents. Strengths of the associations and their statistical significance was measured using Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% CI .Ethical clearance was obtained from ethical committee of the department of Gynecology and obstetrics department, and written consent was taken from the mothers. Results- The prevalence of sexual and /or physical violence during index pregnancy and one year prior index pregnancy was found to be 38.3% and 31.8% respectively. The overlap of both types of violence was 8.3%. Among major independent factors, only Khat chewing habit by pregnant women was associated with risk of Gender based violence during the index pregnancy AOR 2.901(95%CI: 1.302-6.463, P-0.009). Unwanted pregnancy was reported in higher frequency among respondents who experienced violence during index pregnancy when compared to who didn't (p=0.003). Conclusion and recommendation- Still domestic violence is a major health problem in our setup and further studies are needed to adopt a more comprehensive approach to identify determinants and pregnancy outcomes of domestic violence during pregnancy.

Item Type: Thesis (Other)
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Emmanuel Ndorimana
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2018 14:23
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2018 14:23
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8089

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