Understanding Risk and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Public Health and Social Advocacy Approach
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The number of homicides backs up, but domestic violence hits a new record.
Violence against women can have far-reaching consequences – not only for those directly affected, but also at the level of entire societies. A new study by the Medical University of Vienna, based on international data from 37 countries, shows for the first time that a higher level of gender-specific violence is associated with higher suicide rates in women. The fact that after experience of violence women can suffer more frequently from mental i…
Estimating the association between experiences of violence and HIV test uptake, and potential effect modification with marital status, among women aged 15 to 49 in Cambodia and the Philippines: a cross-sectional study of National Demographic and Health Survey data
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with reduced access to HIV testing, yet it remains unclear whether this relationship differs depending on marital status in Southeast Asia. Within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the commitment to “leave no one behind” (LNOB) ...
📉 Child marriage and intimate partner violence continue to decline in India
The share of girls married off as children has fallen to 20.1 percent.The share of women subjected to violence by their partner has dropped to 22.3 percent.Intimate partner violence has decreased by nearly seven percentage points since the previous survey.Fewer married off before the age of 18India continues to reduce the number of child marriages. This is shown by new data from the National Family Health Survey NFHS-6, covering the period 2023–…
A team from the Medical University of Vienna shows that the connection between violence against women and suicide risk also exists at the population level.
VIENNA. It is known from individual studies that women who experience violence are more likely to suffer from mental illness and have an increased risk of suicide.
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