EXPERIENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA: RISK FACTORS, HELP-SEEKING RESOURCES AND COPING STRATEGIES.

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Author	Tella, A.O. Tobin-West, C.I. Babatunde, S.
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Background:Risk factors and coping strategies employed for domestic violenceacross rural and urban locales remains a topical public health concern.Geographic locations experiencing other forms of violence may contributeadditional risk factors to domestic violence.Methodos:A cross-sectional study design was used to determine and compare therisk factors, help-resources and coping strategies employed by survivors ofdomestic violence living in rural and urban areas of the Niger-Delta region ofNigeria. Altogether 461 (225 rural, 236 urban) pregnant women participated.Statistical analysis was carried out with SPSS version 21 with p ≤0.05.Results:Predictors of violence identified were: geographical location, residingin a rural area (OR 2.052 95% C.I. 1.349 - 3.122) and alcohol intake by pregnantwomen (OR 1.691; 95% C.I. 1.022 - 2.798) increased the risk of domestic violencewhile intimate partner’s occupation, being a professional was a protective factor(OR 0.513 95% C.I. 0.327 - 0.806). Less than half of the respondents in bothlocations (rural 44.0% versus urban 35.2%) sought for help following incidentsof violence. Fewer rural (3.1%) than urban (10.7%) of them sought for formalhelp from the police. The main coping strategy used was ‘keeping silent’ by69.4% rural compared to 46.4% urban survivors and the main reason given, wasto avoid family disharmony.Conclusion:There is urgent need for relevant stakeholders to institute measuresto reduce domestic violence especially in rural areas of developing countriesand establish well-linked help resource centres across both rural and urbanlocalities.
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ISSN	15971627
Journal	Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine [Ann Ib Postgrad Med]
Volume Number	18
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7893296
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	33623496
Language	English
Publisher	Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan
Publisher Date	2020-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Rural-urban Pregnant women Domestic violence Niger-Delta
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine