Abstract
This paper reports on the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as individual, socioeconomic, and family function
characteristics associated with IPV among women attending public health services in Marivan County, Iran. Multistage cluster
sampling was employed to recruit 770 women to participate in the study. This descriptive, cross-sectional study took place
from May to November 2009. The majority of the women (79.7 %) had experienced psychological IPV, followed by physical IPV
(60 %) and sexual IPV (32.9 %). There was a positive significant relationship between IPV and education level of women and
the level of religious commitment in both women and spouses. Spouse’s smoking, addiction to drugs, mental illness, and weakness
in religious persuasion were statistically significant predictors of IPV and accounted for 36 % of the variation. This correlational
study suggests that educational programs regarding these risk factors and their associations with the outcome of IPV should
be designed by healthcare providers and implemented not only in healthcare facilities, but presented from local media. Public
health services and healthcare facilities can play an important role in the detection of IPV and improve responses to victims
by establishing education centers and informing women of the best ways they can confront this deleterious problem.
characteristics associated with IPV among women attending public health services in Marivan County, Iran. Multistage cluster
sampling was employed to recruit 770 women to participate in the study. This descriptive, cross-sectional study took place
from May to November 2009. The majority of the women (79.7 %) had experienced psychological IPV, followed by physical IPV
(60 %) and sexual IPV (32.9 %). There was a positive significant relationship between IPV and education level of women and
the level of religious commitment in both women and spouses. Spouse’s smoking, addiction to drugs, mental illness, and weakness
in religious persuasion were statistically significant predictors of IPV and accounted for 36 % of the variation. This correlational
study suggests that educational programs regarding these risk factors and their associations with the outcome of IPV should
be designed by healthcare providers and implemented not only in healthcare facilities, but presented from local media. Public
health services and healthcare facilities can play an important role in the detection of IPV and improve responses to victims
by establishing education centers and informing women of the best ways they can confront this deleterious problem.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category ORIGINAL ARTICLE
- Pages 1-9
- DOI 10.1007/s10896-012-9440-6
- Authors
- Roonama Nouri, School of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
- Haidar Nadrian, Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University-Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran
- Arezoo Yari, School of Health and Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Gona Bakri, School of Health and Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Bahjat Ansari, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University-Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
- Ahmad Ghazizadeh, School of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Kurdistan, Iran
- Journal Journal of Family Violence
- Online ISSN 1573-2851
- Print ISSN 0885-7482