2006/07/01 by Eme Owoaje, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun · 25 citations
Social Sciences · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Intimate Partner and Family Violence #Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health #Global Maternal and Child Health #Domestic violence #Psychological intervention #Wife #Medicine #Demography #Suicide prevention #Occupational safety and health #Psychology #Poison control #Environmental health #Sociology #Psychiatry #Political science
paper · doi:10.2190/q6m3-0270-1284-86ku
published in International Quarterly of Community Health Education 25(4), 337-349 (SAGE Publishing)
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This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted to determine attitudes to and the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among women of reproductive age in a migrant community in southwest Nigeria. All consenting females aged 15-49 years in the area sampled were interviewed. A structured questionnaire administered in the local language was used to obtain information on attitudes toward IPV in seven hypothetical situations as well as their exposure to IPV. Eighty-seven percent of women had ever experienced IPV, while 20% experienced IPV in the preceding 12 months. Regarding attitudes to IPV, 79.5% of women believed that wife beating was justified in at least one of seven situations. Respondents who were not living with a male partner were more likely than their counterparts who were married/cohabiting to accept IPV (p = 0.03). There is a need for a cultural reorientation through appropriate health education interventions.