Year: 2017
Type: editorial
Abstract: Historically called "domestic violence" the term "intimate partner violence (IPV)" describes physical violence, sexual violence, stalking and psychological aggression (including coercive acts) by a current or former intimate partner (1).The condition is a serious, but preventable public health problem that affects millions in the westerns world (1,2).A World Health Organization (WHO) multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence undertaken in developing settings, including Ethiopia, confirmed that physical and sexual partner violence against women is widespread, prevalence varying from 15-71% (2).The few reports on population-based surveys in Ethiopia have shown that the prevalence of IPV among married women is high and that, in their lifetime, three out of four women experience at least one incident of IPV(3,4).The available evidence indicates that IPV is often obscured within general life events, but could exert a wide range of consequences, and calls for urgent attention at all levels of societal hierarchy including policymakers, stakeholders and professionals to alleviate the situation (2-4).
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal
Author: Sileshi Lulseged
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2778404518