WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women : initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses

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WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women : initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses

Claudia García-Moreno ... [et al.]

World Health Organization, 2005

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Multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "This report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women by carefully trained interviewers. The study was implemented by WHO, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), PATH, USA, research institutions and women's organizations in the participating countries. This report covers 15 sites and 10 countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania. "

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Contents of Works

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Definitions and questionnaire development
  • 3. Sample design, ethical and safety considerations, and response rates
  • 4. Prevalence of violence by intimate partners
  • 5. Prevalence of violence by perpetrators other than intimate partners since the age of 15 years
  • 6. Prevalence of sexual abuse in childhood and forced first sexual experience
  • 7. Association between violence by intimate partners and women's physical and mental health
  • 8. Associations between violence by intimate partners and women's sexual and reproductive health
  • 9. Women's coping strategies and responses to physical violence by intimate partners
  • 10. Summary of findings, conclusions, and areas for further research
  • 11. Recommendations
  • Annex 1. Methodology
  • Annex 2. Core Research Team and Steering Committee Members
  • Annex 3. Country research team members
  • Annex 4. Questionnaire
  • Statistical appendix

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