Agumasie Semahegn|Bezatu Mengistie
Domestic violence against women and associated factors in Ethiopia; systematic review
Haramaya University|Haramaya University
violence women widely recognized serious human right abuse important public health problem substantial consequences physical mental sexual reproductive health data systematic review domestic violence needed support policy program recommendations therefore overall purpose systematic review assess magnitude domestic violence women associated factors ethiopia studies systematically reviewed federal democratic republic ethiopia 2000 2014 systematic review employed published research works databases pubmed popline hinari google using key words also consulted public health experts community based studies study population 1549 years included review thirteen peer reviewed papers two consecutive ethiopian demographic health surveys 2005 2011 included systematic review twenty seven available open access journals retrieved assessed based criterias community based study cross sectional study design clearly report prevalence associated factors included systematic review work finally 15 papers included review lifetime prevalence domestic violence women husband intimate partner among 10 studies ranged 20 78 lifetime domestic physical violence husband intimate partner women ranged 31 765 life time domestic sexual violence women husband intimate partner ranged 192 59 mean life time prevalence domestic emotional violence 517 significant number women experienced violence pregnancy period domestic violence women significantly associated alcohol consumption chat chewing family history violence occupation religion educational status residence decision making power domestic violence women relatively high different parts ethiopia domestic violence direct relationship sociodemographic characteristics victim well perpetrator therefore appropriate health promotion information activities needed tackle associated factors domestic violence women prevent control problem save women victim