Eleanor Black|Heather Worth|Susan Clarke|James Henry Obol|Peter Akera|Agnes Awor|Mike Sevenska Shabiti|Helen Fry|Robyn Richmond
Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in conflict affected northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|Gulu University|Gulu University|Gulu University|Gulu University|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney
intimate partner violence ipv important public health issue impacts negatively health economic development outcomes conflict affected northern uganda ipv prevalence high additional contextspecific risk factors exist people residing region displaced exposed war violence livelihoods destroyed studies examining ipv setting study aim understand prevalence ipv towards women associations conflict affected northern ugandathis crosssectional behavioural survey designed capture quantitative information related experiences ipv among women living near two health clinics rural northern uganda 409 women participated survey data analysed using logistic regressionhigh rates emotional physical sexual ipv found 785 women experienced least one type ipv slightly half participants experienced ipv 12 months prior survey many women felt ipv justified certain situations significant determinants ipv included alcohol abuse male partner 222 95 ci 134373 partner physical fight another man 190 95 ci 112323 controlling behaviours male partner 121 ci 108136 younger age woman 095 95 ci 092098 educational level independently associated ipvour findings show ipv significant issue conflict affected northern uganda attitudes normalise justify ipv common alcohol abuse among young men northern uganda highly prevalent strongly associated ipv towards women controlling behaviours exhibited male partner interventions reduce alcohol consumption among men region likely important benefits reducing prevalence ipv attitudes behaviours support ipv need understood addressed many women conflict affected northern uganda likely additional risk factors ipv related previous exposure war violence however directly measured present study research ipv northern uganda relationship exposure conflict greatly needed