The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation.
BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy can have serious health consequences for mothers and the unborn child. Nevertheless, IPV is seldom addressed in the context of parent preparation. AIM:This study aimed to map the prevalence, direction, and severity of IPV in a sample of exp...
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| description | BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy can have serious health consequences for mothers and the unborn child. Nevertheless, IPV is seldom addressed in the context of parent preparation. AIM:This study aimed to map the prevalence, direction, and severity of IPV in a sample of expectant couples signing up for universally-offered parent preparation. METHOD:A total of 1726 Danish couples expecting their first child provided data on physical and psychological IPV by completing the Family Maltreatment measure during the second trimester of pregnancy. RESULTS:In 18.5% of the couples, at least one partner reported psychological or physical IPV acts during the past year. In more than 8% of couples, one or both partners reported acts and impacts above the ICD-11 threshold for clinically-significant IPV (CS-IPV) during the past year (3.6% physical CS-IPV, 5.3% psychological CS-IPV, and 0.8% both physical and psychological CS-IPV). Among couples with physical IPV below the clinical threshold, pregnant-woman-to-partner (50%) and bidirectional (38.2%) IPV were more common than partner-to-pregnant-woman IPV (11.8%). Among couples with physical CS-IPV, pregnant-woman-to-partner (36.1%), partner-to-pregnant-women (29.1%) and bidirectional (34.4%) forms were equally common. Among couples with psychological IPV, pregnant-woman-to-partner (54.9%) and partner-to-pregnant-woman (39.6%) IPV were more common than bidirectional IPV (5.5%). DISCUSSION:The prevalence of violence was markedly higher in this study compared with previous reports from the Nordic region and highlights a previous oversight of a substantial and clinically significant level of pregnant-woman-to-partner IPV-as well as the reverse. Data from this study call for IPV to be addressed in universally offered parent preparation programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db9a7b64a4c140d29556597eee7ba9782022-12-21T19:17:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-011410e022382410.1371/journal.pone.0223824The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation.Tea L TrillingsgaardHanne N FentzMarianne SimonsenRichard E HeymanBACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy can have serious health consequences for mothers and the unborn child. Nevertheless, IPV is seldom addressed in the context of parent preparation. AIM:This study aimed to map the prevalence, direction, and severity of IPV in a sample of expectant couples signing up for universally-offered parent preparation. METHOD:A total of 1726 Danish couples expecting their first child provided data on physical and psychological IPV by completing the Family Maltreatment measure during the second trimester of pregnancy. RESULTS:In 18.5% of the couples, at least one partner reported psychological or physical IPV acts during the past year. In more than 8% of couples, one or both partners reported acts and impacts above the ICD-11 threshold for clinically-significant IPV (CS-IPV) during the past year (3.6% physical CS-IPV, 5.3% psychological CS-IPV, and 0.8% both physical and psychological CS-IPV). Among couples with physical IPV below the clinical threshold, pregnant-woman-to-partner (50%) and bidirectional (38.2%) IPV were more common than partner-to-pregnant-woman IPV (11.8%). Among couples with physical CS-IPV, pregnant-woman-to-partner (36.1%), partner-to-pregnant-women (29.1%) and bidirectional (34.4%) forms were equally common. Among couples with psychological IPV, pregnant-woman-to-partner (54.9%) and partner-to-pregnant-woman (39.6%) IPV were more common than bidirectional IPV (5.5%). DISCUSSION:The prevalence of violence was markedly higher in this study compared with previous reports from the Nordic region and highlights a previous oversight of a substantial and clinically significant level of pregnant-woman-to-partner IPV-as well as the reverse. Data from this study call for IPV to be addressed in universally offered parent preparation programs.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223824 |
| spellingShingle | Tea L Trillingsgaard Hanne N Fentz Marianne Simonsen Richard E Heyman The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. PLoS ONE |
| title | The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. |
| title_full | The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. |
| title_fullStr | The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. |
| title_short | The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. |
| title_sort | prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223824 |
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