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Domestic violence, intimate partner violence

Afghanistan

• Global Public Health
  • How does domestic violence stigma manifest in women's lives in Afghanistan? A study of survivors' lived experiences of help-seeking across three provinces [2023]

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Children Under 5 Morbidities and Mortality in Afghanistan: Findings From a National Survey [2023]

Africa

• Community Health Equity Research & Policy
  • Trapped Between Two Pandemics: Domestic Violence Cases Under COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Scoping Review [2023]

• International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS
  • Association between Intimate Partner Violence, Knowledge and Use of Contraception in Africa: Comparative Analysis across Five African Regions [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors [2011]

Angola

• Archives of Women's Mental Health
  • Socio-demographic determinants of intimate partner violence in Angola: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative survey data [2024]

Arab countries

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and health outcomes of domestic violence amongst clinical populations in Arab countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Identifying and responding to men who use violence in their intimate relationships [2016]
  • Family violence across the life cycle [2014]

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Family, domestic and sexual violence

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Recognising and responding to domestic and family violence in general practice [2022]

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Intimate partner violence against women and healthcare in Australia: charting the scene [2012]

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Domestic and Family Violence Affecting Children and Young People from Culturally and Racially Marginalized Migrant Backgrounds in Australia: A Scoping Review of Child Experiences and Service Responses [2024]

Bangladesh

• BMC Psychiatry
  • Prevalence and determinants of wife-beating in Bangladesh: evidence from a nationwide survey [2022]

Benin

• BMC Public Health
  • Exploring antenatal care utilization and intimate partner violence in Benin - are lives at stake? [2021]

Bolivia

• BMC Women's Health
  • Intimate partner violence and mental health in Bolivia [2013]

Brazil

• Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
  • The increasing risk of domestic violence, including parricide, during the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections and recommendations [2021]

• Medicine
  • Orthopaedic surgeons can play important role in identifying victims of domestic violence in the emergency department - narrative review of Brazilian literature [2022]

• Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
  • Intimate partner violence trends in Brazil: data from two waves of the Brazilian National Alcohol and Drugs Survey [2016]

Canada

• Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
  • CAEP Position Statement Executive Summary : Where is the love? Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED) [2022]

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Recognizing and responding to children with suspected exposure to intimate partner violence between caregivers [2023]

• Government of Alberta
  • Family Violence Death Review Committee annual report

• International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  • Intimate partner violence in the Canadian territorial north: perspectives from a literature review and a media watch [2013]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Stop Family Violence

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada [2025]

Canada, United Kingdom, United States

• Health & Social Care in the Community
  • Major sports events and domestic violence: A systematic review [2022]

China

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Risk Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence against Chinese Women: A Systematic Review [2022]

• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among People With HIV: A Large-Sample Cross-Sectional Study in China [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]

• Scientific Reports
  • Using machine learning to estimate the incidence rate of intimate partner violence [2023]

Colombia

• PLoS ONE
  • Gender policy and intimate partner violence in Colombia [2023]
  • Risk of violence from a current or former partner: Associated factors and classification in a nationwide study in Colombia [2022]

East Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • Impact of partner alcohol use on intimate partner violence among reproductive-age women in East Africa Demographic and Health Survey: propensity score matching [2024]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Neonatal, infant, and child mortality among women exposed to intimate partner violence in East Africa: a multi-country analysis [2020]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • The association of intimate partner violence and contraceptive use: a multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys [2023]

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • Correlates of intimate partner violence among adolescents in East Africa: a multi-country analysis [2021]

Ecuador

• Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • The Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence in Ecuador: Setting the Agenda for Future Research and Violence Prevention Policies [2013]

Ethiopia

• BioMed Research International
  • Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Multi-level analysis of intimate partner violence and its determinants among reproductive age group women in Ethiopia: evidence from Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 [2024]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women and associated factors in Ethiopia [2020]

• PeerJ
  • Prevalence of physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during COVID-19 in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia: Evidence from a national survey [2022]
  • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Reproductive Health
  • Domestic violence related disclosure among women and girls in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]

Europe

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Intimate partner violence against ever-partnered women in Europe: Prevalence and associated factors-Results from the violence against women EU-wide survey [2022]

Finland

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Gender Differences in Witnessing and the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence from the Perspective of Children in Finland [2021]

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Health-Related Costs of Intimate Partner Violence: Using Linked Police and Health Registers [2024]

• Nursing Research and Practice
  • Assessing and Enhancing Health Care Providers' Response to Domestic Violence [2014]

Gambia

• Inquiry
  • Prevalence, Correlates, and Trends of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Gambia: Results From 2 National Cross-Sectional Health Surveys [2023]

Georgia

• BMC Women's Health
  • An examination of domestic partner violence and its justification in the Republic of Georgia [2013]

Germany

• Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Epidemiology of intimate partner violence perpetration and victimisation in a representative sample [2023]

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Prevalence and Predictors of Affirmations of Intimate Partner Violence in Germany: A First Nationwide Study on Victimization in Women and Men [2023]

Ghana

• PLoS ONE
  • Unveiling Shadows: Investigating women's experience of intimate partner violence in Ghana through the lens of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey [2024]

High-income countries

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Intimate Relationships: A Scoping Review [2023]
  • Cultural Sensitivity in Interventions Aiming to Reduce or Prevent Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review [2023]

India

• BMC Public Health
  • Men's attitude towards wife-beating: understanding the pattern and trend in India [2024]
  • Prevalence, pattern, and predictors of formal help-seeking for intimate partner violence against women: findings from India's cross-sectional National Family Health Surveys-3 (2005-2006) and 4 (2015-2016) [2022]
  • Does sexual Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) increase risk of multiple high-risk fertility behaviours in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey 2015-16 [2022]
  • Trends and correlates of intimate partner violence experienced by ever-married women of India: results from National Family Health Survey round III and IV [2021]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence among Indian women and their determinants: a cross-sectional study from national family health survey - 5 [2024]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Community-Based Intimate Partner Violence Interventions in India [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Does women empowerment associate with reduced risks of intimate partner violence in India? evidence from National Family Health Survey-5 [2023]
  • How Well Does the World Health Organization Definition of Domestic Violence Work for India? [2015]

• Reproductive Health
  • Integrated domestic violence and reproductive health interventions in India: a systematic review [2024]

International

• BMC Public Health
  • Examining the impact of economic abuse on survivors of intimate partner violence: a scoping review [2022]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Global prevalence of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic among women: systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence [2020]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Domestic Violence Against Men—Prevalence and Risk Factors [2020]

• Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Intimate Partners During the Perinatal Period: A Narrative Literature Review [2021]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Worldwide Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: An Umbrella Review [2021]

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Adolescents: Emerging Evidence of Effectiveness [2015]

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Restrictions: A Study of 30 Countries From the I-SHARE Consortium [2023]

• Lancet
  • Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018 [2022]

• Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Intimate partner violence against adolescent girls: regional and national prevalence estimates and associated country-level factors [2024]

• Lancet HIV
  • Intertwined epidemics: progress, gaps, and opportunities to address intimate partner violence and HIV among key populations of women [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Evaluation of the measurement properties of intimate partner violence screening instruments for the general population: A COSMIN-based international systematic review [2024]

• Sexual Medicine
  • Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence During the First Year of the Pandemic: An Integrative Review [2025]
  • Health-Related Maternal Decision-Making Among Perinatal Women in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review [2024]
  • Global Prevalence and Mental Health Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2024]
  • Healthcare Professionals' Own Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Systematic Review of Risk Markers and Consequences [2023]
  • Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review [2023]
  • A Systematic Review of Culturally Competent Family Violence Responses to Women in Primary Care [2023]

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members - Global estimates 2020 [2021]

• Violence Against Women
  • Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2024]

• World Bank
  • Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Domestic Violence [2019]

Iran

• Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
  • Domestic Violence Among Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2016]

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Domestic Violence and Its Impact on Abortion in Iran: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey [2023]

Japan

• Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Male intake of omega-3 fatty acids and risk of intimate partner violence perpetration: a nationwide birth cohort - the Japan Environment and Children's Study [2022]

Jordan

• Journal of Medicine and Life
  • Domestic violence against women in Jordan: analysis of the demographic and health survey dataset 2017-2018 [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Is there an association between intimate partner violence and the prevalence of cervical cancer screening in Jordan? [2023]

Kenya

• BMC Public Health
  • Multilevel analysis of intimate partner violence and associated factors among reproductive-age women: Kenya demographic and health survey 2022 data [2024]

• BMJ Open
  • R.E.S.P.e.c.T and intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study using DHS data in Kenya [2021]

• Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • Dynamics of violence disclosure among women in Kenya: trends, changes and associated factors [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Spatial distribution and determinants of physical intimate partner violence among women in Kenya: Evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey [2024]

Latin America

• BMC Public Health
  • Correlates of co-occurring physical child punishment and physical intimate partner violence in Colombia, Mexico and Peru [2022]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• BMC Public Health
  • Latin American and Caribbean countries’ baseline clinical and policy guidelines for responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women [2015]

Liberia

• BMC Women's Health
  • Intimate partner violence and associated factors among reproductive age women in Liberia: a cross-sectional study using a recent Liberian demographic and health survey [2023]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Liberia: Findings from 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey [2022]

• Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
  • Bivariate mapping of intimate partner violence prevalence and its correlates in Liberia by county: Results from the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey [2023]

Low and middle income countries

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal and child health outcomes: a scoping review of the literature from low-and-middle income countries from 2016 - 2021 [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Intimate partner violence and maternal health services utilization: evidence from 36 National Household Surveys [2021]

• BMJ Global Health
  • The implementation and effectiveness of the one stop centre model for intimate partner and sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of barriers and enablers [2020]
  • Intimate partner violence in 46 low-income and middle-income countries: an appraisal of the most vulnerable groups of women using national health surveys [2020]
  • Intimate partner violence and pregnancy spacing: results from a meta-analysis of individual participant time-to-event data from 29 low-and-middle-income countries [2018]

• BMJ Open
  • Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review [2022]

• Conflict and Health
  • The impact of interventions to reduce risk and incidence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict states and other humanitarian crises in low and middle income countries: a systematic review [2021]

• Journal of Global Health
  • Effectiveness of community mobilisation and group-based interventions for preventing intimate partner violence against women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Psychosocial interventions for intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [2020]
  • Improved child marriage laws and its association with changing attitudes and experiences of intimate partner violence: a comparative multi-national study [2020]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Prevalence and changes of intimate partner violence against women aged 15 to 49 years in 53 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2021: a secondary analysis of population-based surveys [2023]
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence against infertile women in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Factors and consequences associated with intimate partner violence against women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review [2023]

• Studies in Family Planning
  • Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating Health Service Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Comparative Health Systems and Service Analysis [2017]

• Systematic Reviews
  • Interventions for reducing and/or controlling domestic violence among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2019]

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • The Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review on Associated Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [2023]

Malaysia

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence in Malaysia and its associated factors: a systematic review [2020]

Mexico

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women and Men in Mexico: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2025]

Middle East, North Africa

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Domestic Violence Against Women in North African and Middle Eastern Countries: A Scoping Review [2023]

Mozambique

• BMC Public Health
  • Domestic violence in Mozambique: from policy to practice [2021]

• Reproductive Health
  • A critical cartography of domestic violence policies in Mozambique [2021]

Namibia

• WHO African Region
  • Clinical Handbook on the health care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence, Namibia [2020]

Nepal

• PLoS ONE
  • Intimate partner violence in Nepal: Analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022 [2024]

New Zealand

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Lifetime Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Disability: Results From a Population-Based Study in New Zealand [2021]

• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • Ethnic-specific prevalence rates of intimate partner violence against women in New Zealand [2023]

• BMJ Open
  • Change in prevalence rates of physical and sexual intimate partner violence against women: data from two cross-sectional studies in New Zealand, 2003 and 2019 [2021]

Nigeria

• African Health Sciences
  • Spousal violence and pregnancy termination among married women in Nigeria [2016]

Norway

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Intimate Partner Homicides in Norway 1990-2020: An Analysis of Incidence and Characteristics [2022]

Pakistan

• BMC Women's Health
  • Exclusive breastfeeding and its association with intimate partner violence during pregnancy: analysis from Pakistan demographic and health survey [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence, correlates, and trends of intimate partner violence against women in Pakistan: Results from Pakistan Demographic and Health surveys 2012-13 and 2017-18 [2024]

Palestine

• BMC Public Health
  • Palestinian law to protect family and prevent violence: challenges with public opinion [2023]

Papua New Guinea

• BMC Public Health
  • Association between experiences of intimate partner sexual violence and cigarette smoking among women in union in Papua New Guinea: evidence from a nationally representative survey [2022]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Exposure to interparental violence and justification of intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea [2023]

• BMJ Open
  • Partner alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Survey [2023]

Peru

• BMC Women's Health
  • Association between intimate partner violence and pregnancy intention: evidence from the Peruvian demographic and health survey [2024]
  • Rural-urban migration as a factor associated with physical and sexual intimate partner violence Peru 2015-2017: a secondary analysis of a national study [2022]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Women's Autonomy and Intimate Partner Violence in Peru: Analysis of a National Health Survey [2022]
  • Is There an Association between Being a Victim of Physical Violence by Intimate Partner and Binge Drinking in Men and Women? Secondary Analysis of a National Study, Peru 2020 [2022]

Rwanda

• BMC Public Health
  • Bayesian spatial modelling of intimate partner violence and associated factors among adult women and men: evidence from 2019/2020 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey [2023]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Trends and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in Rwanda: results from the 2015 and 2020 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS 2015 and 2020) [2022]

• Psychiatry Research
  • The prevalence of mental disorders among intimate partner violence exposed and non-exposed Rwandans: Findings from a national cross-sectional survey [2022]

Sierra Leone

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Prevalence, correlates, and trends of intimate partner violence against women in Sierra Leone: findings from 2013 and 2019 demographic and health surveys [2023]

Singapore

• Singapore Medical Journal
  • Management of intimate partner abuse [2023]

South Africa

• African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
  • Legal duties, professional obligations or notional guidelines? Screening, treatment and referral of domestic violence cases in primary health care settings in South Africa [2018]

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among the adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: findings the 2017 population based cross-sectional survey [2021]

• Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Coping With the Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among South African Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis [2021]

• Global Health Action
  • Implementing intimate partner violence care in a rural sub-district of South Africa: a qualitative evaluation [2014]

• Scientific Reports
  • Syndemics of intimate partner violence among women in HIV endemic South Africa: geospatial analysis of nationally representative data [2022]

South and Southeast Asia

• BMC Women's Health
  • An analysis of changes in the prevalence and patterns of intimate partner violence against women in seven Asian countries [2023]

South Asia

• BMC Women's Health
  • Women's attitude towards intimate partner violence and utilization of contraceptive methods and maternal health care services: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional surveys from four South Asian countries [2022]

• Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • Association between intimate partner violence and child morbidity in South Asia [2015]

Spain

• Atención Primaria
  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence in Spain: A national cross-sectional survey in primary care [2017]

• BMC Public Health
  • Mapping and exploring health system'- response to intimate partner violence in Spain [2013]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Intimate Partner Violence against Women during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain [2021]

Sri Lanka

• BioScience Trends
  • Intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka [2010]

• PLoS ONE
  • Intimate partner violence, suicide and self-harm in Sri Lanka: Analysis of national data [2024]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • A systematic review of the effects of intimate partner violence on HIV-positive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa [2022]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Gender differences in the acceptance of wife-beating: evidence from 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa [2023]

• BMJ Open
  • Intersection of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence: cross-sectional influences on women's contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya [2023]
  • Evidence of sociocultural factors influencing intimate partner violence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review [2020]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Domestic violence and associated factors among pregnant women in sub-Saharan African countries from the recent demographic and health survey data: a multilevel analysis [2024]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Is intimate partner violence vertically transmitted among women in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic health surveys between 2010 and 2019 [2023]

• Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
  • Interventions to Address HIV and Intimate Partner Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Literature [2013]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Intimate partner violence and childhood health outcomes in 37 sub-Saharan African countries: an analysis of demographic health survey data from 2011 to 2022 [2024]

• PLoS Medicine
  • Drought and intimate partner violence towards women in 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2011-2018: A population-based study [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Partner alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence against women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa [2022]
  • Sexual violence and unmet need for contraception among married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys [2020]

• Reproductive Health
  • Intimate partner violence against adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: who is most vulnerable? [2021]

• Systematic Reviews
  • Mapping the disparities in intimate partner violence prevalence and determinants across Sub-Saharan Africa [2023]

• Women's Health
  • Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner sexual violence among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the most recent DHS data 2015-2022 [2024]

Sweden

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a longitudinal cohort study in the south of Sweden [2016]

• Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy - Prevalence and associations with women's health: A cross-sectional study [2023]

Taiwan

• BMC Women's Health
  • Associations between domestic violence and poor pregnancy outcomes in taiwanese women: a nested case-control study [2023]

Thailand

• BMC Women's Health
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on family violence in Thailand: prevalence and influencing factors [2023]

Turkey

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • The Impact of Poverty on Partner Violence Against Women Under Regional Effects: The Case of Turkey [2023]

Uganda

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence among ever-married men in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey [2022]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Intimate partner violence among HIV positive women in care - results from a national survey, Uganda 2016 [2019]

• PLoS ONE
  • Effect of justification of wife-beating on experiences of intimate partner violence among men and women in Uganda: A propensity-score matched analysis of the 2016 Demographic Health Survey data [2023]

United Kingdom

• Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
  • Adult safeguarding and domestic abuse: a guide to support practitioners and managers [2015]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • A survey and stakeholder consultation of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) programmes in English maternity services [2023]

• BMC Public Health
  • Impact of the first national COVID-19 lockdown on referral of women experiencing domestic violence and abuse in England and Wales [2022]

• BMJ Open
  • Sharing information about domestic violence and abuse in healthcare: an analysis of English guidance and recommendations for good practice [2022]

• British Medical Association
  • Domestic abuse [2014]

• Department of Health and Social Care
  • Guidance for health professionals on domestic violence
  • Domestic abuse: a resource for health professionals

• Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Prevalence and Social Inequality in Experiences of Domestic Abuse Among Mothers of Young Children: A Study Using National Survey Data from Scotland [2022]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Domestic violence and abuse [2016]
  • Domestic violence and abuse: how health services, social care and the organisations they work with can respond effectively [2014]

• Public Health England
  • Interventions to prevent intimate partner and sexual violence
  • Disability and domestic abuse: risk, impacts and response

• Scottish Government
  • Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill - Children's Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment [2017]
  • Domestic Abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2015-16 [2016]
  • Domestic abuse in Scotland statistics

• UK National Screening Committee
  • Partner violence (pregnancy)
  • Partner violence

• Violence Against Women
  • Constructing Fatality Review: A Policy Analysis of the Emergence of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England and Wales [2022]

United States

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [2018]

• American Academy of Nursing
  • COVID-19 effects on women's home and work life, family violence and mental health from the Women's Health Expert Panel of the American Academy of Nursing [2022]

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Intimate Partner Violence: Role of the Pediatrician [2023]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Intimate Partner Violence [2012]

• American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Alarming trends in US domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• American Journal of Public Health
  • Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Homicide, United States, 2020 [2022]

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • Intimate Partner Violence [2019]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Notes from the Field: Intimate Partner Homicide Among Women — United States, 2018–2021 [2024]
  • Intimate Partner Violence–Related Homicides of Hispanic and Latino Persons — National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2003–2021 [2024]
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy and Infant Health Outcomes — Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Nine U.S. Jurisdictions, 2016–2022 [2024]
  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Homicides of Adult Women and the Role of Intimate Partner Violence — United States, 2003–2014 [2017]
  • CDC Grand Rounds: A Public Health Approach to Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence [2014]

• Contraception
  • How does Intimate Partner Violence Affect Condom and Oral Contraceptive Use in the United States? A Systematic Review of the Literature [2015]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Health Service Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence among Military Personnel and Veterans: A Framework and Scoping Review [2022]

• JAMA Network Open
  • State Divorce Laws, Reproductive Care Policies, and Pregnancy-Associated Homicide Rates, 2018-2021 [2024]

• Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • A national epidemiologic profile of physical intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences, and supportive childhood relationships: Group differences in predicted trends and associations [2020]

• Journal of Women's Health
  • Screening and Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence in Healthcare Settings: Creating Sustainable System-Level Programs [2015]
  • Integrating Intimate Partner Violence Assessment and Intervention into Healthcare in the United States: A Systems Approach [2015]
  • Identifying and Intervening with Substance-Using Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Phenomenology, Comorbidities, and Integrated Approaches Within Primary Care and Other Agency Settings [2015]
  • Transforming the Healthcare Response to Intimate Partner Violence and Taking Best Practices to Scale [2012]

• Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
  • Home is not always a haven: The domestic violence crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• Psychology of Violence
  • Training and Certification for Domestic Violence Service Providers: The Need for a National Standard Curriculum and Training Approach [2014]

• Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Immigration in the United States: A Systematic Review [2024]

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
  • Intimate Partner Violence Experiences During Men’s Reentry from Prison [2016]

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office on Women's Health
  • Domestic or intimate partner violence

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening [2024]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Clinical management of rape and intimate partner violence survivors: developing protocols for use in humanitarian settings [2020]
  • Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence: a clinical handbook [2014]
  • Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women [2013]
  • Understanding and addressing violence against women: intimate partner violence [2012]
  • Intimate partner violence [2012]
  • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: information sheet [2011]
  • WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women : initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses [2005]
  • Putting women first : ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women [2001]
  • Violence Info – Intimate partner violence
  • Intimate partner violence: Extent of implementation of dating violence prevention programmes
  • Intimate partner violence prevalence

WHO Western Pacific Region

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Intimate partner violence [2016]

Zambia

• BMC Public Health
  • The spatial distribution of intimate partner violence prevalence and its associated factors among women aged 15-49 years in Zambia: evidence from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey [2024]

Zimbabwe

• BMC International Health and Human Rights
  • Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015 [2020]

{Related topics}

• Topic
  • Violence against women, gender-based violence
  • Violence