The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on intimate partner violence and mental health: advancing mental health services, research, and policy

S Oram, HL Fisher, H Minnis, S Seedat… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
In Part 5, we discuss ways to transform how mental health services respond to IPV. We
consider service users' experiences of services, and the trauma-informed system-level …

Trends and disparities in non-communicable diseases in the Western Pacific region

W Peng, L Zhang, F Wen, X Tang, L Zeng… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Summary The WHO Western Pacific region bears disproportionate deaths from non-
communicable diseases (NCDs), with increased overall NCD proportional mortality over the …

Intimate partner violence against adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: who is most vulnerable?

YD Wado, MK Mutua, A Mohiddin, MY Ijadunola… - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health and human rights issue
that affects millions of women and girls. While disaggregated national statistics are crucial to …

Risk factors for violence against women in high-prevalence settings: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-synthesis

J Mannell, H Lowe, L Brown, R Mukerji… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Violence against women (VAW) affects one in three women globally. In some
countries, women are at much higher risk. We examined risk factors for VAW in countries …

Effects of rural–urban residence and education on intimate partner violence among women in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of health survey data

MS Nabaggala, T Reddy, S Manda - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is a major public health
and human rights problem worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has one of the highest …

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 …

N Ma, S Chen, Y Kong, Z Chen, P Geldsetzer… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), intimate partner violence
poses a substantial barrier to accomplishing target 5.2 of the Sustainable Development …

Applying technology to promote sexual and reproductive health and prevent gender based violence for adolescents in low and middle-income countries: digital health …

KY Huang, M Kumar, S Cheng, AE Urcuyo… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Aim Adolescents in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing numerous
developmental, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges including exposure to …

[HTML][HTML] SWPER Global: A survey-based women's empowerment index expanded from Africa to all low-and middle-income countries

F Ewerling, A Raj, CG Victora, F Hellwig… - Journal of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In 2017, a survey-based women's empowerment index (SWPER) was proposed
for African countries, including three domains: social independence, decision making and …

Magnitude and determinants of intimate partner violence against women in East Africa: multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health survey

SA Kebede, AB Weldesenbet, BS Tusa - BMC women's health, 2022 - Springer
Background Violence against women is a significant public health problem, and human
rights abuse, and is associated with multiple adverse physical, mental, sexual, and …

Verbal and psychological violence against women in Turkey and its determinants

Ö Alkan, C Serçemeli, K Özmen - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Verbal and psychological violence against women is considered an important sociological
and legal problem and a serious threat within the context of basic human rights. The aim of …