Intimate Partner Violence, Poverty, and Maternal Health Care-Seeking Among Young Women in Kenya: a Cross-Sectional Analysis Informing the New Sustainable Development Goals | Zendy

Paul Burns | Zendy; Joseph R. Zunt | Zendy; Bernardo Hernández | Zendy; Bradley H. Wagenaar | Zendy; Manasi Kumar | Zendy; Danvers Omolo | Zendy; Cecilia Breinbauer | Zendy

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Intimate Partner Violence, Poverty, and Maternal Health Care-Seeking Among Young Women in Kenya: a Cross-Sectional Analysis Informing the New Sustainable Development Goals

Author(s) -

Paul Burns,

Joseph R. Zunt,

Bernardo Hernández,

Bradley H. Wagenaar,

Manasi Kumar,

Danvers Omolo,

Cecilia Breinbauer

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

global social welfare

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2196-8799

DOI - 10.1007/s40609-017-0106-4

Subject(s) - domestic violence , socioeconomic status , poverty , educational attainment , residence , demography , context (archaeology) , medicine , cross sectional study , environmental health , logistic regression , poison control , suicide prevention , population , geography , economic growth , sociology , archaeology , pathology , economics

Despite considerable achievements associated with the MDGs, under-five mortality, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, remains alarmingly high. Globally, intimate partner violence (IPV) affects one in three women within their lifetime. Little is known about the relationship between IPV and maternal care-seeking in the context of high rates of under-five mortality, particularly among young women and adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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