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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men
CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal, Volume 179, No. 6, Year 2008
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Description
Background: Despite high rates of intimate partner violence in South Africa, there have been no national studies of men's perpetration of violence against female partners. Methods: We analyzed data from the South Africa Stress and Health Study, a cross-sectional, nationally representative study, specifically examining data for men who had ever been married or had ever cohabited with a female partner. We calculated the prevalence of physical violence against intimate female partners and used logistic regression to examine associations with physical abuse during childhood and exposure to parental and community violence. Results: A total of 834 male participants in the South Africa Stress and Health Study met the study criteria. Of these, 27.5% reported using physical violence against their current or most recent female partner during their current or most recent marriage or cohabiting relationship. Crude odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) indicated significant associations between perpetration of violence against an intimate partner and witnessing parental violence (OR 3.91, 95% CI 2.66-5.73) or experiencing physical abuse during childhood (OR 3.24, 95% CI 2.27-4.63), but not exposure to community violence (OR 1.29, 95% CI 0.88-1.88). The 2 significant associations persisted in adjusted analyses: OR 3.22 (95% CI 1.94-5.33) for witnessing parental violence and OR 1.73 (95% CI 1.07-2.79) for experiencing physical abuse during childhood. Interpretation: We found a high prevalence of physical violence perpetrated by men against their intimate partners. Men who experienced physical abuse during childhood or were exposed to parental violence were at the greatest risk. © 2008 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors.
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https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC2527375/bin/supp_179_6_535__index.html
Authors & Co-Authors
Gupta, Jhumka
United States, New Haven
Yale University
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Silverman, Jay G.
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Hemenway, David
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Acevedo-García, Dolores
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Observatory
Groote Schuur Hospital
Williams, David R.
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 84
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1503/cmaj.071655
ISSN:
08203946
e-ISSN:
14882329
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female