The Prevalence of Domestic Violence among Pregnant Women in Derna -Libya
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Pregnant Women, Domestic Violence, Derna, LibyaAbstract
Domestic violence among women is a significant public health problem, as well as a fundamental violation of women’s human rights, crossing cultural, geographic, religious, social and economic boundaries. The aim was to assess the prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among pregnant women.A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 2020–April 2021 among pregnant women in Derna, Libya. Data were collected used face-to-face interview of the participant using Arabic questionnaire. A total of 420 pregnant women were participated for this study. The mean age of women was 33.30±9.653 years. Majority of the pregnant women 389 (92.6%) were Libyan. Nearly one-thirds 136 (32.4 %) of women were teacher and 120 (28.6%) were housewife. 238(56.7%) of husbands were smokers, 32 (7.6%) of the husbands were alcohol users and 12(2.9%) were drug addict. 60 (14.3%) of pregnant women reported that they had ever experienced at least once of domestic violence during their life. In this study, the overall prevalence of domestic violence during current pregnancy was 48 (11.4%). There are at least 11.4 % of the pregnant women in this study were exposure to DV, there is a clear need to address the situation of this exposed group of women in order to take steps to improve maternal and child health.
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