Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study

Factors characterizing intimate partner violence (IPV) against women vary according to setting and must be understood in localized environments if effective interventions are to be identified. This 2009-2010 exploratory study in Maun, Botswana, used semistructured interviews to elicit information fr...

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Main Authors: Barchi, F., Winter, Sam, Dougherty, D., Ramaphane, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications, Inc. 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67167
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description Factors characterizing intimate partner violence (IPV) against women vary according to setting and must be understood in localized environments if effective interventions are to be identified. This 2009-2010 exploratory study in Maun, Botswana, used semistructured interviews to elicit information from 469 women about their experiences with IPV. Characteristics found to be important included suicide attempts, childhood exposure to familial violence, access to and control over certain tangible assets, number of children, household location and monthly income, controlling behavior by a partner, and alcohol consumption. Controlling behavior by a partner was the single greatest predictor of physical or psychological IPV.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-671672019-02-04T06:10:28Z Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study Barchi, F. Winter, Sam Dougherty, D. Ramaphane, P. Factors characterizing intimate partner violence (IPV) against women vary according to setting and must be understood in localized environments if effective interventions are to be identified. This 2009-2010 exploratory study in Maun, Botswana, used semistructured interviews to elicit information from 469 women about their experiences with IPV. Characteristics found to be important included suicide attempts, childhood exposure to familial violence, access to and control over certain tangible assets, number of children, household location and monthly income, controlling behavior by a partner, and alcohol consumption. Controlling behavior by a partner was the single greatest predictor of physical or psychological IPV. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67167 10.1177/1077801218755976 Sage Publications, Inc. restricted
spellingShingle Barchi, F.
Winter, Sam
Dougherty, D.
Ramaphane, P.
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title_full Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title_fullStr Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title_full_unstemmed Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title_short Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Northwestern Botswana: The Maun Women’s Study
title_sort intimate partner violence against women in northwestern botswana: the maun women’s study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67167