Effect of Domestic Violence on Women’s Health in Sohage City | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2017, Page 59-75 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.47698 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hemat Abd El-Moneem El-Sayied1; Thorea Mohamed Mahmoud2; Asmaa Mohamed Madkour3 | ||||
| 1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohage University | ||||
| 3Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohage University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Domestic violence is a common public health problem that affects the health and well-being of women all over the world. Aim: this study aimed to assess the effects of domestic violence on women’s health in Sohage City through physical, emotional, controlling behaviour and sexual abuse. Assess risk factors that are expected to occur domestic violence against women in Sohage City. Design : A descriptive analytic study was used. Sample : A purposive sample of 480 married women. Setting: The study carried out at Dar Salama Abdulla and Akhmim maternal and Child Health Center in Sohage City. Tools : two tools were used for data collection. The first tool was Interviews questionnaire sheet to assess risk factors related to domestic violence against women, the second tool was violence Scale uses to identify domestic violence against women. Results: results of this study indicated that some common risk factors that are significantly associated with occurrence of domestic violence against women such spousal characteristic, societal risk factor and family relation risk factor. Emotional violence the higher prevalent types of domestic violence against women 79.6% followed by controlling behavior71%, sexual58.30% and physical violence 41.3%. Conclusion: the study concluded that nearly half of them had age range from 20-30years; more than half of them were lived in rural area. The majority of them were unsatisfactory knowledge about domestic violence. Emotional violence is the most common prevalent type and. Psychological effect is the most common result from domestic violence on women health. Recommendations: the study recommended that to provide health educational sessions for women and men about domestic violence and Routine screening of all women for domestic violence should be part of the health history, also provided adequate emergency treatment with rehabilitative measures. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Domestic violence; Women Health | ||||
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