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    Knowledge and attitude towards intimate partner violence among ever-married women: A Cross-sectional study from Sri Lanka
    (AIJR Publisher, 2020) Reyal, H.P.; Perera, K.M.N.; Guruge, G.N.D.
    ABSTRACT: Effective approaches are needed to address high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in developing countries. Among them, addressing the attitudes of women justifying IPV is crucial. Yet, Sri Lankan studies so far have not adequately examined the community members’ knowledge and attitude toward IPV. Hence, this study aimed at i) describing knowledge and attitude towards IPV among women, ii) explore the association of socio-demographic variables with knowledge and attitude towards IPV, and iii) examine the association of knowledge and attitude with the abuse experiences. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with women (n = 600) aged 15-49 years from a selected health administrative area in Sri Lanka. Multistage cluster sampling was used to select participants and data collection was performed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Descriptive summaries, cross-tabulations and logistic regression analysis were performed to describe and explore the associations. Most respondents had poor knowledge (64.3%, n=386) on IPV with approximately half of them having attitudes generally justifying IPV (48.7%, n=292). Women with low levels of education and low household income were more likely to justify IPV. Further, employed women had good knowledge on IPV. Poor knowledge on IPV increased the risk of being abuse by 1.5 times and women who had justifying attitudes toward IPV had two times risk of being abuse. The necessity of interventions to be targeted on knowledge and attitudes and the contributory socio-demographic factors such as education, employment and income are emphasized. KEYWORDS: Abuse, women, socio-demographic factors, knowledge, attitude
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    Collective violence
    (World Health Organization, 2008) Kitulwatte, I.D.G.; de Silva, S.T.G.R.; Siriwardhane, H.A.
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    The Intergenerational effects of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: mediating pathways and implications for prevention.
    (Sage Publications, 2020) Murray, A. L.; Kaiser, D.; Valdebenito, S.; Hughes, C.; Baban, A.; Fernando, A.D.; Madrid, B.; Ward, C. L.; Osafo, J.; Dunne, M.; Sikander, S.; Walker, S.; Van Thang, V.; Tomlinson, M.; Eisner, M.
    Prenatal intimate partner violence (P-IPV) can have significant adverse impacts on both mother and fetus. Existing P-IPV interventions focus on the safety of the mother and on reducing revictimization; yet expanding these to address the adverse impact on the fetus has considerable potential for preventing long-term negative developmental outcomes. In this review, we draw together evidence on major pathways linking exposure to P-IPV and child outcomes, arguing that these pathways represent potential targets to improve P-IPV intervention efforts. Using a narrative review of 112 articles, we discuss candidate pathways linking P-IPV to child outcomes, as well as their implications for intervention. Articles were identified via key word searches of social science and medical databases and by inspection of reference lists of the most relevant articles, including recent reviews and meta-analyses. Articles were included if they addressed issues relevant to understanding the effects of P-IPV on child outcomes via six core pathways: maternal stress and mental illness, maternal-fetal attachment, maternal substance use, maternal nutritional intake, maternal antenatal health-care utilization, and infection. We also included articles relevant for linking these pathways to P-IPV interventions. We conclude that developing comprehensive P-IPV interventions that target immediate risk to the mother as well as long-term child outcomes via the candidate mediating pathways identified have significant potential to help reduce the global burden of P-IPV
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    Do schools promote violence in Sri lanka?
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2004) Fernando, A.D.
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    Violence against women
    (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2002) Wijesinghe, P.S.
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