Intimate partner physical
violence against women (VAW) during pregnancy is a common experience all over
the world. In Jordan, the number is double the reported international average.
Data on effect of violence on birth outcomes are important for planning,
implementing, and evaluating maternal health programs.
The research question was,
“Does intimate partner physical VAW during pregnancy increase the risk of
negative birth outcomes for newborns among birthing women in Jordan?” Natural
experiment design was used for this study. A consecutive sampling technique was
used for selecting the victims of physical violence (n =
79) and a simple random sampling for selecting non-victims (n =
79). Intimate partner physical violence was measured by using the Arabic
version of World Health Organization’s (WHO) domestic violence questionnaire,
which has an accepted interrater validity. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and
chi-square were used to detect the differences in birth outcomes between the
victims and non-victims of physical violence.
The results showed that there is
a significant difference in newborn’s birth weight between the victims of
violence and non-victims with a small effect size. However, there were no
significant differences between the two groups in preterm birth and assisted
newborn ventilation. The non-significant effect of violence on the incidence of
preterm birth contradicts the published literature. Intimate partner violence
(IPV) is rooted in Jordanian culture and widely accepted among married
Jordanian women.
Midwives, doctors, educators, and policy makers should work
together to eradicate violence and detect victims of it, to improve birth
outcomes and decrease newborn morbidity and mortality rates.
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By: Sanaa Abujilban, PhD1, Lina Mrayan, PhD1, Hanan Al-Modallal, PhD1, Esra’a Isaa, BSc1
- Sanaa Abujilban, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Maternal, Child, and Family Health Nursing, Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan. Email:abujelban@yahoo.co.uk
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