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Background:Domesticviolenceduringpregnancyisanimportantsocial&healthissueinallsocieties.InMuslimworldandparticularlyunderdevelopedcountries,domesticviolenceisoftenunderreported.Itistheneedofhourtoencouragereportingofsuchevents&implementationofresearch-basedpoliciesforpreventionofwomenabuse&supportofthevictimsofdomesticviolence(DV).Theobjectiveofthisstudywastohighlightthisneglectedsocialproblemofoursociety&toidentifyatriskpopulation.Methods:ThisisacrosssectionalstudyconductedatAyubTeachingHospital&BenazirBhuttoShaheedTeachingHospital,Abbottabad(January2014toDecember.2016).PregnantwomenwereinquiredregardinghistoryofabusebyhusbandandsociodemographiccharacteristicswerenotedinaPerformatoanalysetheriskfactorsfordomesticviolence.Results:Theoverallprevalencewasfoundtobe35%.Outof1000pregnantwomen,270(27%)sufferedfromsimpleviolenceand60(6%)werevictimsofgrievousassault.Violenceamongpregnantwomenisfoundtobemoreprevalentamongresidentsofurbanareas,womenofolderagebeinguneducated&belongingtopoorsocioeconomicstatus.Conclusion:Domesticviolenceduringpregnancyisacommon&oftenneglectedpsychosocialhealthproblem.Highriskpopulationneedstobeidentifiedsothatpreventivestrategiescanbeplanned&implemented

Dr.SadiaHabib, NasreenAbbasi, ,BushraKhan,, NargisDanish,, QuratulainNazir. (2018) DOMESTICVIOLENCEAMONGPREGNANTWOMEN, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 30, Issue 2.
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