Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Vietnam: role of husbands.

摘要: Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators are often husbands. Understanding factors pertaining to women’s male partners is essential for programming interventions against IPV. The objective of the study was describe husband-related social and behavioural risk assess how they associated with IPV during pregnancy. Cross-sectional data were collected among 1309 pregnant women husbands in Dong Anh district, Vietnam. Information on sociodemographic characteristics husbands, husband’s behaviour involvement pregnancy care indirectly via report at first antenatal visit. Data exposure intimate when returned 30–34 gestational weeks. Logistic regression analyses used measure relationships between from husband. Pregnant who had younger or blue-collar worker/farmer/unemployed more likelihood be exposed Women drank alcohol before sexual intercourse gambled likely repeated times. Those intentions having a child over three times increased OR once (AOR = 3.2, 95% CI 1.1–9.7). If husband preference sons, woman 1.5 (AOR = 1.5; 1.1–1.9) This highlights significant associations maternal perceptions husbands’ behaviours Findings may help identify at-risk guide development targeted prevent