Pregnant womenDomestic violencePregnancy outcomeBackground Domestic violence is a common problem that is related to many serious short-term and long-term health hazards around the world. Methods During obtaining the medical history from the participants, the questions used to assess the abuse were ...
This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study designed to investigate what is known about women's experiences of domestic abuse and their impact on treatment outcomes. Aims: To explore whether domestic abuse has an impact on women's access to treatment, retention, relapse, or increase...
As a component of a larger clinical trial of an intervention for pregnant abused women, 27 women participated in a qualitative study of their responses to the abuse in the context of pregnancy and parenting. Results indicate that women's changing perceptions of self was related to mental ...
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Quality of life of IPV victims was found significantly impaired. Women battered by IPV reported high levels of anxiety and depression that often led to alcohol and drug abuse. Violence on pregnant women significantly increased risk for low birth weight infants, pre-term delivery and neonatal death...
Women's diet and nutrition The effects of a women's diet on her children start long before she becomes pregnant. Storage of fat, protein, and other nutrients built up over the years are called upon during pregnancy for fetal nourishment. These kinds of food provide women with plenty of ener...
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Although EV is often accompanied by PV, the impact of EV on pregnant women’s access to antenatal care and institutional delivery remains significant even after we exclude the influence of PV. In contrast, PV only affects the postnatal period. A possible reason is that EV often has a ...
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abuse and decreased dorsolateral prefrontal (dlPFC) volume to childhood neglect [21,22,23,24]. Decreased hippocampal volume was linked to both childhood abuse as well as neglect [21,25,26]. In a study investigating the impact of childhood sexual abuse on brain development [27], sexual abuse ...