1. Severe partner perpetrated burn: Examining a nationally representative sample of women in India.
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Spiwak, Rae, Logsetty, Sarvesh, Afifi, Tracie O., and Sareen, Jitender
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TREATMENT for burns & scalds , *SOCIAL factors , *PUBLIC health , *CROSS-sectional method , *ADULT child abuse victims , *AGE distribution , *BURNS & scalds , *FAMILIES , *MARRIAGE , *PROBABILITY theory , *RESEARCH funding , *RURAL population , *SOCIAL classes , *CITY dwellers , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *DISEASE prevalence , *INTIMATE partner violence , *TRAUMA severity indices ,WOMEN'S injuries - Abstract
Objectives: This paper investigates severe partner perpetrated burn (SPPB) in India and associated social correlates.Methods: Data are from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), a cross-sectional nationally representative household-based survey. Age, wealth index, education, urban/rural status, region, in-law violence, parental abuse, father abuse of mother, presence of a son, and age at marriage were examined for relationships with SPPB. Models with two reference groups were created (women without intimate partner violence; women with other non-burn intimate partner violence). Logistic regression analyses were computed.Results: Prevalence of SPPB was 1.00% (n=429). When compared to women with no intimate partner violence (IPV), greater wealth and rural status were protective of SPPB, but having a father who abused the participant's mother increased odds of SPPB over three times. When compared to women who had experienced IPV, presence of a son was protective of SPPB, as was not living in the South. Similarities between models included increased odds of SPPB associated with in-law violence and younger age at marriage.Conclusions: SPPB was associated with measures that impacted odds of its occurrence. Prevention efforts should consider these and other cultural factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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