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Regional
                                

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Child marriage and intimate partner violence: a comparative study of 34 countries.
Kidman R.
Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Oct 12.
Abstract

Good Women, Martyrs, and Survivors: A Theoretical Framework for South Asian Women's Responses to Partner Violence.
Pinnewala P.

Violence Against Women
. 2008 Nov 17

Abstract


Bangladesh
                                

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Does Intimate Partner Violence Decline as Women's Empowerment becomes Normative? Perspectives of Bangladeshi Women.
Schuler SR, Nazneen S.
World Dev. 2018 Jan;101:284-292.
Abstract

Female garment workers' experiences of violence in their homes and workplaces in Bangladesh: A qualitative study.
Naved R, Rahman T, Willan S, et alA.
Soc Sci Med
. 2017 Nov 21;196:150-15
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women's opinion on the justification of physical spousal violence: A quantitative approach to model the most vulnerable households in Bangladesh.
Biswas RK, Rahman N, Kabir E, Raihan F.
et al PLoS One
. 2017 Nov 21;12(11):e0187884.
Paper

Breast-feeding counselling mitigates the negative association of domestic violence on exclusive breast-feeding duration in rural Bangladesh. The MINIMat randomized trial.
Frith AL, Ziaei S, Naved RT, Khan AI, et al
 Public Health Nutr
. 2017 Jun 29:1-9.
Abstract

Men's perspectives on women's empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh.
Schuler SR, Lenzi R, Badal SH, Nazneen S.
Cult Health Sex. 2017 Jun 8:1-15. d
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence around the time of pregnancy and postpartum depression: The experience of women of Bangladesh.
Islam MJ, Broidy L, Baird K, Mazerolle P.

PLoS One
. 2017 May 4;12(5):e0176211.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Experiencing Lifetime Domestic Violence: Associations with Mental Health and Stress among Pregnant Women in Rural Bangladesh: The MINIMat Randomized Tria
Ziaei S, Frith AL, Ekström EC, Naved RT
.
PLoS One
. 2016 Dec 19;11(12):e0168103.
Paper

An Assessment of the Prevalence, Perceived Significance, and Response to Dowry Solicitation and Domestic Violence in Bangladesh.
Young KA, Hassan S.
J Interpers Violence
. 2016 Mar 2.
Abstract

Familial Power and Women's Contradictory Responses to Attitudinal Questions About Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Bangladesh.
Sato KN, Yount KM, Schuler SR.

Violence Against Women
. 2015 Jun 29
Abstract

Community Economic Status and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Compositional or Contextual Effects?
VanderEnde KE, Sibley LM, Cheong YF,  et al
 
Violence Against Women
. 2015 Apr 6.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and its association with maternal depressive symptoms 6-8 months after childbirth in rural Bangladesh
Kabir ZN, Nasreen HE, Edhborg M.

Glob Health Action
. 2014 Sep 12;7:24725
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Are the Women from Low Socio-economic Strata in Bangladesh at Increased Risk.
Rahman M, Nakamura K, Seino K, Kizuki M.
Int J Behav Med
. 2014 Apr;21(2):348-57.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Interactions between microfinance programmes and non-economic empowerment of women associated with intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.
Dalal K, Dahlström O, Timpka T.
BMJ Open. 2013 Dec 6;3(12):e002941
Paper

Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women on Under-Five Child Mortality in Bangladesh.
Hossain MA, Sumi NS, Haque ME, Bari W.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Nov 27.
Abstract

Perceived Decline in Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Qualitative Evidence
Schuler SR, Lenzi R, Nazneen S, Bates LM.

Stud Fam Plann
. 2013 Sep;44(3):243-257
Abstract

Microcredit and Domestic Violence in Bangladesh: An Exploration of Selection Bias Influences.
Bajracharya A, Amin S.

Demography
.
2013 Jul 10
Abstract

Contextualising sexual harassment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh.
Nahar P, van Reeuwijk M, Reis R.
Reprod Health Matters. 2013 Jun;21(41):78-86.
Abstract

Sexual Violence Towards Married Women in Bangladesh.
Naved RT.
Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Dec 20.
Abstract

Indeterminate Responses to Attitudinal Questions About Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Rural Bangladesh.
Yount KM, Halim N, Head S, Schuler SR.
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2012 Dec;31(6):797-830.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence and chronic undernutrition among married Bangladeshi women of reproductive age: are the poor uniquely disadvantaged?
Rahman M, Nakamura K, Seino K, Kizuki M.
Eur J Clin Nutr
.
2012 Dec 12.
Abstract

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Intimate partner violence and use of reproductive health services among married women: evidence from a national Bangladeshi sample.
Rahman M, Nakamura K, Seino K, Kizuki M.

BMC Public Health
. 2012 Oct 29;12(1):913.
Paper

Justification of wife beating in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative analysis of gender differences in responses to survey questions.
Schuler SR, Yount KM, Lenzi R. 
Violence Against Women
. 2012 Oct;18(10):1177-91
Abstract

A Survey Experiment of Women's Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Rural Bangladesh.
Yount KM, Halim N, Schuler SR, Head S.
Demography
. 2012 Sep 6.
Abstract

Women's exposure to intimate partner violence and child malnutrition: findings from demographic and health surveys in Bangladesh.
Ziaei S, Naved RT, Ekström EC.
Matern Child Nutr
. 2012 Aug 20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence against women with chronic maternal disabilities in rural Bangladesh.
Naved RT, Blum LS, Chowdhury S,  et al
 
J Health Popul Nutr
. 2012 Jun;30(2):181-92
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and the risk of undernutrition among children younger than 5 years in Bangladesh.
Rahman M, Poudel KC, Yasuoka J,
et al  
Am J Public Health
. 2012 Jul;102(7):1336-45
Paper

Water development projects and marital violence: experiences from rural Bangladesh.
Karim KM, Emmelin M, Resurreccion BP, Wamala S.
Health Care Women Int
. 2012 Mar;33(3):200-16
Abstract

Association Between Adolescent Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Young Adult Women in Bangladesh.
Rahman M, Hoque MA, Mostofa MG, Makinoda S.
Asia Pac J Public Health
. 2011 Oct 5.
Abstract

Contraception Use and Associations with Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Bangladesh
Dalal K, Andrews J, Dawad S.

J Biosoc Sci
. 2011 Jun 16:1-12
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Campaigns against acid violence spur change.
[No authors listed]
Bull World Health Organ. 2011 Jan 1;89(1):6-7
Paper


Cambodia
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The impact of violence on sex risk and drug use behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Draughon Moret JE, Carrico AW, et al  

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2016 Apr 1;161:171-7
Abstract

Reproductive health and domestic violence: are the poorest women uniquely disadvantaged?
Kishor S, Johnson K.
Demography. 2006 May;43(2):293-307.
Abstract


China
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Using confirmatory factor analysis to explore associated factors of intimate partner violence in a sample of Chinese rural women: a cross-sectional study
Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, et al
BMJ Open. 2018 Feb 2;8(2):e019465
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wang T, Liu Y, Li Z,
 PLoS One. 2017 Oct 2;12
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence and correlates of sexual and gender-based violence against Chinese adolescent women who are involved in commercial sex: a cross-sectional study.
Zhang XD, Myers S, Yang HJ, et al

BMJ Open
. 2016 Dec 19;6(12):e013409.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Hong Kong Chinese Women Presenting with Urinary Symptoms.
Ma WS, Pun TC.
PLoS One. 2016 Jul 18;11(7):e0159367.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate-Partner and Client-Initiated Violence among Female Street-Based Sex Workers in China: Does a Support Network Help?
Hail-Jares K, Chang RC, Choi S, et al
PLoS One
. 2015 Sep 28;10(9):e0139161.
Paper

Intimate Partner Violence in Late Life: A Case Study of Older Chinese Women.
Cheung DS, Tiwari A, Wang AX.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2015 Sep 18
Abstract

Violence Against Women in Hong Kong: Results of the International Violence Against Women Survey.
Bouhours B, Broadhurst R
.

Violence Against Women
. 2015 Jul 6.
Abstract

Correlation of maternal abuse during pregnancy with infant temperament and development.
Zou S, Zhang Y, Cao Y, Zhang Y.
Arch Dis Child
. 2015 Jun 22.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence education for medical students in the USA, Vietnam and China.
Kamimura A, Al-Obaydi S, Nguyen H,
et al
Public Health
. 2015 Jun 2
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The association between social resources and depression among female migrants affected by domestic violence
Teng P, Hall BJ, Li L.

Eur J Psychotraumatol
. 2014 Dec 9;5:26528
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate partner sexual aggression against Chinese women: a mixed methods study.
Tiwari A, Cheung DS, Chan KL, et a;
BMC Womens Health. 2014 May 25;14:70.
Paper

Violence Against Chinese Female Sex Workers From Their Stable Partners: A Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis.
Zhang C, Li X, Su S,  et al
Health Care Women Int. 2014 Apr 14
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Patterns, aetiology and risk factors of intimate partner violence-related injuries to head, neck and face in Chinese women
Wong JY, Choi AW, Fong DY,  et al
BMC Womens Health
. 2014 Jan 10;14(1):6.
Paper

It's a Matter of Trust: Policing Domestic Violence in Hong Kong.
Leung LC.
J Interpers Violence
.
2013 Oct 31
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence, Depressive Symptoms, and Immigration Status: Does Existing Advocacy Intervention Work on Abused Immigrant Women in the Chinese Community?
Wong JY, Tiwari A, Fong DY,  et al
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Feb 11
Abstract

Factors Mediating the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Chronic Pain in Chinese Women.
Tiwari A, Fong DY, Chan CH, Ho PC.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Sep 21
Abstract

Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its impact on women's mental health in rural western China:a study of a county in Ningxia.
Gao YQ, Jacka T.
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao
. 2012 Jun 18;44(3):379-86.
Abstract

Violence Against Chinese Female Sex Workers in Hong Kong: From Understanding to Prevention.
Li JC
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2012 Mar 14
Abstract

Safety-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling abused Chinese women after an advocacy intervention: A randomized controlled trial.
Tiwari A, Fong DY, Wong JY,  et al

Int J Nurs Stud
. 2012 Jan 6.
Abstract

Relationship between domestic violence and postnatal depression among pregnant Chinese women.
Zhang Y, Zou S, Cao Y, Zhang Y.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Oct 22
Abstract

Female victimization and intimate partner violence after the May 12, 2008, Sichuan earthquake.
Chan KL, Zhang Y.
Violence Vict. 2011;26(3):364-76.
Abstract

Partner Violence and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in China.
Zhang C, Li X, Hong Y, Chen Y, Liu W, Zhou Y.

AIDS Behav
. 2011 May 20.
Abstract

Effect of an advocacy intervention on mental health in Chinese women survivors of intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial.
Tiwari A, Fong DY, Yuen KH, et al

JAMA
. 2010 Aug 4;304(5):536-43

Abstract

 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Intimate partners violence and HIV/STI related risks among female sex workers in China
X. Li, C. Zhang
(XVIII  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Migration and trafficking of North Korean women in China: Results from a survey of 101 women
WC Robinson,  H Brahmbhatt, J Park
(134 APHA)
Abstract

Linking efforts to prevent gender-based violence and HIV: Lessons learned from implementation of a pilot project in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
S Gruskin, S Ahmed, L Ferguson
(134 APHA)
Abstract
 
Using the nexus of sexuality, health and human rights: linking efforts to prevent gender- based violence and HIV in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., et al
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

East Timor
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender-based Violence among Conflict-affected Populations in East Timor.
Hynes M, Robertson K, Ward J, Crouse C
.
Disasters.
2004 Sep;28(3):294-321.
Abstract

India
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
You can't burn the house down because of one bedbug: a qualitative study of changing gender norms in the prevention of violence against women and girls in an urban informal settlement in India.
Daruwalla N, Hate K, Pinto P, et al  
Wellcome Open Res. 2017 Nov 7;2:48.
Paper

Experience of violence amongst female medical and nursing students and their perception regarding violence against women in Delhi, India.
Gautam N, Anand T, Kishore J, Grover S.

Int J Adolesc Med Health
. 2017 Nov 23.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Maternal morbidity associated with violence and maltreatment from husbands and in-laws: findings from Indian slum communities.
Silverman JG, Balaiah D, Ritter J,  et al

Reprod Healt
h
. 2016 Sep 8;13:109.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Relationship between mobility, violence and major depression among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study in southern India
Patel SK, Ganju D, Prabhakar P, Adhikary R.
BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 9;6(9):e011439
Paper

"You Are a Part of the Solution": Negotiating Gender-Based Violence and Engendering Change in Urban Informal Settlements in Mumbai, India.
Chakraborty P, Daruwalla N, Jayaraman A, Pantvaidya S.
Violence Against Women. 2016 Aug 4.
Abstract

A high-risk group of pregnant women with elevated levels of conflict-related trauma, intimate partner violence, symptoms of depression and other forms of mental distress in post-conflict Timor-Leste.
Rees SJ, Tol W, Mohammad M, et al
Transl Psychiatry
. 2016 Feb 2;6:e725.
Abstract

Husband's Alcohol Use, Intimate Partner Violence, and Family Maltreatment of Low-Income Postpartum Women in Mumbai, India.
Wagman JA, Donta B, Ritter J, et al
J Interpers Violence
.
2016 Jan 21.
Abstract

Severe partner perpetrated burn: Examining a nationally representative sample of women in India.
Spiwak R, Logsetty S, Afifi TO, Sareen J.

Burns
. 2015 Oct 3. pii: S0305-4179(15)00281-8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Violence against women: Where are the solutions?
Sharma I.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2015 Apr-Jun;57(2):131-9.
Paper

Association of Domestic Violence From Husband and Women Empowerment in Slum Community, Mumbai.
Donta B, Nair S, Begum S, Prakasam CP.
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Feb 24.

Abstract

Addressing violence against women: a call to action.
García-Moreno C, Zimmerman C, Morris-Gehring A,  et al
Lancet
. 2014 Nov 21. pii: S0140-6736(14)61830-4.
Abstract

Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women in India.
Chakraborty H, Patted S, Gan A,  et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Nov 6.
Abstract

Informal support for women and intimate partner violence: the crucial yet ambivalent role of neighbours in urban India.
Snell-Rood C.
Cult Health Sex. 2014 Sep 10:1-15
Abstract

Interview Interruption and Responses to Questions About Domestic Violence in India.
Rabel BV, Cunningham SA, Stephenson R.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Aug 14.
Abstract

Whose problem is it anyway? Crimes against women in India.
Himabindu BL, Arora R, Prashanth NS.

Glob Health Action
. 2014 Jul 21;7:23718
Abstract

Facial Disfigurement Stigma: A Study of Victims of Domestic Assaults With Fire in India.
Furr LA.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Jul 18.
Abstract

Impact of the RHANI Wives intervention on marital conflict and sexual coercion.
Saggurti N, Nair S, Silverman JG, et al

Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2014 Apr 3
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A Cross-sectional Study to Find out the Prevalence of Different Types of Domestic Violence in Gwalior City and to Identify the Various Risk and Protective Factors for Domestic Violence.
Mishra A, Patne S, Tiwari R, et al
Indian J Community Med. 2014 Jan;39(1):21-5.
Paper

Difficulties come to humans and not trees and they need to be faced': A study on resilience among Indian women experiencing intimate partner violence.
Shanthakumari RS, Chandra PS, Riazantseva E, Stewart DE.

Int J Soc Psychiatry
. 2013 Dec 18.
Abstract

Physical and sexual violence and symptoms of gynaecological morbidity among married young women in India.
Jejeebhoy SJ, Santhya KG, Acharya R.

Glob Public Health
. 2013 Dec 3
Abstract

Non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships: experiences of young women in India.
Santhya KG, Zavier AJ.
Cult Health Sex. 2013 Nov 21.

Abstract

Across the High Seas: Abuse, Desertion, and Violence in Transnational Marriages in India.
Bajpai A.

Violence Against Women
. 2013 Oct 24.
Abstract

Intimate Violence, Family, and Femininity: Women's Narratives on Their Construction of Violence and Self.
Mitra N.

Violence Against Women
. 2013 Oct 20
Abstract

Women's Autonomy and Experience of Physical Violence Within Marriage in Rural India: Evidence From a Prospective Study.
Sabarwal S, Santhya KG, Jejeebhoy SJ.

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Oct 3.
Abstract

Abuse, Danger, and Security in Transnational Marriages: Polity and Community in India and the United Kingdom.
Stewart A.
Violence Against Women. 2013 Oct 7.
Abstract

Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the RHANI Wives HIV Intervention for Women in India at Risk for HIV from Husbands.
Raj A, Saggurti N, Battala M,  et
al
AIDS Behav
. 2013 Aug 7
Abstract

Examining Marital Violence in India: Review and Recommendations for Future Research and Practice.
Bhat M, Ullman SE.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2013 Jul 24.
Abstract

The Relationship Between Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Women in India and the United States.
Spiwak R, Afifi TO, Halli S,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Jun 17.

Abstract

The Relationship Between Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Women in India and the United States.
Spiwak R, Afifi TO, Halli S,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Jun 17.

Abstract

Violence and HIV risk among female sex workers in Southern India.
Deering KN, Bhattacharjee P, Mohan HL, et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2013 Feb;40(2):168-74.
Abstract

How Does Sex Trafficking Increase the Risk of HIV Infection? An Observational Study From Southern India.
Wirth KE, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, et al
Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract

Violence and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Southern India.
Deering KN, Bhattacharjee P, Mohan HL, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Feb;42(2):168-74.
Abstract


Sex trafficking, physical and sexual violence, and HIV risk among young female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
George A, Sabarwal S.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Nov 23.
Abstract

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Minimizing risks and monitoring safety of an antenatal care intervention to mitigate domestic violence among young Indian women: The Dil Mil trial.
Krishnan S, Subbiah K, Chandra P, Srinivasan K.

BMC Public Health
. 2012 Nov 1;12(1):943
Paper

Physical Domestic Violence and Subsequent Contraceptive Adoption among Women in Rural India.
Stephenson R, Jadhav A, Hindin M.

J Interpers Violenc
e
. 2012 Sep 24
Abstract

Domestic Violence in India : Insights From the 2005-2006 National Family Health Survey.
Kimuna SR, Djamba YK, Ciciurkaite G, Cherukuri S.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Aug 30.
Abstract

Local social support mitigates depression among women contending with spousal violence and husband's risky drinking in Mumbai slum communities.
Dasgupta A, Battala M, Saggurti N, et al

J Affect Disord
. 2012 Aug 6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The risk factor of domestic violence in India.
Mahapatro M, Gupta R, Gupta V.
Indian J Community Med. 2012 Jul;37(3):153-7.
Paper

Domestic violence among ever married women of reproductive age group in a slum area of Kolkata.
Sinha A, Mallik S, Sanyal D,  et al
Indian J Public Health. 2012 Jan-Mar;56(1):31-6.
Abstract

Examining the Determinants of Sexual Violence Among Young, Married Women in Southern India.
Chibber KS, Krupp K, Padian N, Madhivanan P.

J Interpers Violence
. 2012 Jan 24.
Abstract

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Development and validation of the Domestic Violence Questionnaire in married women aged 18-55 years.
Indu PV, Remadevi S, Vidhukumar K,  et al
Indian J Psychiatry. 2011 Jul;53(3):218-23
Paper

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
An integrated structural intervention to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India.
Gurnani V, Beattie TS, Bhattacharjee P,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Oct 2;11(1):755.
Paper

Association Between Maternal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Childhood Immunization in India.
Sabarwal S, McCormick MC, Silverman JG, Subramanian SV.

J Trop Pediatr
. 2011 Jun 24
Abstract

History of sex trafficking, recent experiences of violence, and HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India.
Gupta J, Reed E, Kershaw T,  et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 May 25.
Abstract

Does economic empowerment protect women from intimate partner violence?
Dalal K.
J Inj Violence Res. 2011 Jan;3(1):35-44.
Abstract

Gender-based disparities in infant and child mortality based on maternal exposure to spousal violence: the heavy burden borne by Indian girls.
Silverman JG, Decker MR, Cheng DM, et al
 
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
.
2011 Jan;165(1):22-7.
Abstract

A National Study of the Prevalence and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Women in India.
Dalal K Dr, Lindqvist K.

Asia Pac J Public Health
. 2010 Nov 30.
Abstract

Abuse from In-Laws during Pregnancy and Post-Partum: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings from Low-income Mothers of Infants in Mumbai, India.
Raj A, Sabarwal S, Decker MR, Nair S, et al

Matern Child Health J
. 2010 Aug 1.
Abstract

The effects of husband's alcohol consumption on married women in three low-income
areas of Greater Mumbai.
Berg MJ, Kremelberg D, Dwivedi P, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2010 Aug;14 Suppl 1:S126-35.
Abstract

Factors associated with the perpetration of sexual violence among wine-shop patrons in
Chennai, India.
Go VF, Srikrishnan AK, Salter ML, et al

Soc Sci Med
. 2010 Aug 6.
Abstract

Domestic violence and early childhood mortality in rural India: evidence from prospective data.
Koenig MA, Stephenson R, Acharya R, et al
 
Int J Epidemiol
. 2010 May 5
Abstract

 

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Addressing domestic violence among married women in India is critical for HIV prevention: the Indian family violence and control scale
A. Kalokhe, R. Stephenson, A. Paranjape, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Violence experienced across personal and work related contexts among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: relation to sexual risk for HIV
E. Reed, J.T. Erausquin, A.K. Groves, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract        


Indonesia
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Indonesian Men's Perceptions of Violence Against Women.
Nilan P, Demartoto A, Broom A, Germov J.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Jul 18.
Abstract

Testing the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Identify Intimate Partner Violence in Indonesia.
Iskandar L, Braun KL, Katz AR.

J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Jul 10
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Elastic band strategy': women's lived experience of coping with domestic violence in rural Indonesia.
Hayati EN, Eriksson M, Hakimi M,  et al
Glob Health Action
. 2013 Jan 2;6(0):1-12.
Paper

 

Japan
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Principles of Care for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Views of Expert Japanese Health Professionals and Advocates.
Umeda M, Kataoka Y, Miller E.
Health Care Women
Int
. 2017 Jul 25

FULL-TEXT  PDF ARTICLE
Knowledge, experience, and potential risks of dating violence among Japanese university students: a cross-sectional study.
Ohnishi M, Nakao R, Shibayama T,  et al 
BMC Public Health. 2011 May 19;11(1):339.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Self-administered questionnaire versus interview as a screening method for intimate partner violence in the prenatal setting in Japan: A randomised controlled trial.

Kataoka Y, Yaju Y, Eto H, Horiuchi S.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2010 Dec 24;10:84
Paper

Japanese women's perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Nagae M, Dancy BL. 
J Interpers Violence
. 2010 Apr;25(4):753-66
Abstract

The impact of childhood abuse history and domestic violence on the mental health of women in Japan.
Fujiwara T, Okuyama M, Izumi M, Osada Y.
Child Abuse Negl. 2010 Mar 19
Abstract


Kyrgyzstan
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Feasibility and preliminary effects of a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment model to address gender-based violence among women who use drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Project WINGS (Women Initiating New Goals of Safety).
Gilbert L, Jiwatram-Negron T, Nikitin D,

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2
016 Oct 22.

Abstract

Malaysia
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Victims' Barriers to Discussing Domestic Violence in Clinical Consultations: A Qualitative Enquiry.
Othman S, Goddard C, Piterman L.
 
J Interpers Violence
.
2013 Dec 8
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
"I feel it is not enough…" Health providers' perspectives on services for victims of intimate partner violence in Malaysia.
Colombini M, Mayhew S, Ali SH,  et al
BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Feb 18;13:65.
Paper

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Maxillofacial injuries associated with intimate partner violence in women.
Saddki N, Suhaimi AA, Daud R.
 
BMC Public Health
. 2010 May 23;10(1):268.
Paper

 

Mongolia
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Reducing Intimate and Paying Partner Violence Against Women Who Exchange Sex in Mongolia:Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Carlson CE, Chen J, Chang M,  et al
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Feb 23.
Abstract
 

Myanmar
                                

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Violence against refugee women along the Thai-Burma border.
Falb KL, McCormick MC, Hemenway D,  et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract
 

Nepal
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL--TEXT ARTICLE
'
They just walk away' - women's perception of being silenced by antenatal health workers: a qualitative study on women survivors of domestic violence in Nepal.
Rishal P, Joshi SK, Lukasse M, Schei B, Swahnberg K;
Glob Health Action. 2016 Dec 14;9:31838.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Domestic violence among antenatal attendees in a Kathmandu hospital and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study
Shrestha M, Shrestha S, Shrestha B.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2016 Nov 21;16(1):360
Paper

Association Between Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and HIV-Risk Behaviors: Findings From the Nepal Demographic Health Survey.
Shrestha R, Copenhaver MM.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Feb 23.
Abstract

Impact of the spread of mass education on married women's experience with domestic violence.
Ghimire DJ, Axinn WG, Smith-Greenaway E
.
Soc Sci Re
s
. 2015 Nov;54:319-31.
Abstract

Violence Against Widows in Nepal: Experiences, Coping Behaviors, and Barriers in Seeking Help.
Sabri B, Sabarwal S, Decker MR,  et al.

J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Feb 4.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Nepal: An Analysis through Individual, Empowerment, Family and Societal Level Factors.
Dalal K, Wang S, Svanström L.

J Res Health Sci
. 2014;14(4):251-7.
Abstract

Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Nepal.
Atteraya MS, Gnawali S, Song IH.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jul 20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Intimate partner violence (physical and sexual) and sexually transmitted infection: results from Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2011.
Dhakal L, Berg-Beckhoff G, Aro AR.
Int J Womens Health. 2014 Jan 20;6:75-82.
Paper

Deaths due to injury, including violence among married Nepali women of childbearing age: a qualitative analysis of verbal autopsy narratives.
Houston KT, Surkan PJ, Katz J, et al 
Inj Prev
. 2014 Jan 9.
Abstract

Violence, HIV risk behaviour and depression among female sex workers of eastern Nepal.
Sagtani RA, Bhattarai S, Adhikari BR, et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 Jun 20;3(6).

Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Women's Status and Violence against Young Married Women in Rural Nepal.
Lamichhane P, Puri M, Tamang J, Dulal B.
BMC Womens Health
. 2011 May 25;11(1):19.
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FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Suffering in silence: consequences of sexual violence within marriage among young women in Nepal.
Puri M, Tamang J, Shah I
.
BMC Public Health. 2011 Jan 12;11(1):29.

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Pakistan
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Intimate personal violence and caregiving: Influences on physical and mental health in middle-aged women.
Ferreira P, Loxton D, Tooth LR.
Maturitas
. 2017 Aug;102:34-40.
 

Abstract

An assessment of the association between asset ownership and intimate partner violence in Pakistan.
Murshid NS.
Public Health. 2017 Jun 8;150
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Circumstances leading to intimate partner violence against women married as children: a qualitative study in Urban Slums of Lahore, Pakistan.
Nasrullah M, Zakar R, Zakar MZ,  et al
BMC Int Health Hum Rights
. 2015 Aug 25;15(1):23.
Paper

Child Marriage and Its Associations With Controlling Behaviors and Spousal Violence Against Adolescent and Young Women in Pakistan.
Nasrullah M, Zakar R, Zakar MZ.
J Adolesc Health
.
2014 Aug 12
Abstract

Frequent factors for women and children subjected to sexual assaults presenting at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi.
Khan M, Aziz S, Qamar N, Memon JQ.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2014 Jun;64(6):649-52.
Abstract

The hidden figure: sexual intimate partner violence among Pakistani women.
Kapadia MZ, Saleem S, Karim MS.
Eur J Public Health. 2010 Apr;20(2):164-8.
Abstract


Saudi Arabia
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its associated risk factors among Saudi female patients attending the primary healthcare centers in Western Saudi Arabia.
Alzahrani TA, Abaalkhail BA, Ramadan IK.

Saudi Med J
. 2016 Jan;37(1):96-9.
Abstract
 

South Korea
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Factors influencing beliefs about intimate partner violence among adults in South Korea.
Han YR, Jeong GH, Kim SJ.
Public Health Nurs
. 2017 Apr 17.
Abstract

Correlates of Domestic Violence Victimization Among North Korean Refugee Women in South Korea.
Um MY, Kim HJ, Palinkas LA.
J Interpers Violence
. 2016 Jan 6.
Abstract

Avoidance symptoms and delayed verbal memory are associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms in female victims of sexual violence.
Shin KM, Chang HY, Cho SM,  et al

J Affect Disord
. 2015 Jun 10;184:145-148
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A Pilot Prospective Study of the Relationship among Cognitive Factors, Shame, and Guilt Proneness on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Female Victims of Sexual Violence.
Shin KM, Cho SM, Lee SH, Chung YK.

J Korean Med
Sci
. 2014 Jun;29(6):831-6.
Paper

Prospective study on the reciprocal relationship between intimate partner violence and depression among women in Korea.
Kim J, Lee J.

Soc Sci Med
. 2013 Dec;99:42-8.
Abstract

 


Sri Lanka
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Addressing domestic violence through antenatal care in Sri Lanka's plantation estates: Contributions of public health midwives.
Infanti JJ, Lund R, Muzrif MM, et al

Soc Sci Med
. 2015 Oct 5;145:35-43.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Nurses' Role in Caring for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in the Sri Lankan Context.
Guruge S.
ISRN Nurs. 2012;2012:486273
Paper

 

Taiwan
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Relationships among Personality, Social Support, and Resilience of Abused Nurses at Emergency Room and Psychiatric Ward in Taiwan.
Hsieh HF, Chang SC, Wang HH.

Women Health
. 2016 Feb 6
Abstract

Effects of a strengths-based perspective support group among Taiwanese women who left a violent intimate partner relationship.
Hou WL, Ko NY, Shu BC.

J Clin Nurs
. 2016 Feb;25(3-4):543-54.
Abstract

Two male nurses' experiences of caring for female patients after intimate partner violence: a South African perspective.
van Wyk N, van der Wath A.

Contemp Nurse
. 2015 Jun 9:1-10.

Abstract

Recovery Experiences of Taiwanese Women After Terminating Abusive Relationships: A Phenomenology Study.
Hou WL, Ko NY, Shu BC.
J Interpers Violence
. 2012 Jul 18
Abstract

Cultural Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Taiwanese Female Victims of Dating Violence.
Shen AC.
J Interpers Violence. 2010 Jun 3
Abstract

 

Thailand
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Factors Mediating the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Cervical Cancer Among Thai Women.
Thananowan N, Vongsirimas N.
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Nov 6.
Abstract

Surviving in two worlds: Social and structural violence of Thai female injecting drug users.
Haritavorn N.

Int J Drug Policy
.
2013 Oct 8.
Abstract

Violence against refugee women along the Thai-Burma border.
Falb KL, McCormick MC, Hemenway D,  et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract

 

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Social marginalization, bullying and HIV vulnerability: a national qualitative study of Thai lesbian and bisexual female secondary school students
T. Damri, P. Boonmongkoon, T.T. Ojanen, et al
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

Timor
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst Women in Conflict Affected Timor-Leste: Associations with Human Rights Trauma, Ongoing Violence, Poverty, and Injustice.
Rees S, Silove D, Verdial T, et al
PLoS One. 2013 Aug 7;8(8):e69207

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Viet Nam
                                

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
ntimate partner violence (IPV): The validity of an IPV screening instrument utilized among pregnant women in Tanzania and Vietnam.
Rasch V, Van TN, Nguyen HTT, , et al
 
PLoS One. 2018 Feb 1;13(2):e0190856. 
Paper

Changes and socioeconomic factors associated with attitudes towards domestic violence among Vietnamese women aged 15-49: findings from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2006-2011.
Trinh OT, Oh J, Choi S, et al.

Glob Health Action
. 2016 Jan;9(1):29577.
Abstract

Intimate partner violence education for medical students in the USA, Vietnam and China.
Kamimura A, Al-Obaydi S, Nguyen H,
et al
Public Health
. 2015 Jun 2
Abstract

Early marriage and intimate partner violence among adolescents and young adults in Viet Nam.
Hong Le MT, Tran TD, Nguyen HT, Fisher J
.
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Mar;29(5):889-910
Abstract

Measuring Attitudes About Women's Recourse After Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: The ATT-RECOURSE Scale.
Yount KM, Vanderende K, Zureick-Brown S, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Dec 24
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cultural Beliefs, Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Functioning among Vietnamese Women.
Do KN, Weiss B, Pollack A.
Int Perspect Psychol. 2013 Jul 1;2(3).
Paper

The association and a potential pathway between gender-based violence and induced abortion in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam.
Nguyen PH, Van Nguyen S, Nguyen MQ,  et al
Glob Health Action. 2012 Nov 29;5:1-11.
Abstract

Qualitative Study of an Operations Research Project to Engage Abused Women, Health Providers,and Communities in Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Vietnam.
Schuler SR, Trang QT, Ha VS, Anh HT.

Violence Against Women
. 2012 Jan 11.
Abstract

 


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