Sexual violence and unmet need for contraception among married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

BO Ahinkorah, EK Ameyaw, AA Seidu, E Agbaglo… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Contraception plays a significant role in fertility regulation and determines the
reproductive health rights of women. Studies in other parts of the world have found that …

The association of intimate partner violence and contraceptive use: a multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys

MD Muluneh, L Francis, K Agho, V Stulz - International journal for equity in …, 2023 - Springer
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects millions of women each year and has
been recognized as a leading cause of poor health, disability, and death among women of …

Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among married women in Zambia

ME Kasonde, BB Bwalya, ET Nyirenda, CC Mapoma… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background One of the outcomes of sexual violence is unintended pregnancy. In Zambia,
15% of married women age 15—49 years had experienced sexual violence from their …

Intimate partner violence and contraception use among women in Sub-Saharan Africa

AP Alio, EM Daley, PN Nana, J Duan… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between contraceptive use and intimate partner
violence (IPV) in Sub-Saharan African women. METHOD: The data analyzed were from …

Intimate partner violence against married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: does sexual autonomy matter?

RG Aboagye, LK Dadzie, F Arthur-Holmes, J Okyere… - Reproductive health, 2022 - Springer
Background Literature shows that women's sexual autonomy, which refers to women's
capacity to refuse sex and ask a partner to use condom, has significant implications on the …

Intersection of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence: cross-sectional influences on women's contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya

SN Wood, HL Thomas, M Thiongo, G Guiella, F Bazié… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Among nationally representative cross-sections of women in need of
contraception from Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, we aimed to:(1) examine the …

Association between sexual violence and multiple high-risk fertility behaviours among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

RG Aboagye, IE Donkoh, J Okyere, AA Seidu… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background Intimate partner violence has adverse outcomes on the sexual and reproductive
health of women. In this study, we examined the association between sexual violence and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of sexual violence on planned, mistimed and unwanted pregnancies among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis …

BO Ahinkorah, AA Seidu, F Appiah, JK Oduro… - SSM-population …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Sexual violence plays a key role in women's pregnancy intention. We
investigated the influence of sexual violence on planned, mistimed, and unwanted …

Factors associated with unmet need for modern contraception in post-conflict Liberia

CC Okigbo - African journal of reproductive health, 2014 - journals.co.za
We examined the association between intimate partner violence and unmet need for
modern contraception in post-conflict Liberia. This is a secondary analysis of data collected …

Domestic violence: a hidden barrier to contraceptive use among women in Nigeria

G Bishwajit, S Yaya - Open access journal of contraception, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background The nonuse of family planning methods remains a major public health concern
in the low-and-middle-income countries, especially due to its impact on unwanted …