Physical partner violence, women's economic status and help-seeking behaviour in Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania.
Physical partner violence, women's economic status and help-seeking behaviour in Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania.
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DOI：
10.1080/16549716.2017.1290426
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Mbwambo J
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作者：
Vyas S;Mbwambo J
背景资料：妇女对伴侣暴力行为的反应受到一系列复杂因素的影响，包括：对伴侣的心理依恋;虐待的背景;以及结构性因素，所有这些因素都决定了妇女在关系之外的选择。 目的：描述妇女对伴侣身体暴力的反应;并了解妇女的经济资源对其反应的作用。 方法：横断面数据从达累斯萨拉姆和姆贝亚，坦桑尼亚。多元逻辑回归被用来探讨妇女的经济资源和她们对暴力的反应之间的关系。 结果如下：在这两个地点，在遭受身体虐待的妇女中，超过一半的人经历过严重的暴力;大约三分之二的人透露了暴力行为;大约40%的人寻求过帮助。受虐待的妇女更有可能向达累斯萨拉姆的保健服务机构、警察和宗教领袖以及姆贝亚的地方领导人寻求帮助。在达累斯萨拉姆，经济资源并没有促进妇女离开暴力伴侣的能力。在姆贝亚，共同拥有资本资产的妇女不太可能离开。在这两个地点，妇女对资本资产的唯一所有权促进了求助。 结论：虽然坦桑尼亚正在扩大支助服务，但仍需努力提高获得此类服务的可接受性。
Background: Women’s responses to partner violence are influenced by a complex constellation of factors including: psychological attachment to the partner; context of the abuse; and structural factors, all of which shape available options for women outside of the relationship. Objective: To describe women’s responses to physical partner violence; and to understand the role of women’s economic resources on their responses. Methods: Cross-sectional data from Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between women’s economic resources and their responses to violence. Results: In both sites, among physically abused women, over one-half experienced severe violence; approximately two-thirds had disclosed the violence; and approximately 40% had sought help. Abused women were more likely to have sought help from health services, the police and religious leaders in Dar es Salaam, and from local leaders in Mbeya. Economic resources did not facilitate women’s ability to leave violent partners in Dar es Salaam. In Mbeya, women who jointly owned capital assets were less likely to have left. In both sites, women’s sole ownership of capital assets facilitated help-seeking. Conclusion: Although support services are being scaled-up in Tanzania, efforts are needed to increase the acceptability of accessing such services.