Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 8;12(3):e051626. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051626.
Domestic violence is a global issue of public health concern with detrimental effects on women's physical, mental and social well-being. There is a paucity of community-based studies assessing the knowledge and attitude of women towards domestic violence in Nigeria.
To assess knowledge, attitudes, prevalence and associated factors of domestic violence among women in a community in Kaduna, Nigeria.
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
A selected community in Kaduna South Local Government Area in Kaduna State.
In total, 170 women aged 15-49 years participated in the study.
The outcomes were knowledge, attitude and prevalence of domestic violence.
The mean age of the respondents was 28.7+7.9 years. A total of 113 (66.5%) respondents had high level of knowledge about domestic violence with 114 (67.1%) having non-tolerant attitudes towards domestic violence. The lifetime prevalence and 12-month prevalence of domestic violence were 47.1% and 35.3%, respectively. The results of logistic regression identified the educational status of women as a significant predictor of knowledge of domestic violence (adjusted OR (aOR)=0.32; 95% CI 0.15 to 0.68), while marital status (aOR=0.21; 95% CI 0.05 to 0.96), occupation of women (aOR=2.49; 95% CI 1.13 to 5.49), their tolerance of wife beating (aOR=0.33; 95% CI 0.15 to 0.72) and their partners' consumption habit of alcohol/substance use (aOR=7.91; 95% CI 3.09 to 20.27) were identified as significant predictors of the women's experience of domestic violence.
Domestic violence was relatively high among women. Though a majority had high level of knowledge about domestic violence, a significant third had tolerant attitudes towards it. Appropriate health interventions need to be implemented by governmental and relevant stakeholders to target negative attitudes and address associated factors of domestic violence against women.
家庭暴力是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，对妇女的身心健康和社会福祉都有不利影响。尼日利亚缺乏针对社区妇女对家庭暴力的认知和态度的研究。
评估尼日利亚卡杜纳州卡杜纳南区一个社区妇女对家庭暴力的认知、态度、流行程度和相关因素。
描述性横断面研究。
卡杜纳州卡杜纳南区选定的一个社区。
共有 170 名 15-49 岁的妇女参加了这项研究。
结果是关于家庭暴力的知识、态度和流行程度。
受访者的平均年龄为 28.7+7.9 岁。共有 113 名（66.5%）受访者对家庭暴力有较高的认知水平，其中 114 名（67.1%）对家庭暴力持不可容忍的态度。家庭暴力的终身患病率和 12 个月患病率分别为 47.1%和 35.3%。逻辑回归的结果表明，妇女的教育程度是家庭暴力认知的一个显著预测因素（调整后的比值比（aOR）=0.32；95%置信区间 0.15 至 0.68），而婚姻状况（aOR=0.21；95%置信区间 0.05 至 0.96）、妇女的职业（aOR=2.49；95%置信区间 1.13 至 5.49）、她们对妻子挨打的容忍度（aOR=0.33；95%置信区间 0.15 至 0.72）和伴侣饮酒/药物滥用习惯（aOR=7.91；95%置信区间 3.09 至 20.27）是妇女遭受家庭暴力的显著预测因素。
妇女中家庭暴力相对较高。尽管大多数人对家庭暴力有较高的认知水平，但仍有相当一部分人对其持宽容态度。政府和相关利益攸关方需要实施适当的卫生干预措施，以改变这种消极态度，并解决与妇女遭受家庭暴力有关的因素。
