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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on March 25, 2007
The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(6):605-606; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm009
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Injuries, Violence, Disasters

Screening for domestic violence during pregnancy in an antenatal clinic in Lebanon

Nadwa Hammoury1 and Marwan Khawaja1,2

1 Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
2 Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Correspondence: Dr M. Khawaja, tel: +961 1 350000, fax: +961 1 744470, e-mail: mk36{at}aub.edu.lb

Received October 10, 2006 , accepted January 18, 2007

The purpose of this brief article is to examine the prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy using data from 349 women attending an antenatal clinic serving refugees in Saidon, Lebanon. The Abuse Assessment Screen was used to identify cases of abuse among the women attending the clinic during the months of June and July, 2005. A total of 240 (68.8%) women experienced one form of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in their marital life, and 40 (11.4%) women experienced physical violence during their current pregnancy. Violence during pregnancy was strongly associated with previous experiences of physical, emotional and sexual violence.

Keywords: domestic violence, screening, AAS, pregnancy, refugees, Lebanon


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