JG Silverman, Jhumka Gupta, Michele R. Decker, Nitin Kapur et al.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate (1) lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual victimisation from husbands among a national sample of Bangladeshi women, (2) associations of unwanted pregnancy and experiences of husband violence, and (3) associations of miscarriage, induced abortion, and fetal death/stillbirt...
Jay G. Silverman, Michele R. Decker, Nitin Kapur, Jhumka Gupta et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between men's reported violence against wives and their sexual risk behaviours and sexual health. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional analyses of a survey of a nationally representative household-based sample of married men in Bangladesh (n = 3096)...
Jay G. Silverman, Michele R. Decker, Jhumka Gupta, Nitin Kapur et al.
OBJECTIVE: To provide an estimate of the risk of recent acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) and diarrhea among children 5 years and younger based on recent violence against their mothers. DESIGN: The 2004 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, conducted from January 1 to May 31, 2004. SETTING: Se...
Michele R. Decker, Elizabeth Miller, Navneet Kapur, Jhumka Gupta et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess associations of intimate partner violence (IPV) with women's sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms, and to clarify biological and behavioral mechanisms underpinning heightened STD rates among abused women. METHODS: A cross-sectional investigation of married couples (n=286...
Kathryn Falb, Heather L. McCauley, Michele R. Decker, Shagun Sabarwal et al.
The fact that India has been identified as a destination country for the estimated 150 000 women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation each year within and across South Asia draws attention to Calcutta, a potential sex-trafficking hub [1]. Although Calcutta has been the site of sex-worker col...
Tiara C. Willie, Marina Katague, Nafisa Halim, Jhumka Gupta
OBJECTIVE: To examine distinct patterns of IPV perpetration and examined gender equitable attitudes as a correlate of these patterns among men from six countries in Asia and the Pacific. DESIGN: 2011-12 UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence cross-sectional study. SETTING: Households in Banglade...
Tiara C. Willie, Marina Katague, Nafisa Halima, Jhumka Gupta
Objective To examine distinct patterns of IPV perpetration and examined gender equitable attitudes as a predictor of these patterns among men from six countries in Asia and the Pacific. Design 2011-12 UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence cross-sectional study. Setting Households in Bangladesh,...