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Email: *	[email protected]
Surname: *	Del Rio
First Name: *	Aurora
Job Title: *	MSc
Institution: *	Ministery of Health
Address *	Homero 213, Col.Chapultepec Morales, Delegacin Miguel Hidalgo,
Post/Zip Code *	11570.

Preferred presentation mode *

oral

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Title of paper *

Factors Associated with Severity of Intimate Partner Abuse in Mexico: Results of the National Survey of Violence Against Women

Authors: *

Leticia Avila-Burgos, PhD, Aurora del Rio-Zolezzi, MSc, Abigail Barroso Quicab,MSc Martha Hjar, PhD, Rosalba Rojas-Martnez, PhD, Rosario Valdz Santiago, MSc.

Presenting Author: *

Aurora del Rio-Zolezzi

Topic(s): *

Intimate partner and sexual violence

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Key Words

Partner abuse severity National Survey Mexico

Abstract Content *

Objective: To identify factors associated with the severity of intimate partner abuse (IPA) in Mexico.
Methods: Data were gathered from the National Survey of Violence Against Women (August-November 2006), a nationwide study in which 18,046 women over the age of 14 participated. Subjects were recipients of national public health care services. The severity of IPA was measured using a 27-item scale. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to explore significant factors associated with partner violence.
Results: One in four participants reported experiencing IPA. This model showed that younger and less educated women had a higher risk of IPA. Working out of the home (OR 1.3, 95% CI 0.99-1.72), two or more children in the household (OR 1.44, CI 1.18-1.77), alcohol consumption (OR 2.51, CI 1.63-3.90) and history of childhood abuse (OR 3.7, CI 3.03-4.52) increased the possibility of severe violence. The most important predictor of severe IPA was the partners alcohol consumption (daily or almost daily, OR 14.7, 95% CI 13.25-16.46).
Conclusions: Awareness about the risk factors associated with IPA will help identify populations at greater risk of severe injury and could orient the health sector to direct actions toward this vulnerable population.

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