Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorShamu, Simukai
dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Naeemah
dc.contributor.authorTemmerman, Marleen
dc.contributor.authorZarowsky, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T07:16:16Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T07:16:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractPregnancy offers an opportunity for midwives to recognise and respond to women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). However, most antenatal care interventions have been conducted in private specialist services in high-income countries and do not address the structural and cultural realities of developing country settings. We report on an exploratory qualitative study conducted in antenatal public health facilities in Harare, Zimbabwe, involving six in-depth interviews with midwives and seven FGDs with 64 pregnant and postpartum women. Recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. We found that identifying and responding to IPV in antenatal care is hampered by inadequate human, financial and infrastructural resources as well as poor support of gender-based violence training for midwives. Midwives had divergent views of their role, with some perceiving IPV as a non-clinical, social and domestic problem that does not require their attention, while others who had been sensitised to the problem felt that it could easily overwhelm them. A comprehensive response to IPV by midwives would be difficult to achieve in this setting but sensitised midwives could respond to cues to violence and ultimately assist abused women in culturally sensitive and appropriate ways.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Science
dc.identifier.citationShamu, S. et al. (2013). Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe. Culture Health & Sexuality, 15(5): 511 -524en_US
dc.identifier.issn1369-1058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3092
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2012.759393
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2012.759393
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPregnant womenen_US
dc.subjectScreeningen_US
dc.subjectIntimate partner violenceen_US
dc.subjectMidwivesen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.titleOpportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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