Publications by authors named "Gelawdyos Gebre"
Article Synopsis
- - Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a significant human rights issue that affects women regardless of their socioeconomic, cultural, or religious backgrounds, and it has severe impacts on birth outcomes like low birth weight and preterm birth.
- - A study conducted in the Tigray region with 647 women found a 7.3% prevalence of IPV during pregnancy, associated with a 18.5% rate of low birth weight and a 10.8% rate of preterm births.
- - The research revealed that pregnant women exposed to IPV were twice as likely to have low-birth-weight babies, highlighting the need for improved measures to prevent IPV in order to enhance maternal and infant health outcomes.
