Violence against women before and during gestation: differences in prevalence rates and perpetrators

• Main Authors: Marizélia Rodrigues Costa Ribeiro (Author), Bianca Portela Teles Pessoa (Author), Galvani Ascar Sauaia (Author), Lilia Blima Schraiber (Author), Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz (Author), Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista (Author), Joana Athayde da Silva Cruz (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: to analyze differences in prevalence and perpetrators of violence against women before and during pregnancy. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 1,446 pregnant women interviewed in 2010 and 2011 in the São Luís municipality (Brazil). Thirteen questions me...