Factors associated with physical violence against pregnant women from São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil: an approach using structural equation modeling

• Main Authors: Danielle Cristina Silva Costa (Author), Marizélia Rodrigues Costa Ribeiro (Author), Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista (Author), Camila Maia Valente (Author), João Victor Fonseca Ribeiro (Author), Laysa Andrade Almeida (Author), Ludmilla Emilia Martins Costa (Author), Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
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Abstract: The factors associated with physical violence against pregnant women were analyzed in a cross-sectional study of 1,446 pregnant women from a prenatal cohort who were interviewed in 2010 and 2011 in São Luís, Brazil. In the initial model, socioeconomic status occupied the most distal posi...