IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7069: Women ’s Experiences of Domestic Violence during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Research in Greece

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7069: Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Research in Greece International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17197069 Authors: Evangelia Antoniou This qualitative research is the second part of a quantitative research that aims at recording the phenomenon of violence in pregnancy. The first part was carried out during August and September 2009 (N = 546). It was found out that the rate partner’s violence was 6%, while for 3.4% of the pregnant women, abuse started after the pregnancy. In the second part of this research, the semi-structured interview was used to investigate the way pregnant women experience violence. The sample comprised seven women abused by their partner (Ν = 7) at the women’s shelters of “Mitera” Babies’ Center and the National Social Solidarity Center between September 2010 and December 2011 and who accepted to participate in the research. The targets of the research were the investigation of the risk factors for the manifestation of violence, the profile of the victim and the perpetrator, the consequences of abuse for the woman, her reproductive health and the fetus. The majority of the abused pregnant women were foreigners and only two were Greek. The latter had experienced severe traumas (physical and psychological) since their childhood. Violence in their lives is the ...
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