The prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in Iran and the world: a ‎systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

  • Jafar Bazyar Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hamid Safarpour Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Salman Daliri Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
  • Arezoo Karimi Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
  • Meysam Safi Keykaleh Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
  • Mohammad Bazyar Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.954

Keywords:

Iran, pregnancy, Pregnancy, sexual violence, Sexual violence, meta-analysis, Meta-analysis, systematic review, Systematic, domestic violence., Domestic violence

Abstract

Background: Domestic violence during pregnancy is a public health crisis, because it affects both mother ‎and fetus simultaneously, resulting in irreversible consequences for mothers and their ‎newborns. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of sexual violence during ‎pregnancy in the world and Iran as meta-analysis.‎

Methods: This study is a meta-analysis on the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy ‎in the world and Iran that was conducted on Persian and English published articles up to ‎‎2015. To this end, through searching the information by key words and their compounds at SID, Medlib, Irandoc, Google scholar, Pubmid, ‎ISI, Iranmedex, Scopus and Magiran, , all related articles ‎were extracted independently by two trained researchers. The results of studies analyzed using ‎the STATA and Spss16 software.‎

Results: In the initial searching of 167 articles, 33 articles related to Iran, 40 articles related to ‎other parts of the world and totally 73 articles met inclusion criteria for study. The prevalence ‎of sexual violence during pregnancy were estimated in the world 17% (CI95%:15% -18%) and ‎in Iran 28% (CI95%: 23% -32%).The prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in Iran is ‎‎11 percent more than the world.‎

Conclusion: According to the present meta-analysis results, the prevalence of sexual violence ‎during pregnancy in Iran is high. Given that sexual violence during pregnancy causes damage to ‎the mother and infant, it is recommended that the relevant authorities with the implementation ‎of intervention and educational programs reduce the prevalence of sexual violence during ‎pregnancy.‎

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Published

2018-02-27

How to Cite

Bazyar, J., Safarpour, H., Daliri, S., Karimi, A., Safi Keykaleh, M., & Bazyar, M. (2018). The prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in Iran and the world: a ‎systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 10(2), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.954

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018): JULY

Section

Review Article

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