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Child abuse - Domestic violence, intimate partner violence - Intimate partner violence during pregnancy - Obstetric violence, mistreatment of women during childbirth, respectful maternal and newborn care - Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment - Violence - Violence against women, gender-based violence

Domestic violence, intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence during pregnancy

Africa
- PLoS ONE
  - A Systematic Review of African Studies on Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors [2011]
Australia
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
  - Domestic and family violence in pregnancy and early parenthood [2015]
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  - Screening for domestic violence during pregnancy: options for future reporting in the National Perinatal Data Collection [2015]
  - Family, domestic and sexual violence - Pregnant people
- Queensland Health
  - Antenatal screening for domestic and family violence guideline
Benin
- BMC Public Health
  - Exploring antenatal care utilization and intimate partner violence in Benin - are lives at stake? [2021]
Brazil
- BMC Public Health
  - Survival and risk of death among women with reports of intimate partner violence during pregnancy: a national cohort study in Brazil [2025]
China
- PLoS ONE
  - Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
East Africa
- BMC Women's Health
  - Neonatal, infant, and child mortality among women exposed to intimate partner violence in East Africa: a multi-country analysis [2020]
Ethiopia
- BioMed Research International
  - Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]
- PLoS ONE
  - Maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia: Evidence from a national survey [2022]
  - Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
- Scientific Reports
  - Partner conflict during their index pregnancy and its correlates among a cohort of six weeks postpartum women in Ethiopia [2025]
Ghana, Nigeria
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  - Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a multicentre, binational study [2025]
High-income countries
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  - Domestic violence in pregnancy: a systematic review of clinical guidelines [2025]
- Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  - Cultural Sensitivity in Interventions Aiming to Reduce or Prevent Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review [2023]
International
- Brain and Behavior
  - The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Domestic Violence Against Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2025]
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
  - Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Intimate Partners During the Perinatal Period: A Narrative Literature Review [2021]
- Frontiers in Public Health
  - Worldwide Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  - Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: An Umbrella Review [2021]
- Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  - Health-Related Maternal Decision-Making Among Perinatal Women in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review [2024]
Ireland
- Ireland's Health Services
  - National Clinical Practice Guideline: Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period [2024]
Low and middle income countries
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  - Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal and child health outcomes: a scoping review of the literature from low-and-middle income countries from 2016 - 2021 [2022]
- BMC Public Health
  - Help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in 54 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data [2025]
  - Intimate partner violence and maternal health services utilization: evidence from 36 National Household Surveys [2021]
- Systematic Reviews
  - Interventions for reducing and/or controlling domestic violence among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2019]
Nigeria
- African Health Sciences
  - Spousal violence and pregnancy termination among married women in Nigeria [2016]
Nordic countries
- Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
  - The Consequences of A History of Violence on Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Nordic Countries: A Scoping Review [2024]
Pakistan
- BMC Women's Health
  - Exclusive breastfeeding and its association with intimate partner violence during pregnancy: analysis from Pakistan demographic and health survey [2024]
South Asia
- BMC Women's Health
  - Women's attitude towards intimate partner violence and utilization of contraceptive methods and maternal health care services: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional surveys from four South Asian countries [2022]
Sub-Saharan Africa
- BMC Public Health
  - A systematic review of the effects of intimate partner violence on HIV-positive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa [2022]
- Frontiers in Public Health
  - Domestic violence and associated factors among pregnant women in sub-Saharan African countries from the recent demographic and health survey data: a multilevel analysis [2024]
- Women's Health
  - Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner sexual violence among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the most recent DHS data 2015-2022 [2024]
Sweden
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  - Prevalence and incidence of domestic violence during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a longitudinal cohort study in the south of Sweden [2016]
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  - Intimate partner violence during pregnancy - Prevalence and associations with women's health: A cross-sectional study [2023]
Taiwan
- BMC Women's Health
  - Associations between domestic violence and poor pregnancy outcomes in taiwanese women: a nested case-control study [2023]
United Kingdom
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  - A survey and stakeholder consultation of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) programmes in English maternity services [2023]
- UK National Screening Committee
  - Partner violence (pregnancy)
United States
- American Journal of Public Health
  - Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Homicide, United States, 2020 [2022]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  - Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy and Infant Health Outcomes — Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Nine U.S. Jurisdictions, 2016–2022 [2024]
  - Violence and Pregnancy
- JAMA Network Open
  - State Divorce Laws, Reproductive Care Policies, and Pregnancy-Associated Homicide Rates, 2018-2021 [2024]
WHO
- World Health Organization
  - Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: information sheet [2011]
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  - Violence against women, gender-based violence
  - Violence
  - Obstetric violence, mistreatment of women during childbirth, respectful maternal and newborn care
  - Domestic violence, intimate partner violence

Obstetric violence, mistreatment of women during childbirth, respectful maternal and newborn care

Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment

Violence against women, gender-based violence