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How Well Does the World Health Organization Definition of Domestic Violence Work for India?

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  • Seema Sahay
  • Carlos del Rio
  • Anuradha Paranjape
  • Kristin L. Dunkle
  • Rob Stephenson
  • Ratnaprabha R. Potdar
  • Ameeta S. Kalokhe

Abstract

Domestic violence (DV) is reported by 40% of married women in India and associated with substantial morbidity. An operational research definition is therefore needed to enhance understanding of DV epidemiology in India and inform DV interventions and measures. To arrive at a culturally-tailored definition, the paper aimed to better understand how definitions provided by the World Health Organization and the 2005 India Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act match the perceptions of behaviors constituting DV among the Indian community. Between September 2012 and January 2013, 16 key informant interviews with experts in DV and family counseling and 2 gender-concordant focus groups of lay community members were conducted in Pune, India to understand community perceptions of the definition of DV, perpetrators of DV, and examples of DV encountered by married women in Pune, India.

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  • Seema Sahay & Carlos del Rio & Anuradha Paranjape & Kristin L. Dunkle & Rob Stephenson & Ratnaprabha R. Potdar & Ameeta S. Kalokhe, 2015. "How Well Does the World Health Organization Definition of Domestic Violence Work for India?," Working Papers id:7683, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:7683
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    1. Ameeta S Kalokhe & Sandhya R Iyer & Ambika R Kolhe & Sampada Dhayarkar & Anuradha Paranjape & Carlos del Rio & Rob Stephenson & Seema Sahay, 2018. "Correlates of domestic violence experience among recently-married women residing in slums in Pune, India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(4), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Ameeta S Kalokhe & Sandhya R Iyer & Keshav Gadhe & Tuman Katendra & Anuradha Paranjape & Carlos del Rio & Rob Stephenson & Seema Sahay, 2018. "Correlates of domestic violence perpetration reporting among recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-16, May.
    3. Ameeta S Kalokhe & Rob Stephenson & Mary E Kelley & Kristin L Dunkle & Anuradha Paranjape & Vikram Solas & Latika Karve & Carlos del Rio & Seema Sahay, 2016. "The Development and Validation of the Indian Family Violence and Control Scale," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(1), pages 1-15, January.

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