Intimate partner violence and condom versus other modern contraception use among married women in rural India

Dasgupta, Anindita

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Room 5 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Anindita Dasgupta, MPH, University of California, San Diego

Authors:
Niranjan Saggurti, PhD, Population Council
Donta Balaiah, PhD, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, ICMR
Madhusudana Battala, PhD, Population Council
Mohan Ghule, MSW, PhD, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health
Saritha Nair, PhD, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, ICMR
Julie E. Ritter, MPH, UC San Diego
Jay G. Silverman, PhD, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Anita Raj, PhD, University of California, San Diego

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Learn about how intimate partner violence relates to various forms of contraception use in rural, India.
Consider mechanisms to integrate intimate partner violence counseling into family planning settings for the Indian context.

Description:
This session will describe analyses conducted among a sample of married couples in rural India to understand the relationship between physical and sexual violence and male (male condom) versus female-controlled contraception use (oral pills, IUD, injectables, female condom). This analysis of 867 couples indicated that women contending with physical violence were more likely to use male-controlled contraception, while women dealing with sexual violence were more likely to use female-controlled contraception.