Associations between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in a nationally representative sample from Nepal

Nekkanti, Manali

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

Room 13/14 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Manali Nekkanti, MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Authors:
Sheri Weiser, MD, MA, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
Alexander Tsai, MD, PhD, Harvard University
Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Anita Raj, PhD, University of California, San Diego

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Understand the prevalence of food insecurity and intimate partner violence in Nepal.
Understand associations between food insecurity and IPV experience.
Identify other major predictors of experiencing IPV in this context.

Description:
Emerging literature suggests that food insecurity may increase risk of violence and abuse by undermining women’s bargaining power within the household. There are few population-based studies in this area of investigation and none from Asian settings. The current study aims to assess the relationship between food insecurity and intimate partner violence among ever-married women in Nepal.