Citation

Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Rev. Panam. Salud Publica 2021; 45: e34.

Vernacular Title

Violência por parceiro íntimo nas Américas: revisão sistemática e reanálise das estimativas nacionais de prevalência

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud (PAHO))

DOI

10.26633/RPSP.2021.34

PMID

33815491

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe what is known about the national prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in the Americas across countries and over time, including the geographic coverage, quality, and comparability of national data.

METHODS: This was a systematic review and reanalysis of national, population-based IPV estimates from 1998-2017 in the Americas. Estimates were reanalyzed for comparability or extracted from reports, including IPV prevalence by type (physical; sexual; physical and/or sexual), timeframe (ever; past year), and perpetrator (any partner in life; current/most recent partner). In countries with 3+ rounds of data, Cochran-Armitage and Pearson chi-square tests were used to assess whether changes over time were significant (p <0.05).

RESULTS: Eligible surveys were found in 24 countries. Women reported ever having experienced physical and/or sexual IPV at rates that ranged from 14%-17% of women in Brazil, Panama, and Uruguay to over one-half (58.5%) in Bolivia. Past-year prevalence of physical and/or sexual IPV ranged from 1.1% in Canada to 27.1% in Bolivia. Preliminary evidence suggests a possible decline in reported prevalence of certain types of IPV in eight countries; however, some changes were small, some indicators did not change significantly, and a significant increase was found in the reported prevalence of past-year physical IPV in the Dominican Republic.

CONCLUSIONS: IPV against women remains a public health and human rights problem across the Americas; however, the evidence base has gaps, suggesting a need for more comparable, high quality evidence for mobilizing and monitoring violence prevention and response.

Language: es

Keywords

Latin America; domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; violence against women; surveys and questionnaires; Americas; Caribbean Region