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Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many individuals and can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. In order to inform prevention strategies, several studies have focused on the determinants of IPV. However, knowledge on the association between neighbourhood charac...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Paul, Fernet, Mylène, Cousineau, Marie-Marthe, Philibert, Mathieu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37941655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036231208326
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author Rodrigues, Paul
Fernet, Mylène
Cousineau, Marie-Marthe
Philibert, Mathieu
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Fernet, Mylène
Cousineau, Marie-Marthe
Philibert, Mathieu
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description BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many individuals and can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. In order to inform prevention strategies, several studies have focused on the determinants of IPV. However, knowledge on the association between neighbourhood characteristics and IPV remains scarce. The social disorganization theory posits that certain neighbourhood characteristics are associated with violent behaviours. This theory has been used to explain spatial variations in IPV, but most studies have been conducted in the United States. Little is known about the effect of neighbourhood factors in urban contexts outside of the United States. DESIGN AND METHODS: Using police data from 2016 and 2017, this study estimated the association between sociodemographic characteristics of neighbourhoods (socioeconomic status, single-parenthood, residential instability and ethnocultural heterogeneity) and IPV victimization in Montréal, Québec. RESULTS: Results suggest a neighbourhood-level variation in IPV, and that neighbourhood-level characteristics are associated with IPV victimization. Specifically, the likelihood of IPV is higher in neighbourhoods with the lowest SES level (OR = 2.80, 95%CI: 2.47–3.17, p < 0.001) and the lowest level of residential instability (OR = 0.81, 95%CI: 0.70–0.93, p = 0.003) as well as the highest proportion of single-parent households (OR = 1.88, 95%CI: 1.65–2.15, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Although neighbourhood-level interventions to reduce IPV are rare, our results highlight the importance of developing such preventive strategies. Prevention programs targeting high-risk neighbourhoods may prove effective in reducing IPV.
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spelling pubmed-106293062023-11-08 Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec Rodrigues, Paul Fernet, Mylène Cousineau, Marie-Marthe Philibert, Mathieu J Public Health Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many individuals and can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. In order to inform prevention strategies, several studies have focused on the determinants of IPV. However, knowledge on the association between neighbourhood characteristics and IPV remains scarce. The social disorganization theory posits that certain neighbourhood characteristics are associated with violent behaviours. This theory has been used to explain spatial variations in IPV, but most studies have been conducted in the United States. Little is known about the effect of neighbourhood factors in urban contexts outside of the United States. DESIGN AND METHODS: Using police data from 2016 and 2017, this study estimated the association between sociodemographic characteristics of neighbourhoods (socioeconomic status, single-parenthood, residential instability and ethnocultural heterogeneity) and IPV victimization in Montréal, Québec. RESULTS: Results suggest a neighbourhood-level variation in IPV, and that neighbourhood-level characteristics are associated with IPV victimization. Specifically, the likelihood of IPV is higher in neighbourhoods with the lowest SES level (OR = 2.80, 95%CI: 2.47–3.17, p < 0.001) and the lowest level of residential instability (OR = 0.81, 95%CI: 0.70–0.93, p = 0.003) as well as the highest proportion of single-parent households (OR = 1.88, 95%CI: 1.65–2.15, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Although neighbourhood-level interventions to reduce IPV are rare, our results highlight the importance of developing such preventive strategies. Prevention programs targeting high-risk neighbourhoods may prove effective in reducing IPV. SAGE Publications 2023-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10629306/ /pubmed/37941655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036231208326 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_fullStr Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec
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title_short Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec
title_sort associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in montréal, québec
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37941655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036231208326
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