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W. Thomas Boyce, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(8):768-770.

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In this issue of Archives, Silverman et al¹ present data from the 2004 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, revealing that more than 40% of Bangladeshi mothers with children younger than 5 years of age experience intimate partner violence (IPV) and that their children sustain significantly elevated rates of 2 leading causes of mortality in Bangladeshi children, respiratory infection and diarrhea. Although 2 in 5 mothers may seem to be an extraordinary prevalence of IPV to some, it is a value commensurate with those in neighboring Asian countries² and in some American states.³ In the current study, younger Bangladeshi mothers and the mothers of very young children were more likely to have been assaulted, and IPV was more prevalent among households with lower levels of maternal education and without sanitary resources. Importantly, ascertainment of IPV was based on husbands' reports of violent incidents during the past year,while mothers . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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