Domestic Violence and the Dimensions of Family Planning: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Partner violence is a public health concern in the world and one third of women in the world experience domestic violence. Violence can directly affect women s reproduction. Violence against women has adverse effects on public health and fertility, including: miscarriage, unwanted pregnancy, sexual dissatisfaction, sexually transmitted diseases. The purpose of this review study was to investigate the relationship between sexual partner violence and different aspects of family planning.Method: This study is a systematic review study. In this review study, electronic databases including, Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched for articles published in English between 2010 and 2018. The keywords used for searching articles were domestic violence, reproductive, sexual health and family planning. Result: After completing the search and evaluating the articles using checklists, 20 studies were examined. In these studies, the lowest prevalence of violence was related to physical violence and the highest was related to psychological violence. Studies have examined the relationship between different aspects of family planning and domestic violence. The relationship between violence and non-use of family planning or condoms in the eight studies, Use of invalid or traditional family planning methods in two studies and Spouse or family opposition for use of family planning methods in three studies was meaningful.Conclusion: A systematic review of these studies reveals the close relationship between domestic violence and important aspects of family planning that expresses the importance of preventing domestic violence in order to promote reproductive health and therefore the health of the whole community

کلیدواژه ها:

domestic violence ، reproductive ، sexual health ، family planning.