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A descriptive systematic review of food insecurity and intimate partner violence in southern Africa
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| dc.contributor.author | Macassa, Gloria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Francisco, Jose da Cruz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Militao, Elias | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soares, Joaquim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-25T08:21:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-25T08:21:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-06 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Macassa, G.; Francisco, J.d.C.; Militao, E.; Soares, J. A Descriptive Systematic Review of Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence in Southern Africa. Women 2022, 2, 397–407. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/women2040036 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/ 10.3390/women2040036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.repositorio.uem.mz/handle258/783 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A insegurança alimentar e a violência praticada pelo parceiro íntimo são determinantes importantes da saúde e do bem-estar na África Austral. No entanto, muito pouca pesquisa tentou investigar a associação entre eles, embora se preveja que a insegurança alimentar aumente na região, principalmente devido às mudanças climáticas. O objetivo deste artigo foi revisar descritivamente estudos revisados por pares que investigaram a relação entre insegurança alimentar e violência por parceiro íntimo na África Austral. Pesquisas bibliográficas foram realizadas nas bases de dados Scopus, Web of Science e PubMed sem qualquer restrição de tempo. Um total de cinco estudos que investigaram a associação entre insegurança alimentar e violência por parceiro íntimo foram identificados na África do Sul e na Suazilândia. Destes, quatro estudos usaram um desenho transversal, e um empregou um desenho longitudinal. As amostras variaram de 406 a 2479 indivíduos. Não foram encontrados estudos empíricos para os restantes países da África Austral como Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Namíbia, Zâmbia, Zimbabwe, Lesoto e Moçambique. Além disso, os achados relatados indicaram que havia uma associação entre insegurança alimentar e violência interpessoal (ou seja, física, psicológica e emocional) na sub-região, independentemente do fato de que os cinco estudos usaram diversas medidas de insegurança alimentar e violência por parceiro íntimo . | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research received no external funding. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
| dc.rights | openAcess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Food insecurity measurement | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intimate partner violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Climate change | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intimate partner violence measurement | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cross-sectional study | en_US |
| dc.subject | Longitudinal study | en_US |
| dc.title | A descriptive systematic review of food insecurity and intimate partner violence in southern Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | article | en_US |
| dc.description.resumo | Food insecurity and intimate partner violence are important determinants of health and wellbeing in southern Africa. However, very little research has attempted to investigate the association between them even though food insecurity is anticipated to increase in the region, mostly owing to climate change. The objective of this paper was to descriptively review peer reviewed studies that investigated the relationship between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in southern Africa. Literature searches were carried out in Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed databases without any time restriction. A total of five studies that investigated the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence were identified in South Africa and Swaziland. Of these, four studies used a cross-sectional design, and one employed a longitudinal design. Samples varied from 406 to 2479 individuals. No empirical studies were found for the remaining southern African countries of Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Moreover, the reported findings indicated that there was an association between food insecurity and interpersonal violence (i.e., physical, psychological, and emotional) in the sub-region regardless the fact that the five studies used diverse measurements of both food insecurity and intimate partner violence. | en_US |
| dc.journal | Women | en_US |
