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In Lusaaze informal settlement, Kampala, 72.5% of women aged 15–49 reported at least one form of domestic gender-based violence, with emotional violence highest at 65.2%.
- Why it matters: Evidence linking multiple DGBV forms to sexual and reproductive health-seeking behavior in Uganda’s informal urban settlements is limited, leaving reproductive autonomy risks insufficiently characterized.
- What they did: In a community-based analytical cross-sectional survey of 377 eligible women, researchers used descriptive statistics and modified Poisson regression with robust standard errors to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios.
- The result: DGBV was not significantly linked to HIV testing or antenatal care attendance, but it was associated with current contraceptive use (aPR 1.11, 95% CI 1.01–1.22) and partner interference with family planning (aPR 3.36, 95% CI 1.25–9.06).
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